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Cycle and commission a shrimp tank: first decision
Run the documented nitrogen-processing challenge before livestock arrive rather than using tank age, appearance or a product label as readiness.
Boundary: Do not add shrimp while the intended load is not processed at the declared test resolution or while the system is still changing.
Reviewed 2026-08-12. Result order is textual relevance, not quality, certainty, severity or importance.
Build habitat and conditioned surfaces: first decision
Add habitat for a declared function and inspect or prepare every wet addition before it joins the colony contact network.
Boundary: Do not call one substrate, plant or botanical required, universally safe or beneficial when identity, preparation or outcome is unknown.
Reviewed 2026-08-12. Result order is textual relevance, not quality, certainty, severity or importance.
Feed without a universal schedule: first decision
Offer a small measured amount, observe actual use and remove or reduce food that remains rather than following a universal calendar.
Boundary: Do not turn preference, colour change or one short growth result into proof of a complete diet, portion or universal feeding schedule.
Reviewed 2026-08-12. Result order is textual relevance, not quality, certainty, severity or importance.
Plan water changes and top-offs: first decision
Prepare replacement water for the actual decision and make a measured change whose volume and chemistry you can record.
Boundary: Do not use a fixed percentage as a universal rule or use top-off water to claim that accumulated material was removed.
Reviewed 2026-08-12. Result order is textual relevance, not quality, certainty, severity or importance.
Choose a starter group and measure capacity: first decision
Choose a supportable starting group and evaluate the whole system over time instead of applying a shrimp-per-volume formula.
Boundary: Do not convert a short juvenile density experiment or one successful tank into a universal aquarium capacity number.
Reviewed 2026-08-12. Result order is textual relevance, not quality, certainty, severity or importance.
Handle surplus shrimp responsibly: first decision
Pause optional expansion and create a humane placement plan with recipient, transfer, source disclosure and no-release rules.
Boundary: Never release aquarium organisms. Do not move, sell or merge shrimp when health, identity, recipient capacity or legal boundary is unresolved.
Reviewed 2026-08-12. Result order is textual relevance, not quality, certainty, severity or importance.
Run filtration, oxygen and flow: first decision
Protect intakes, preserve wet conditioned media and restore oxygen and circulation safely before changing several system variables at once.
Boundary: Do not treat a manufacturer flow rating as biological capacity or assume visible bubbles prove adequate oxygen everywhere in the system.
Reviewed 2026-08-12. Result order is textual relevance, not quality, certainty, severity or importance.
Interpret GH, KH, TDS, pH and conductivity: first decision
Compare like measurements and investigate the specific chemical property needed instead of treating one aggregate number as water quality.
Boundary: Do not treat matching TDS as matching ions or turn a house recipe, occurrence range or seller range into a species optimum.
Reviewed 2026-08-12. Result order is textual relevance, not quality, certainty, severity or importance.
Improve measurement quality: first decision
Repeat the measurement with the method steps controlled and confirm the unit and basis before acting on a surprising result.
Boundary: Do not invent precision between colour blocks, copy the top of a range as an exact value or compare results with different chemical bases.
Reviewed 2026-08-12. Result order is textual relevance, not quality, certainty, severity or importance.
Read ammonia, nitrite and nitrate correctly: first decision
Confirm the result and protect animals from a continuing measured hazard while investigating source and system function.
Boundary: Do not equate TAN with un-ionized ammonia, use one nitrate result as proof of cycling or invent a universal chronic safe threshold.
Reviewed 2026-08-12. Result order is textual relevance, not quality, certainty, severity or importance.
Separate temperature effects and house choices: first decision
Stabilize the system within its documented operating plan and address oxygen and ongoing heat exposure without chasing one study endpoint.
Boundary: Do not call the fastest growth, shortest incubation or survival in one protocol a universal optimum or complete safe interval.
Reviewed 2026-08-12. Result order is textual relevance, not quality, certainty, severity or importance.
Name visible shrimp anatomy: first decision
Name the body region and literal appearance before assigning an organism, lesion, sex, molt state or diagnosis.
Boundary: Do not turn a photograph or anatomical nickname into species authentication, disease diagnosis or treatment authorization.
Reviewed 2026-08-12. Result order is textual relevance, not quality, certainty, severity or importance.
Describe movement and behaviour without diagnosis: first decision
Check immediate measurable hazards and compare affected with unaffected animals before assigning a cause.
Boundary: Behavior alone does not diagnose a chemical, infection, molt failure or oxygen problem. Do not prescribe from the label.
Reviewed 2026-08-12. Result order is textual relevance, not quality, certainty, severity or importance.
Sex shrimp with stated confidence: first decision
Assign only the confidence the visible evidence supports and keep uncertain or immature animals unclassified.
