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I have returned to the land of shrimping. Disappeared following the explosion of constant unknown deaths of my snow whites and crs. Needless to say i was very disheartened and was considering giving up the hobby until i return somewhere civilised however am persevering and with that i return :) .

Now you will all have to put up with me again :)

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Welcome back Oz! I know exactly what you went through, almost gave up a few times but "just when I thought I was out...they pull me back in!"

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Welcome back dude, this is one addiction where the draw is just too strong, even after major setbacks, good to see you back on the horse! super-happy-dance-smiley-emoticon_zpsc6d02718.gif

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yeah' date=' welcome back ! so how can we help to get you back with a vengence ? whats the plans ?[/quote']

Arrgh password reset issues couldnt log in for ages and couldnt get the rest field to be correct, stupid question.

I am just watching my shrimp and hoping they reproduce, got 4 snow whites left and about 10 or so CRS, about 30 red rili blue genes which have thrown 3 blues (all female unfortunately). If my CRS and snow whites keep dieing i will probably just go back to cherries as living in the middle of no where hasnt been helping me any when i have issues.

I think in time i will hopefully end up back on my feet, i did a rescape after all my deaths and it sort of reinvigorated the passion a little bit :). Just disappointed that i lost nearly all the snows i brought from dean :(. As they say whats meant to be is meant to be :)

I am planning on saving up for a better canister filter to improve my filtration as my aquis 1200 runnining into aquis 1000 is causing my issues when i clean the filter trying to get it running again as it also runs through my chiller.

I dont think i will actively pursue my snow white hopes until i move in 2 years due to the local water quality here, its so crap we cant even drink it without feeling crap. Thankfully has had rain water however

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I dont think i will actively pursue my snow white hopes until i move in 2 years due to the local water quality here' date=' its so crap we cant even drink it without feeling crap. Thankfully has had rain water however[/quote']

Wouldn't a cheap RO unit fix this issue? With the amount of money we spend on shrimp it think it is a must.

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Or collecting rain water. That's the benefits of living in the middle of nowhere, rain is not as polluted as the metro areas.

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Or collecting rain water. That's the benefits of living in the middle of nowhere' date=' rain is not as polluted as the metro areas.[/quote']

Worst part high 40's to 50 degree summers it doesnt rain much here lol. My rain water tanks nearly empty. R/O unit is on the long term future plans

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