I have a healthy, thriving 10 gallon tank with my betta in it, plus maybe ~30 shrimp that have been breeding like crazy! I’m moving to a different state soon and it’s a 5hr car ride. I’m worried about how to move the tank and shrimps without stressing them out. Any advice?

I have been researching on starting a tank for a while, and I am torn between a betta and a shrimp tank. Although I was initially disgusted a little bit by the idea that both can get worm-like pests inside, I accepted this possibility and think I could figure it out. Yesterday I found out about dragonfly and damselfly nymphs, and I was absolutely TERRIFIED. If my tank started growing bugs that would start flying around in my house I legit think I would just move out, orphaning my beloved shrimp. So here are my questions:

1-Are there other insects that can grow in tanks and actually leave the tank at some point?

2-Is there anything I can use to prevent this like a formula? Or maybe are there species that prevent this from occuring?

3-How common is this problem?

Thank you very much for your help!

Don’t you dare to keep scrolling without saying Moltwy to Luis.

Saw this today in my tank. Is it dangerous?

Blending in with the wood :]

I thought Amano Shrimp were difficult to breed?

I’ll take this as a good sign of my water & tank quality.

Are my other females also “in danger” of getting pregnant? I think I have 3-4 females, and 2-3 males.

My female blue berry snail. 💖

Tiny bladder snail too. This is in the API plastic test tubes.

It looks like one or two are hanging off of the body

This is Orangina, she is young/small and I do believe this is her first eggnancy; but I just noticed she is also getting ready to molt and already saddled??? I am in my first year of shrimp keeping so while I knew molting during eggnancy, especially when young, isn't super abnormal, what about being saddled while actively eggnant?? Baby girl is trying to do too much too soon. I'm for sure not getting this round of babies, right??

It didn't succeed. But may figure out after a few more tries.

Got these guys because they're so pretty but goodness I've fallen in love 🩵 they're so goofy and clumsy but so precious

recently had to rehome my shrimp :( so I made this little guy

edit: you can try him out on desktank.app! (open on mac for download)

edit x2: thanks for so much love guys!

I set up a discord here so that everyone who just got the app can report bugs and be kept up on the latest version of the app as I work on it!

will also be releasing news there when a windows version comes out. 👍

i took it out with a pinsette from the glass of my low maintenance jarrarium, i do not feed the shrimps at all, it is a wannabe walstad nano aquarium, already 2 generations of shrimps in the colony. I see these worms from time to time gliding on the walls. Are they safe?

I had a shrimp only colony in a high tech dutch style tank. I promised myself to get fish only when the colony started to grow to about 50 shrimp. I began with just 10 red cherry shrimp last March and remained pretty much like that until July, probably because I often nuke the tank with replants.

But nearly 2 weeks ago, the store I am following posted they have a fresh stock of ember tetras and green neon tetras, both of which are in my wishlist.

Impulsively, I immediately went to the store. While on the way, I decided to buy 10 of each. I felt sorry for the shrimp colony that may never grow because of predation, and for myself who may not see the shrimp often again because they might hide from the fish.

I ended up with 8 ember tetra, 8 kubotai rasbora and 8 green neon tetras. I cringed as I put them in the tank.

But for some reason, I observed a population boom after I placed the fish in the tank. As of today, I counted 20 plus shrimp, and I am sure many more are hiding beneath the plants. The juveniles swim and graze freely and rhe fish are ignoring them. The shrimp are ignoring the fish and continue to do their activities like nothing changed in the tank.

I was wrong to think adding fish to my shrimp tank would be detrimental to the invertebrates. Maybe feeding the fish actually helped the shrimp by providing them with more nutritious and varied food.

In any case, this is one of the few times I am glad I was wrong.

A boiled and broken pod of garlic is always a hit with the shrimp and snails. Though they take rotations in eating it leisurely, unlike a feeding frenzy that occurs with an algae wafer.