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Looks insane in the tank. Got a batch of these bad boys cruising around.

You soon learn that SKF is different to other online communities. I have said it once, this place feels like "Shrimp Keepers Family" rather than Forum. You don't need to have earned freebies. People are just generous here. Just do the same for others when you have the chance. @shrimpstan, way to go with spreading the SKF generosity and spirit.

2 years ago after buying my first batch of carbon rillis from Dean Peltier I had a mutation where almost all of the dark blue was gone (picture 1) After 3 to 4 generations I ended up with some cherries that were extremely translucent blue (picture 2) and I worked on massively culling the light ones and line breeding the bluest full bodied shrimp. After two solid years I have achieved line breeding what overseas breeders call the blue dream cherry and they breed true. Although they do throw the odd carbon rilli still :p Hopefully in a years time I will have enough for everyone to enjoy what I think are one of the bluest cherries in the world. Enjoy

Nice shrimp, shes a bad girl dont insult her lol :P

Nice tanks :) Clean your room ;)

Very cool setup dude, lots of awesome fish. So how long until they are converted to shrimp tanks? Lol

Yeah mate aim for less than 20 ppm for nitrates. Once fully cycled u prob have 0-5ppm. Honestly I've had shrimp in WP worse than u have now in a high fert high co2 planted which survive fine. Some are hard like bullets.. like red cherries, mishlings, lower grade crs/gbs and wilds. The reason why I say this is because sometimes for everything to zero out can take weeks.. so if u have any of these spare, throw some in as pioneer shrimp (sounds better than test subjects) :p If u don't have any PM me and if ur happy to pay for postage I have around 15-20 shrimp im looking to move on anyways. No charge on shrimp. Algae on tank is a sign of cycling.. normally goes from brownish to green as it matures. Your right leave it for the shrimp to graze. High Nitrates cause conditions for algae blooms. Keep lights to a minimum to avoid an absolute outbreak but your water changes will bring down your Nitrates and therefore slow down the growth however this can be circumstantial. When it goes stringy thats the worst IMO absolutely sucks! Also if u have IAL add a leaf or 2 to your bucket of tap water with an airstone and give it a few days before adding it to your tank. This will also help you and your future shrimp ;) Good luck