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Hi there, my name is Ian and I am from Sunbury, Victoria. I currently am starting up a 6 foot cichlid tank and about to build a custom tank to start with shrimp. I have had a few lots of cherries in the past and I cant wait to get into the hobby!

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Ian

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Hi welcome to SKF. Lots to see and learn here and you may be amazed at the type of shrimp that are available now. Hope you enjoy our forum:encouragement:

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G'Day Ian, welcome to SKF. Custome shrimp tank sounds great....lots of members here with great idea's for design/set-up, so do feel free to ask any questions etc..... as the community here is amazing ! Enjoy the forum !

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Welcome to the forum, definitely the best place for help & support with setting up a sweet shrimp tank. Ask as many questions as you want cause there's no dumb ones here. Hope you have as much fun here as we do! :victorious:

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Thanks guys what a warm welcome! I know I am probably getting a bit excited for my first shrimp tank but I have been thinking of designing a 4 foot long tank, seperated into 4 segments, having a couple of varieties of Neocaridina, maybe sunkists and fire reds, then when I build up some confidence and stability in the tank try my hand at CRS, and have the fourth segment for breeding if I start getting some cool colour morphs to breed out. If this even happens!

I read you can get some super fine stainless steel mesh that the shrimplets wont get through to prevent cross breeding. There seems to be so much to learn though!

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There's lots of "tricks of the trade", best to get your post count up, so that the forum opens up for you, or join SKF as a prem member (only $12.50), and you'll have the entire access ... library, classifieds auctions etc....

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Best $12.50 you'll ever spend opens everything instantly!!

Welcome to the forum mate, great to have another Victorian on board!!

Enjoy!!

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Best $12.50 you'll ever spend opens everything instantly!!

And your forum name gets changed from black to Sunkist !

as I found out recently.

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welcome to the forum' date=' whats the background behind your username Lol[/quote']

Lol a song that I used to love back when I finished high school....13 years ago...oh god! Black metal band named Satyricon.

I think I will join up as a premium member after I get my Cichlid tank all sorted out. I think it will require some serious funds before I sort out my shrimp. What is the community like here? Lots of active members?

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Lol a song that I used to love back when I finished high school....13 years ago...oh god! Black metal band named Satyricon.

I think I will join up as a premium member after I get my Cichlid tank all sorted out. I think it will require some serious funds before I sort out my shrimp. What is the community like here? Lots of active members?

Yes, active and sincere hobbyist/members.... we are all a great bunch. :victorious: i.e....one of the members here is offering free red & yellow cherry, with various mosses etc today ....

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Cool that sounds good, I am a member of a few forums and a lot of them just start abusing each other for not using the search function. Im the kind of person who will try read up on as much as I can before asking a question, but its nice to get genuine answers sometimes that cater to your situation directly :) Sounds like a great place to be and I think I will be happy to be here!

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everyone will tell you here theres no stupid questions :) and its a very inviting forum community :)

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