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How big is it Jonny? Gotta tell my other half to watch out for these!!

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Great vid and thanks for sharing...... I need that sort of graphic reminder to really look at my tanks.... Used to grow mosses in my ponds and then transfer them to my tanks for the extra biofilm/algae.... But not anymore !

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How big is it Jonny? Gotta tell my other half to watch out for these!!

Probably 1.5cm

It was stalking at the feeder dish. Didnt even move when my girlfriend netted it out.

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How do they get into the tank?

Cheers

Ineke:encouragement:

They are evil little f**kers' date=' I had a dragonfly lay them directly in my tank, we had a dragonfly in the house one day & then it disappeared, a week later I found it dead in the airline for one of my tanks & about 50 larvae in the tank, I collected them in a jar to take down my LFS & in the morning only one of them still had a head, brutal!

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I fly out in 2 days 24 days of not seeing my shrimp- hanging to see my shrimp tank. My girlfriend says that there are tiny shrimplets, some all white (snow whites babies) some with red head only!

I've got so much stock now in this 2foot divided tank that I have been thinking that I need another 2ft divided tank for insurance just incase something goes wrong and I don't want to loose thousands of dollars worth of stock.

My tank sits on a 4ft buffet/stand. It holds my 2ft divided and also my 1ft cube. I am thinking of relocating the 1ft cube and putting another 2ft divided to share the same stand.

I do love the nano fish that are in the cube. Maybe I could devote one division to the fishies and 2 divisions for the shrimp. If I do this all I need to do is get a tank made up ($100) and buy 2 bags of Benibachi soil ($110). I have the rest of the stuff.

Biggest challenge is to convince my girlfriend to allow me to do this as it is her apartment where my tanks are. :sour:

Lose the 1ft cube and get another 2ft divided built?

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I reckon you loose both & get a 4ft tank, lol :encouragement: hope the two days flys by for you :victorious:

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I reckon you loose both & get a 4ft tank' date=' lol :encouragement: hope the two days flys by for you :victorious:[/quote']

2ft is easier to move if needed. I dont have a pernament home. That 1 4ft will have the same problem as 1 tank holding thousands worth of stock. 2 seperate systems are better in case one goes bang! :)

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Fair point well made dude, I think you should get both then, lol :encouragement:

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Im in the Qantas lounge at Perth Airport. 24 days! I land 6.10am nsw time. Damn red eye flight!

Cant wait to see my shrimp and girlfriend. Do a trim, change the water, check out the new shrimplets etc. :)

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Awesome dude, let us know what you find & pics, don't forget pics :encouragement:

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Don't you mean, can't wait to see my girlfriend and shrimp in that order, just in case she reads this post?

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Yaye. Girlfriend approved for another tank. Did a trim of my tanks. Heaps of shrimplets. Pics and more info soon!

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I guess some alone time with the shrimps did the trick ha? She must have grown fond of them! What tank will you be getting?

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Same size tank. Just 40cm high instead of 30cm high. The buffet table that the tank sits on is 120cm long so it will fit another 2ft tank.

Im going to rehouse the galaxy rasboras and pygmy corys into one of the new divisions.

With so much stock another seperate running tank system is neccessary as insurance against a tank crash.

So now Im looking for a new tank to be made.

Current tank is 60x40x30. The new one will be 60x40x40.

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This is the 30cm cube-

This morning after 24 days growth

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And after a trim- I'm going to in future distribute the plants into the new 2ft I'm planning. The fish will be rehoused in one of the divisions.

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Wow, looks so much more refreshing ! You must feel so pleased that outré back home huh ? Thanks for the update...really feels like we've been on this journey with you !

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I also tore out alot of the excess moss, needle leaf java fern, normal java fern, etc out so I could see the shrimp more.

Divided shrimp tank:

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Awesome dude, tanks look stunning, getting another tank is going to be awesome :encouragement:

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I hope no baby shrimp got taken out with the moss :S

yeah, I bought some TB from Dean, and found 1 (actually there was 2..shhhhhhh, don't tell Dean) TB shrimplets amongst the mosses !

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