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Good luck no doubt now you have one the others will start too.

You called it Ineke!!

Had a good look this afternoon and another girl is berried. She was in hiding yesterday and not holding as many eggs as her sister, so not as easy to tell!!!

Fingers crossed they all stay well over the next three (plus) weeks!

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Ooooo I feel the excitement just as well you have MORE TANKS cause ya gonna need them:congratulatory:

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Ooooo I feel the excitement just as well you have MORE TANKS cause ya gonna need them:congratulatory:

MTS does have its benefits I suppose. Guessing the whites will need their own space soon enough!!!

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It is best to keep each colour separate unless you have a tank to put saddled females in with a male then put them back into a community tank when berried but a whole lot of hassle and never 100% effective as they may do the deed before you separate them. It's been said the ideal setup is 3 tanks per type but that's in an ideal setup and why so many of us put cherries and crystals together. I have put some very nice Blue Cherries into my Crystal tank and now they are not as nice so I'm going to have to rethink that one because my Chocolates throw chocolate , black, blue and light chocolate. You will have fun when ALL Your varieties start throwing out different colours. :congratulatory:

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A quick pic of my ShrimpStaringTM corner.

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And will be beginning a new thread soon, thanks to Squiggle, Serkan, Marcus and all the other members who have shared their rack journeys!!

Base to start from......(excuse the mess)

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Minister of Finance has given approval on the basis I lose some of the older tanks!!!! Easier than I thought, luckily MTS hit me years ago!!

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Awesome stuff dude, that is a very cool ShrimpStaring corner, I'm glad I could be an inspiration & if you have any questions on setting up you rack just ask. Glad it was so easy to covert the financial controller, it definitely pays to do the ground work, hahaha :victorious:

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..if you have any questions on setting up you rack just ask.

Be prepared, as I have already drawn up a list of questions to hit you with!! :D

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Moss on Bioballs growing well.

Attached to other ornaments to keep them below water surface.

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Sorry some hard to see for other plants in tank!!

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I am usually happy finding new critters in the tank, but not these characters!!

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Thanks to this forum, I have the solution on it's way!!! Bye Bye hydra!!!

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These are my first Rilli bubs starting to grow up!

Hard to believe they all come from the same parents!!

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Looks like a blue velvet too! I've had to cull quite hard as there are lots of lovely Rilis but they have stripes where they should be clear:( but there are heaps so not so bad and now also have lots of F1 Blue Velvets so keep your eyes out for them in with the other Rilis as you will need to have a separate tank for them. It never ends:congratulatory:

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Looks like a blue velvet too! I've had to cull quite hard as there are lots of lovely Rilis but they have stripes where they should be clear:( but there are heaps so not so bad and now also have lots of F1 Blue Velvets so keep your eyes out for them in with the other Rilis as you will need to have a separate tank for them. It never ends:congratulatory:

I have a few F5 Blue Velvet in other tank. I will add these bubs to the mix as time goes on and grow their colony. They will get their own tank, should the rack project come to be a reality!!

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Looking very cool dude, where did you get the tunnel with the stainless steel on it in the fifth pic? That's a very cool bit of kit. :victorious:

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Great new, almost 12 month old, Aquarium shop in Ballarat sells them.

Ceramic base and wire corner fasteners on the mesh. Shrimp Love hiding in them.

Can't remember brand name. If I find box when home next will PM you!!

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Sorry some hard to see for other plants in tank!!

second picture planaria on the right of the sponge filter!!!!! KILL IT!!! ROAR!

ETA, sorry i think i might have jumped the gun... can someone confirm if the said "planaria" is really planaria or a detritus? :/ i am starting to get confused now...

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Hehe, just read the edit. You were right, unfortunately planaria and hydra had found there way into this tank, but they are now history!!

After much ankst I used Internal Parasite Clear, praying I would not kill anyone, and all the hydra and planaria are GONE!!!

I also need to announce how much I love shrimp keeping! I went to feed the horde this morning and got the shock of my life, one of my CBS has a belly full of berries!!!! It's taken almost four months but YAY!! (pics soon!!)

Also, I was even more stoked that one of my BB girls has had a massive advancement in her colouring. I couldn't believe it. The blue on her body is now dark and very noticeable, almost thought another shrimp had jumped into the tank!! I can't believe how they can change almost overnight. But she is definitely my favourite female shrimp now!! (pics soon also)

Sorry but so excited I just had to share!!

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Woohoo well done Newbreed. Got to love our shrimp even more when you see a berried mum or good colour on them. Always something new and interesting happening in the tanks. Hubby was sitting next to me this morning watching the goings on in my big show tank and said " gee I love these little guys" then he quickly back pedalled and said like , I mean like. Yeah sure **! That would be A.L

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I got the comment from the other half last week, after I had been away a couple of days, it was "gee I really like the floating moss (moss on bioballs) in that tank, the shrimp just kept jumping all over it!!"

I took it as a win and didn't ask any further questions!! Must be coming around finally!!

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WAHOO!! That's such good news dude, definitely happy dance time! :victorious: Don't forget, pics or it didn't happen!! :encouragement:

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Will be practising my running man in anticipation!! Cheers mate!

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