Gday from WA to all fellow shrimp lovers

[Ronskitz]

Hi guys im a fair bit of a noob to the whole shrimp scene but im really loving the little guys already. Iv kept cichlids for nearly 2 years now and wanted to try something new :) by the way thanx for accepting me

thanks Ron

[Neo-shrimp]

Welcome to SKF Ron...Hope you gain much info on shrimp keeping & have fun...

[Squiggle]

Hey Ron, welcome to the forum, definitely the best place for knowledge, community & fun but I must warn you, shrimp are very very addictive! They are like Pokemon, gotta collect them all, lol :congratulatory: Don't hesitate to ask as many question as you want, there's no such thing as a stupid question here! :encouragement: We love pics so whack some up when you get a chance. Hope you have as much fun here as we do :victorious:

[ineke]

Hi Ron welcome to SKF heaps to see and learn here. The forum will open up for you as you post so the more you post the more you see or you can access everything straight away by becoming a premium member. There are a few WA members here. Please post some pictures of your shrimp and fish we love seeing what others have:encouragement:

[kunzy]

Welcome :) hope you enjoy our forum lots of help here!!

[ninja]

Welcome Ron, there's a few of us sandgroupers here.

[fishmosy]

Welcome to SKF Ron

[Ronskitz]

Thanks everyonefeeling welcome already :) im already addicted haha can anyone tell me how i become a paying member?

[Squiggle]

You just go to "settings" at the top of the screen, the down on the left side is "paid subscriptions" & vwalah! :victorious:

[torface]

Hi Ron! Welcome to SKF :)

[OzShrimp]

Welcome to SKF :)

[wayne6442]

Hi Ron welcome to SKF ENJOY!

[Ronskitz]

Thanks guys looking forward to exploring this page

[Ronskitz]

Sorry guys having trouble uploading pics from my phone at the moment but when i can i will get on the laptop

[Ronskitz]

woohoo the new update for tapatalk now allows me to upload pics. This is my first shrimp tank and im in the process of dividing up my 2 foot to try my hand at some selective breeding. Gee i was warned about this addiction and im pretty sure its got me haha

[BlueBolts]

Looks great. Nice centre piece. What soils are you using ?

[Ronskitz]

Hey bb im not too sure i got it from aquotix as a package deal they had going on, iv been meaning to go back in and see what it was but havnt got round to it as yet :( that piece i have searched all LFS and finally found it woohoo what substrate do you use/ recommend?

[Ronskitz]

I just found the bag it came in and it is the same brand as the rest aquatopia and it is called nano substrate

[BlueBolts]

Cool. There's so many varieties of soil, and shrimp specific one.... I use Benibachi for ALL my tanks, and I double up each one with Caridina and Neocaridina. The shrimp soil tends to buffer PH to 6.4, which is ideal for Caridina (more soil lowers PH etc...), so if you're keeping CRS/TB's etc... benibachi or a shrimp specific soil that buffers PH & GH etc... is ideal. Can you use any nuetral/inert soil for cherries though. Aquotix has all your needs.