Ecosphere's are quite cruel! The shrimps inside suffer from ammonia and nitrite poisoning, the little bit of algae isn't enough for the shrimps to survive well, and because of this every time they molt the shrimps consumes itself, growing smaller each time! The only reason they can live for 1 - 3 years in the torture chamber is because these Hawaiian Red Shrimps are extremely hardy. Most shrimps wouldn't survive more than a few days!
If you have an ecosphere, please open it and at least keep it in a bowl of clean (conditioned) water until you can get a small aquarium (or better yet, depending on your fish put it in any running aquarium you have!).
If you have any questions on caring for your shrimps when (or if) you open your Ecosphere, feel free to comment or send me a message :)
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