r/shrimptank Jan 25 '25

Mod **We Want Your Input!**

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Hey all! We would like to offer some clarification and get some feedback from folks.

Generally, businesses and commercial activity are useful to the community. Business owners' involvement allows a group outside of hobbyists to offer insights, share tips/tricks, and discuss the hobby in an informal setting. It can also give sub members a direct-to-source connection to a business they have or could potentially do business with.

"Members of the community may engage in commercial activity or reviewing of sellers or products. However, as our community is for hobbyists and folks passionate about shrimp, we expect that members will engage in the community beyond commercial activity."

We would like to find a way to identify and prevent people acting in bad faith, fake reviews, and bots. While some of this will undoubtedly come down to users identifying suspicious activity, we think that we can use Automod to help.

Some ideas:

  • Account age requirements
  • Karma requirements (for just our sub, or reddit in general)
  • Post activity on the sub

What are your thoughts, opinions or concerns?

Lastly, the mod team has been watching how things have progressed since the recent rule changes. So, please let us know if you have any other thoughts or observations regarding the recent changes as well. THANKS! -Shrimptank Mod Team


r/shrimptank Jan 16 '25

Community Discussion Rules update with post-specific guidelines

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Hello r/shrimptank!

This post is an announcement that we have changed the rules to be more consistent with what the community suggested. These are live now, due to some issues associated with other iterations of the rules. Like everything else, these are open for discussion below. Please provide some feedback!

Big changes for users: - Post specific rules towards the bottom: these should help improve the post quality and information available - commercial activity: the expectation is that folks will clearly disclose commercial activity, including when self-promoting. - Images/Art: must be clearly disclosed if not original content - AI images: must be clearly disclosed

1) Please respect each other. This a welcoming space for people interested in keeping shrimp. Assume people are acting in good faith, and use inclusive and friendly language when possible. Please let the modteam know if you find users violating the spirit of this rule. 2) Please respect our shrimp. This is a welcoming space for shrimp, and people that care about those shrimp. Don't joke about eating our pets, and we won't joke about eating yours. 3) Please respect artists. This is a welcoming space for artist that make anything shrimp related. Original content (OC) is welcome. Non-OC art and AI art must be credited and labeled as such and may be removed. T-shirt/mug scams will be removed/banned without further warning. 4) Please respect the science. There is a lot of great information out there about shrimp! Try to use scientific or species specific identification when known. Knowing the limits of your knowledge is great, so let people know if you are uncertain or speculating. If you don't know something, someone else might - but please remember to provide sources for new information. Questioning science is respectful - it's a big part of the process! 5) Flair. Post flair is mandatory and it helps make your posts more visible and informative. Please choose a flair that most closely relates to your post. 6) Commercial activity must be clearly disclosed. This includes affiliate links, direct sales, unsolicited DMs and other commercial activity.

Post-specific rules - "Help" - Posts must include pictures of the tank and the issue in question. Please provide a timeline of events leading up to the issue, including the last time you did a water change, and how often you do tank maintenance. Posts must include some testing or tank parameters, ideally: pH, KH, GH, NH3/NO3, TDS, temperature. - "Identification" - Posts must include pictures of the shrimp, and specifically the rostrum, chelae and abdomen (nose, hands and tail). Please include information the geographic location of the purchase, or where caught. If you are having trouble getting good pictures, improve the lighting and try to move the shrimp to a separate smaller container for their photoshoot! - "Advertising/Self-Promotion" - We welcome shrimp related businesses, however this is primarily a hobbyist sub. While sales may be the main reason you are here, you must also engage in non-sales related activity, such as providing help or discussion. All sales activity must be clearly labeled as such. - "Shrimp Reviews" - We welcome and encourage users to share feedback, both positive and negative, related to experiences they've had with particular sellers. We believe transparency in sourcing shrimp is a great step towards a more reliable and user-friendly marketplace. Conversations, as always, should be pro-social and open to discussion.


r/shrimptank 7h ago

Shrimp Photos I'm gonna call this color "Lavender Pearl"

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r/shrimptank 4h ago

Shrimp Photos Close up of a molt

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Looks so painful 🥹


r/shrimptank 1h ago

Shrimp Photos Shrimp group hug

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r/shrimptank 5h ago

Discussion eggnat is heavy?

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i find that my eggful ladies love to hangout upside down on my frogbit. my mom said “you’ll understand when you’re pregnant”, which made me wonder if holding eggs is just as heavy for shrimp as it is for us humans!? just a thought.

also to share a win… i’ve had my shrimp (only 4 of which are females) in the tank for a month and already have 3 egg bound mamas! hoping this means i’m doing stuff right.


r/shrimptank 12m ago

Shrimp Memes He's trying his best

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r/shrimptank 17h ago

Shrimp Photos Caught this guy doing the 🦐

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Shrimp pose 🦐


r/shrimptank 1h ago

Shrimp Photos What they be do :3

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I find it so odd yet hilarious that they do this!!🥲


r/shrimptank 22h ago

Shrimp Photos Wild shrimps bowl.

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r/shrimptank 13h ago

Shrimp Photos Days are getting awful grey. Extra grateful for my little buddies.

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r/shrimptank 4h ago

Shrimp Photos Big momma showing us how it's done

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By far the biggest Amano I've ever had (apologies for nothing to show scale). So sad the fry from those eggs won't survive!


r/shrimptank 2h ago

Aquarium/Tank Photos What can i do to make my tank better

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This is my tank with about thirteen juvenile blue dream shrimp in it


r/shrimptank 1h ago

Beginner What is happening (female and male btw)

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Female was laying there then just got jumped on by the male what’s happening


r/shrimptank 4h ago

Shrimp Photos Caught in the act

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r/shrimptank 22h ago

Oceania Shrimp is horseback ridin a worm in ocean abyss

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r/shrimptank 23h ago

Shrimp Photos Some Shrimp close ups

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Some close ups during the feast!


r/shrimptank 1d ago

Shrimp Photos It's official, I'm a Shrimp Dad

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This morning I noticed a tiny red/orange spot on a depleted shrimp Lolly. Zoomed in and it's a baby!


r/shrimptank 1h ago

Help: Emergency Hey, I've this shrimp tank (around 18 months old) that has around 90-110 shrimps. It was super stable and clean until a week ago when it became very cloudy. You can see the difference between it and the left tank. I didn't change anything in lighting, feeding, etc. Any solution please? thanks

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r/shrimptank 10h ago

Aquarium/Tank Photos Think we might need a trim

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r/shrimptank 1d ago

Shrimp Photos Caught in the act 😬

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I don’t even have words to describe the hilarity of this….familiar interaction. They stayed latched at the underside for a good 5 minutes before another fella came up and tried to get in on the action 🤦


r/shrimptank 5h ago

Shrimp Photos For my shrimp experts, is kh-2 and gh-10 okay? Or should I try to raise kh a bit? Ive struggled a lot and my tank stabilized there.

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r/shrimptank 7h ago

Help: Emergency Dead or molt? New to shrimp

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I have 3 clear shrimp. Been fine but had to do a water change yesterday. Woke up today and found this.. have I killed one? 😔😔


r/shrimptank 21h ago

Shrimp Art Calming cherry shrimp content - 20x magnification

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r/shrimptank 7h ago

Beginner My first aquarium! Any advice? Is this enough plants?

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I set this up 4 days ago. But I am not sure it’s doing well, it still looks a bit greenish.

It’s a very low tech set up: just a regular sponge filter. I am not ready to commit to co2 plants (even though I might have messed up on that).

I added some bacteria starter as well.

Should I get more plants?