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Hi All,

Have come to SKF on the recommendation of one of the exisitng emmebrs who I purcahsed some CRS, yellows and cherries from recently - for my community tank.

I've been keeping fish for over 20 years in one form or another however have been out of the hobby for about 4 years due to moving house and other issues. Back then, the most extravagant shrimp you could get was glass shrimp. There was more and more attention building for Amano shrimp but you couldn't get them here. But now, getting back into the hobby, I'm bown away with the variety and colours available in the Australian market now. It's awesome.

So I'm in the process of setting up my first dedicated shrimp tank. The good thing is, I usually keep apisto's, so am used to low pH, soft water fish, which seems to be the best conditions for a lot of the shrimp too.

Very much looking forward to getting more into shrimp keeping.

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BlueBolts Shrimp Guru

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Hi kapp, welcome to SKF. yes, the growth of the shrimp hobby here has exploded....lots of varieties and variation.

Please do share your experience and knowledge, and looking fwd to the pics of the new shrimp tank.

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JonX Shrimp Breeder

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Oh that was me. :)

I warned you about keeping your yellow cherries and crystal shrimp with your appisto when i sold them to you. And wow, i cant believe they are alive. Its good that you are setting up a dedicated shrimp tank as they will be better off in the long run.

Just remember not to mix your colours because they will interbreed and you will end up with undesired colours.

Any questions just ask. :)

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JohnH Shrimp Breeder

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Welcome kapp! Sounds like you will have no trouble setting up a nice home for your shrimp (away from hungry fishes :cower:)

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kapp Shrimp Enthusiast

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Hi All,

Thanks for the warm welcome.

Jonny, yep you definitely introduced me to CRS with the few I got off you, then I got another 30+ from a breeder in Queensland who mentioned he posted on here about his breeding efforts with blue shrimp, which I really wanted to read. And yeah, will definitely be keeping the different coloured shrimp separate. Am in the process of dividing my 2ft tank into three segments. Got the materials on the weekend and will work on the build this week. Got some plants coming in soon via mail so need to get moving.

Jonny and JohnH - I only had one apisto that developed a taste for the shrimp and unfortunately he died a week or two ago. The other two apistos and rams leave the shrimp alone. In fact they co-habitate very closely without issues. Very strange behaviour but I'm not complaining.

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OzShrimp Shrimp Guru

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Welcome to SKF kapp, enjoy the range of shrimp! Gonna be a good fun learning process :)

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Squiggle Shrimp Guru

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Welcome to the forum Kapp, the hobby sure has changed in the past twenty years & I believe shrimp are the most exciting change. Would love to see pics of your setup :encouragement:

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Neo-shrimp Shrimp Breeder

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Welcome to SKF kapp...This an enjoyable & informative forum for shrimp keeping / breeding...Hope you have a lot of fun...

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wayne6442 Shrimp Master

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Mate , great to see you taking up our hobby welcome to SKF ENJOY!

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Welcome to the team at SKF Tapp. From my guess, soon you will be setting up another tank and another and another....

then you relise you have a problem :) have fun

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