for shrimp keepers

The club for people who count shrimplets.

Breeders, first tank keepers and everyone in between. Share your tanks, keep a colony's history, get answers with their sources, and grade against an open standard nobody owns.

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Two orange Neocaridina shrimp grazing in the Molt & Moss colony tank. — Our tank, not a catalogue photo. Photographed August 2026.

house water targetsGH 6-8KH 2-4TDS 180-250pH 7.0-7.6Temp 72-75°FCompare yours

Six tanks on the rack. All of them free.

Nothing here needs an account or a purchase. Pick a tank and start.

tank cardsShow your tankA shareable card for any tank, from any source. Water, livestock, setup. Post it anywhere.passportColony PassportRecord where a colony came from, and who has kept it since. Provenance, written down.questionsAsk the clubReviewed privately. An editor may publish a de-identified question with a bounded answer.

colony logThe open logOur own tank, dated, quiet weeks included. Real zeros, not a highlight reel.standardGrade standardDraft v0.1 under CC BY 4.0. Use it, fork it, argue with it. Competitors too.pitch inSend a recordAn observation, a correction or a challenge to a source. Better evidence wins.

Where are you in the hobby?

Your answer will change. That is most of the fun, and the reason a club helps.

01First tank

Six questions and an honest answer about whether your tank is ready. It is allowed to say not yet.

Check my tank 02Something looks off

Use the words you have. White ring, hiding, tiny worms. Get the guide that covers it.

Find the guide 03I already breed

Grade against an open standard, keep a colony history in a Passport, and compare notes.

Read the standard 04I can help someone

Answer newer keepers with bounded, sourced replies they can trust.

Open the reply kit

An orange shrimp among dense strands of java moss in the Molt & Moss colony tank.

The club's home tank.

The club's own Sunkist Orange colony, kept in California. Its log is open: dated entries, ordinary weeks included, because a real record is worth more than a highlight reel.

tank note, August 2026Two shrimp grazing, sponge filters doing their quiet work, and more biofilm than is strictly tidy. A good tank day.

Read the open colony log →

House rules, taped to the rack.

Four of them. Short enough to remember while your hands are wet.

Beginners get kindness

Nobody arrives knowing what GH means. Questions are part of becoming a keeper.

Uncertainty stays visible

A house habit does not become a species rule because many people repeat it.

The animals come first

No release, no reckless treatment, no sale that outruns a ready home.

Useful beats impressive

One clear next step is worth more than a wall of expertise.

Pull up a stool by the tank.

Bring your tank. Make a card, start a passport, ask a question or send a careful observation. Every tool here is free, and none of it needs an account.

Make a tank card Every way to pitch in

New to all of it? Get the free first colony lessons by email.