Boundary: Do not use colour, size or a vague saddle alone as universal proof of sex, maturity, fertility or reproductive outcome.
Reviewed 2026-08-12. Result order is textual relevance, not quality, certainty, severity or importance.
Record growth, maturity and lifespan: first decision
Measure a defined body landmark repeatedly for an identified cohort rather than inferring exact age from size.
Boundary: Do not convert one size, seller estimate or oldest visible animal into exact age, remaining lifespan or a population survival curve.
Reviewed 2026-08-12. Result order is textual relevance, not quality, certainty, severity or importance.
Record breeding without a guaranteed calendar: first decision
Identify the first unobserved stage and review the records for that stage before changing temperature, food, minerals or tankmates.
Boundary: Do not promise a hatch calendar, diagnose dropped eggs from one image or call adult survival evidence of successful recruitment.
Reviewed 2026-08-12. Result order is textual relevance, not quality, certainty, severity or importance.
Separate species, trade line and provenance: first decision
Use the narrowest supported identity and preserve the original source name alongside any current taxonomic interpretation.
Boundary: Do not authenticate species, purity, ancestry or named line from colour, one barcode, a database label or an updated synonym alone.
Reviewed 2026-08-12. Result order is textual relevance, not quality, certainty, severity or importance.
Record mixed-colour crosses across generations: first decision
Define whether the goal is display or a documented cross, then keep families and generations traceable before predicting outcomes.
Boundary: Do not use seller charts or selected showcase offspring to predict a complete cross, authenticate ancestry or prove genetic purity.
Reviewed 2026-08-12. Result order is textual relevance, not quality, certainty, severity or importance.
Use selective-breeding and genetics claims carefully: first decision
Define the trait and scoring method, preserve source-separated families and test offspring across complete generations.
Boundary: Do not turn expression, association, one marker or line name into a causal genotype, purity certificate or guaranteed inheritance pattern.
Reviewed 2026-08-12. Result order is textual relevance, not quality, certainty, severity or importance.
Receive and transfer shipped shrimp: first decision
Choose and execute a deliberate transfer plan that limits continued package exposure and avoids adding source water to the receiving system when practical.
Boundary: Do not use one fixed drip duration as a survival guarantee or infer the cause of a later loss from transfer method alone.
Reviewed 2026-08-12. Result order is textual relevance, not quality, certainty, severity or importance.
Quarantine by source and contact network: first decision
Place the new source in a commissioned separate system with dedicated wet equipment and a written observation and release decision.
Boundary: Do not treat one uneventful duration, visual normality or routine unverified treatment as proof of pathogen-free status.
Reviewed 2026-08-12. Result order is textual relevance, not quality, certainty, severity or importance.
Triage abnormal observations and mortality: first decision
Stop a known continuing exposure when safe, stabilize measurable system hazards and preserve clear observations for qualified help.
Boundary: Do not diagnose or dose from a photograph, nickname or single sign. Escalate when mortality continues or welfare is deteriorating.
Reviewed 2026-08-12. Result order is textual relevance, not quality, certainty, severity or importance.
Investigate molting and exuviae: first decision
Leave an ordinary exuvia unless it creates a specific problem, and investigate repeated abnormal events through measured system history.
Boundary: A white ring is not a diagnosis or certain cause of death, and one molt does not prove a mineral deficiency or treatment need.
Reviewed 2026-08-12. Result order is textual relevance, not quality, certainty, severity or importance.
Identify free-living organisms before treatment: first decision
Collect clear observations and narrow the organism group before changing food, removing animals or considering treatment.
Boundary: Do not treat from a common name or blurry image, and do not assume disappearance proves eradication, efficacy or host safety.
Reviewed 2026-08-12. Result order is textual relevance, not quality, certainty, severity or importance.
Respond to possible chemical exposure: first decision
Stop a known continuing exposure when safe, preserve the package or label and use measured water and animal observations for escalation.
Boundary: Do not certify a product from one ingredient label or convert a laboratory response, no-death result or nominal dose into universal safety.
Reviewed 2026-08-12. Result order is textual relevance, not quality, certainty, severity or importance.
Evaluate tankmates by the colony outcome: first decision
Prefer shrimp-only conditions for recruitment; if evaluating coexistence, establish complete counts and a humane removal plan first.
Boundary: Do not publish a universal safe-fish list or treat visible surviving adults as evidence that juveniles recruit without predation.
Reviewed 2026-08-12. Result order is textual relevance, not quality, certainty, severity or importance.
Separate grazing from cleanup claims: first decision
Describe shrimp as bounded grazers and remove or correct the system cause with an appropriate measurable maintenance action.
Boundary: Do not promise whole-system cleaning, waste export, a stocking rate for algae control or consumption of every algae type.
Reviewed 2026-08-12. Result order is textual relevance, not quality, certainty, severity or importance.
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