Thanks for the advice! Both tanks I tried were well-established and moderately planted. My community tank is a 29 gallon with mostly red phantom tetras and two small schools of cory cats, but I do have a bolivian ram. She's not aggressive at all, but she definitely picks off the smaller inverts. After my betta passed, I tried again with some neocardina in the empty 10 gallon but they were all dead within a day or two after drip acclimation. Snails did fine in both tanks and I don't think I've ever uses ferts or meds with copper, so I wonder if my water is simply too hard for shrimp?
Thanks for the advice! Both tanks I tried were well-established and moderately planted. My community tank is a 29 gallon with mostly red phantom tetras and two small schools of cory cats, but I do have a bolivian ram. She's not aggressive at all, but she definitely picks off the smaller inverts. After my betta passed, I tried again with some neocardina in the empty 10 gallon but they were all dead within a day or two after drip acclimation. Snails did fine in both tanks and I don't think I've ever uses ferts or meds with copper, so I wonder if my water is simply too hard for shrimp?
Edit: Can we get a c/fishkeeping?
That's really weird. It' sounds like you did everything right.
Yeah we need a c/animals or something lol