Cycling a 20-litre tank without fish
Add a pinch of shrimp food every other day and test for ammonia and nitrite weekly. When both read zero for a week straight, the filter bacteria are ready and the first shrimp can move in.
Mrazisharium
A small journal about planted nano tanks and freshwater shrimp.
Mosses that forgive beginners
Java moss and Christmas moss grow on almost anything, need no extra CO2 and give baby shrimp a place to graze. Tie them to a stone with cotton thread; it rots away once the moss attaches.
Why stable water beats perfect water
Shrimp cope with slightly hard water far better than with sudden changes. Change ten percent weekly, drip-acclimate new animals for an hour and keep the temperature steady.