Month: April 2025

Caridina Shrimp Rack Design: What You Must Do Differently from Neocaridina Caridina shrimp are beautiful, delicate, and far less forgiving than their Neocaridina cousins. If you want to breed crystals, bees, or Taiwan Bees successfully, your rack setup must reflect tighter control, better materials,

How to Build a Shrimp Breeding Rack (Scalable & Safe Setup Guide) If you’re serious about shrimp breeding—whether for personal lines or selling online—you’ll outgrow a single tank fast. Enter: the shrimp rack. A vertical aquarium system saves space, lets you manage multiple colonies,

Cherry Shrimp Breeding 101 (Plus How to Grade for Color Like a Pro) If you’ve got a planted tank and a love for inverts, Cherry Shrimp (Neocaridina davidi) are one of the easiest and most rewarding species to breed. The real challenge? Building a

Beginner’s Guide to Breeding Fish in a Home Aquarium (What Works & What Fails) Breeding fish is one of the most rewarding parts of the aquarium hobby. Watching your fish thrive, reproduce, and care for their young is a deeply satisfying experience. However, it

⚠️ Aquarium Disaster Kit Supplies – Be Ready When Things Go Wrong Most of the time, your aquarium runs smoothly — filters humming, fish swimming, plants growing. But when a disaster strikes, even a few hours without power or a cracked tank seam can

How to Save a Shrimp or Planted Tank After a Heater Failure If your heater fails and temps crash or spike, your tank can go from healthy to disaster fast — especially with sensitive shrimp or nano fish. This guide shows you how to

Aquarium Heater Failure Case Study: How One Malfunction Nearly Crashed a Tank (and What You Can Learn) Aquarium heaters are one of the most critical — and often underestimated — components of any tropical fish setup. A reliable heater keeps water temperatures within the

Aquarium Heater Safety & Failure Warning Signs Heater failure is one of the most common — and dangerous — problems in the hobby. A malfunctioning heater can overheat your tank or leave your shrimp and fish freezing overnight. Here’s how to spot early warning

Fish Gasping at the Surface: Diagnosis and Treatment Guide If you’ve ever noticed your fish gasping at the surface, it’s a red flag you should never ignore. Fish swimming to the top and taking rapid gulps of air are usually in distress, often due

Top 5 Fish Medications and When to Use Them Don’t wait until your fish are gasping for life to take action — these are the top meds every aquarist should keep in their arsenal, and exactly when to use them. When something seems off