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My first shrimp :D

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Well today I went to the LFS and got me my very first shrimp! A staff member there said she must have come in with a plant shipment because she was just sitting alone in the plant tank. Shes a red cherry shrimp, I believe her redness is enough to classify her as a fire red. She's just chilling out solo in my 38 gallon with some swordplant. I got her for only 99 cents and the best part is SHE'S BERRIED! I'm supah excited to have a colony soon and I covered the filter intake with a media bag so they will be safe an have biofilm. Is there anything I can do to make sure she is happy? Thanks :)
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Oh and righ now she is swimming about the tank in short bursts. Is something wrong?
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acitydweller
possible onset of molt coming... its normal when moving to a new tank.

congrats!
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Thanks :D
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My shrimp all swam around the tank in circles non stop for like two days when I first got them. Then they all molted and had babies. You want to make sure that you keep that shrimp non-stressed because they sometimes drop their eggs. That means no fish in the tank, don't move anything for a while, don't change the water parameters, and keep the temperature constant. Congrats on the shrimp. I hope it works out for you.
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rodcuda
The biggest thing is the water parameters, make sure the Nitrates are not high and don't do big water changes at once while sheis new and berried.
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Yep no fish in there shes in my little 1 gallon with an amazon sword, and some moss (java?) on some driftwood. I am looking for some companions for her ATM. Going out to buy some algae pellets for hey today. (Got her only yesterday)
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