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    Acclimating Malaysian Trumpet Snails to Brackish Water

    Malaysian Trumpet Snails (MTS) are one of the few species of aquarium snails that can be acclimated into brackish salt water. This is most often done by hobbyists wanting to add tank mates to their …

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    How To Drip Acclimate Shrimp

    Why it’s important Dwarf shrimp are very sensitive to changes in their water parameters, such as going from hard water to soft water, acidic to alkali, hot to cold, etc. Cherry shrimp are pretty …

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    How To Breed Dwarf Shrimp

    Most shrimp keepers are excited to try and start breeding a healthy colony in their new tanks. However, sometimes the shrimp need some time to settle in, or they aren’t totally happy with the …

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    Shrimp Tank Cycling

    What is cycling? Simply put, cycling an aquarium means building up a large enough colony of beneficial bacteria in your filter to safely consume your animals’ waste before it can cause them …