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Hi all, my name is James and I currently don't own any shrimp but I will be purchasing some soon. I've just set up my second tank after a year break from my first. I got some inspiration to try my hand again at fish keeping after discovering takashi amano and his great work, and also through watching my friends who still are running their aquariums. Ive decide to do a very planted tank and I've chosen a few crypts, pygmy chain swords, Glossostigma elatinoides and a red malay lotus as some plants that I'm currently establishing in the tank unsubmurged (if that is a really word)I'm going to add some stem plans in the back but I haven't decided what to use yet and I'll wait until I've filled the tank before I buy any. I'm using ada substrates, led tubes in a Aqua one 980T (I'll add some photos of it and my old tank soon). I'm currently experimenting with adiy co2 generator on my friends tank and will more then likely use the same setup for my tank.

I'm looking forward to keeping some shrimp in this planted setup but as I haven't kept them before I've joined these forums for some help whenever I get in trouble. I've kept and breed a variety of fish including tetras, cats and dwarf cichlids. My best mate got me into fish when he gave me a 2.5ft cube. He was working in an aquarium in Melbourne West at the time and helped me set up my tank while running his own 5ft tank and 2 4ft breedin tanks. He has since upgraded to a 6ft custom built monster of a tank (I'll through a pick of this up as well).

That's enough about me, I'm looking forward to joining this community and learning about freshwater shrimp.

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Gday James, you came to the right place. I've only been on here for a couple of days myself and have found nothing but enthusiasm and goodwill from people here. The rest of the forums open up after a few posts so enjoy! :)

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Welcome James. Tank sounds great. Takashi's aquascaping is certainly very inspirational. Looking fwd to some pics of your tank. Enjoy SKF.

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Welcome mate :)

Would love to see pics of your new tank as you progress through, im looking to do something similar soon.

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Welcome toSKF heaps to see and learn here. The forum opens up for you as you post the more you post the more you see. You can become a premium member for $12.50 and the forum will open up straight away plus give you access to the classifieds. Hope you enjoy our forum don't forget the pictures and maybe a bit of a journal about submerging your planted tank that would be awesome.

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Welcome to the forum dude, Takashi is definitely "The Dude" when it come to aquascaping, he has done some unbelievably amazing scapes in his time. love to see some pics of your tank when you've got a chance to throw some up. Hope you have as much fun here as we do :victorious:

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Whooohooo another melbournite look out all u syneyites we r growing our shrip army :-) :victorious:

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Got very excited today. I've spotted new growth on myGlossostigma elatinoides in under a week of it

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Welcome to the forum James. Eagerly awaiting photos of your aquascapes.

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