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Hey all what's cracking.

My name's Triggs, I'm a 25 year old from Melbourne.

Been into shrimps now for round 6-9 months give or take, It all started down a local dam when I was trying to catch a Yabby to put into my new tank at the time.

Didn't get any yabbies but what I did catch were these little clear prawn looking things. Looked kinda cool so I thought I'd put them in my tank and do some google work and find out what they're and if anyone kept them in Aquariums.

Got home and started researching and found them to be "Glass shrimp". The more research I did the more beautiful species, varieties, and variations I found of fresh water shrimp.

fast forward to now, And my love for shrimp has just grown more and more over time. I now have a bunch of Cherries I've been learning with in a 20L nano setup with java moss, water sprite and half a dozen anubias nana petites.

I've got a few other tanks I plan to set up in the near future for CBS and one for Glass shrimp however, I am currently looking at moving to a new place so have decided not to set them up until after the move.

I look forward to reading all your posts and threads, And thank you for setting up a forum dedicated to Australian shrimp keepers.

- Triggs

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Cheers guys.

noticed a few of the people I'm a big fan of here so decided I'd stick around, love the forum and what you guys have done with it. Hope I can contribute as much as I can (which is prob minimal compaired to some of you lol)

great to see so many names who's posts and threads I've enjoyed reading and learned so much from. Warning to some of you though. Your biggest fan is here now :P hahaha.

Thanks for the invite to the forum Loach. I can see why you recommended it now.

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Well, might as well come into this ;)

Welcome to the forum Triggs! Hope you like it here as much as myself and the rest of the members do :)

I hope you can get a few Tank threads up once you have access to those.

Alex.

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Well' date=' might as well come into this ;)

Welcome to the forum Triggs! Hope you like it here as much as myself and the rest of the members do :)

I hope you can get a few Tank threads up once you have access to those.

Alex.[/quote']

Thanks mate.

Like you said, better to have all the Aussie Shrimp Keepers in the same place than scattered around a few different sites.

This site has many members who will easily lure new keepers in, Yourself included. people like you and Nogi have been quite a great help in my learning of shrimps.

How do I get access? Is it a post thing/time thing or??

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I think its a posting' date=' time and behavior thing lol. You should have full access by tonight.[/quote']

oh no behavior? I'm screwed hahaha.

ah well, cheers man will pop back on later tonight/tomorrow morning and check it all out.

Thanks for the invite again

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Good on ya Triggs, Welcome aboard and relax you are among the best people who love our passion.

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Hi Triggs, welcome to SKF

glad you made it over here and thanks for the great intro. That sort of effort is the quickest way to get access to the rest of the forum :)

so welcome again and i hope you enjoy your stay.

cheers Dean

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Welcome to SKF Triggs. I like your comment on bringing everyone together, I know it's been an interesting few weeks since "the reckoning" began!good to see you here and look forward to seeing your tank threads!

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:-D Thanks again for all the welcome's everyone.

As soon as I manage to fix my camera i'll take some snaps to show you all my tanks. my 20L is all grown in and mature now and without self bias I think it's looking really nice quite proud of my efforts with it :P

Got a few projects I'm gonna start when I finally move to the new house, and after I sell off a few Guppies I'm gonna set up a Yabby tank which you may all be interested in seeing also.

Thanks again for the welcome :)

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