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Water is clear now. My favorite pic of the tank so far.

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Glad you asked. I used some 500 micron mesh to make a grill. 500 micron = 0.5mm * 0.5mm holes. I normally go 1mm mesh for CRS but since chameleon shrimplets are supposed to be small, I thought it bett

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Teaser.

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Here they are just after going into the tank. Can already see some interesting patterning amongst them.

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Around 25. They are much smaller than cherries, crystals, ect. Definitely different, but I really like them.

They settled in really quickly too. Coloured up and started eating pretty much straight away.

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caridina babaulti look very similar to these in body structure, and the best part is they are native species for me.

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Very nice Ben and looks like a population explosion well under way with berried girls who also have saddles. YA GONNA NEED MORE TANKS : SHOUT :

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Luckily the chameleons dont get very big at all. I'm planning on culling pretty heavily in order to see if I can increase the intensity of their colour.

I've added a couple more snails to the tank and a typus (aka caridina typus) so I can get pics to show the major differences between the two.

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So here is a shot of my Typus in the same tank. You can see a chameleon in the foreground. Clearly the typus get much bigger.

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Your making me want to get some natives now!

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Your making me want to get some natives now!

Excellent. Worth all the effort for just that reason.

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Excellent. Worth all the effort for just that reason.

I guess its an excuse to get a new tank. I'll tell the wife I need one so they don't "interbreed" lol

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Any excuse is a good excuse for a new shrimp tank.

Actually My brother has been cycling a 60ltr tank and he will be getting some natives. His wife wants some yellows to go in there too. Spreading the shrimp love through the family.

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