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Hi I'm from Sydney I currently have 5 types of shrimp going. In my rainbow tank I have some north australian river prawns and some local glass shrimp. I have red cherries and darwin red nose in with my endlers. And a species tank of blue cherries. Still looking to expand.

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Welcome to the forum Daimen!! Quite the collection already!! Beautiful tank setups you have going!!

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welcome to the forum, some nice looking tanks you have there :),

How long have you been keeping shrimp ?

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I have had natives for about a year. But only the last 2 months or so have I started getting hooked on all of them. I mostly kept cichlids in the past.

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Where in campbelltown do you live if you dont mind me asking? I grew up in campbelltown lived there over 18 years, rsemeadow airds, woodbine, eaglevale I've been everywhere man (in Ctown) anyway lol :P

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I'm in eaglevale. I used to live in Glen alpine with my parents but then I got married lol can't afford that address. But I grew up in Glen field

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Eaglevale's not to bad though, forgot to mention you will unlock more of the forum as you post more or you can pay i think its $12.50 in the subscription section in your profile and you get instant access to the whole forum and be able to utilise the classifieds :)

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Welcome to the forum, definitely the best place to be to learn about shrimp! You're certainly off to a flying start with the addiction but I must warn you that MTS(multi tank syndrome) will soon follow & most probably with vengeance, lol. Hope you have as much fun here as we do! :encouragement:

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That warning is a little late squiggle. 9 tanks and counting they are just my display ones.

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That's why I want to build an extension on the house and garage. The wife thinks it's for the daughters play room which it is. Just with aquarium walls.

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Yep, you are gone already! These addictive little critters have got you already, just sit back & enjoy the ride! Lol :beer:

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That's why I want to build an extension on the house and garage. The wife thinks it's for the daughters play room which it is. Just with aquarium walls.

I don't know you, but I like you already. Lol

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