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On 30 May 2016 at 8:22 PM, perplex said:

maybe you can use something like these to cover the screw heads, bunnings stock them.

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personally i like the stick on ones, they sit more flush and stay on better, not sure if bunnings stock them though

You could have also counter sunk the holes then used putty that's stained to match the wood whatever is easier probably those caps now it's complete 

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Its just a practicality thing wont be around long term. Once we manage to buy a house it will be rack time :)

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1 hour ago, Mitch91 said:

You could have also counter sunk the holes then used putty that's stained to match the wood whatever is easier probably those caps now it's complete 

yea, but since he already stained it, these just as easy, but yea thats what i did on mine

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Its RO water day today! My last day off so preparing 30 litres of water to go into the tank this afternoon pending the arrival of the Hope and Lucky on Wednesday! 

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 Let there be shrimp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can now officially call my tank a shrimp tank now its got some in it.

Beautiful shrimp from @Disciple big thank you to him. Ever since i started this hobby i always wanted to keep bluebolts and today that dream has come true!

 

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havent seen the femle since i took that photo so hopefully shes just shy lol 

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Yay for you !!!

 

And those blue bolts! I'm jealous.

What substrate are you using? They are so .... round.

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1 hour ago, jayc said:

Yay for you !!!

 

And those blue bolts! I'm jealous.

What substrate are you using? They are so .... round.

UP Aqua Shrimp Sand 

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I'll jayc asked before I could so same question :) also the blues look awesome!

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You even replied before I could haha

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lightning fingers! lol 

1 hour ago, jayc said:

Yay for you !!!

 

And those blue bolts! I'm jealous.

What substrate are you using? They are so .... round.

The blue is very nice in them, sadly i lost 1 juvie which was an extra so hopefully the loveshrimp will breed for me and give me a tank full in no time!

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Well the shrimp are settling in well with the exception of the female. I took the rock out of the tank to make sure she was still alive as i couldnt find her. Yup she was alive but appears to be very shy always hiding. The other 3 however happy to swim around lol.

 

I think its just my mug she dont like seeing through the glass but hopefully she will get used to it lol. Still a bit of a ways to go in terms of settling in though i think. THey are not overly interested in eating atm which I would expect from travel anyway.

 

Everyone hope the beautiful girl comes out to play!

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She is probably stressed from the trip. Also she could be trying to moult too.

 

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Wow what beautiful shrimp congrats on your dream coming true, I'm still trying to find the end of the rainbow for the pot of gold maybe my dream will come true soon enough lol. 

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On 6/20/2016 at 0:23 AM, Disciple said:

She is probably stressed from the trip. Also she could be trying to moult too.

 

2 moults within 2 weeks now and she is berried! looks to be holding atleast 10 eggs :) 

not used to seeing yellow eggs lol hopefully t heir not scrambled

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sadly the female moulted recently and lost quiet a few eggs still attached to the shell :( not sure if she survived havent seen her since or any shrimplets

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