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Thanks Disciple and hope you have a lot of luck with yours to. I'm going to divide the three tanks for the rack in half and seperate the different groups of shrimplets our Mischlings have had. Black/blue male 1 stripe male KK with female CBS type Misch, Ruby Red KK (not sure if male or female yet) and crs type Misch, pandas, Snow-white Misch shrimplets and some look like they may be getting some blue coloring so possible BBs, Tibees, and still have to wait for our Extreme KingKong to grow up to see where it goes.

I have another one similar but in red- can't quite capture a picture of that one. These are from F2 Tibee but not sure of father could be my Panda ,a Mischling or another F2 Tibee. I'm very happy

The Summer months can be particularly harsh and fatal for your shrimps. The temperatures reaching up to the 40 degrees mark depending on where you reside can spell impending doom for your shrimp. During these hot days you can see shrimp keepers around the world posting threads such as "Help shrimp dying!" and "why are my shrimp not active and pale"? The higher temperatures are an invitation for nasty bacteria and diseases, another factor is the shortage of oxygen in the water on those hot summer days. This article will show how to make a simple, cheap but effective way to help with the hot temperatures during summer, of course this is in no way meant to take the place of a chiller as chillers are always the best way to maintain a stable temperature during summer but this DIY fan should be used only as a means to lower the temperature 2-4 degrees ambient temperature, especially for those of us who reside in areas where the temperature does not get that extreme and can not afford a chiller as yet. Also an excellent cooling solution for Nano tanks! However for larger tanks I can not stress enough that when you can afford a chiller please do get one. So lets get started, firstly I will explain what parts are needed. 1. Wire Nuts x 2 2. Laptop Portable Fans x2 3. 240v to DC 5v 2A switching power supply 4. Wire Snips Now that we have the parts let's get to the DIY part 1. Snip off the USB parts from both of the fans, snip the jack off the power supply and expose wires with the wires snips 2. The fans will have 2 red wires and 2 black wires each (1 red and black wire for the blue LED's and the other for the fan motor), just join all red to red wires and black to black wires as they will all need to be joined to the power supply. 3. Now join the exposed positive wire on the power supply to the red wires on the fans and negative wires on the power supply to the black wires of the fans. (You can tell which is positive and negative by reading the back of power supply). 4. Screw wire nuts onto the exposed joined wires We are done! Now to test! (Note if it does not work then unscrew the wire taps and reverse the positive and negative wires) http://shrimpkeepers...39909848517.jpg http://shrimpkeepers...39909848521.jpg On my tests the original temperature of the water was 26 deg on my 40l tank, after approximately 40 minutes it had gone down to 23 deg and was at 22 deg after an hour 15 minutes. All parts purchased in this DIY was from eBay Portable Fans - $3 each, $6 for two. Power Supply - $3.10 Wire Nuts (50 pcs) - $1.50 Wire Snips - Free (had them already) Making a grand total of $10.60 for an excellent cooling solution! This is a very easy and cheap DIY, the result is a fan that will lower the temperature of the water by 2-4 degrees. Click here to view the article

yea thats true, keep lids on, risk over heating shrimp and fish i might have to invest in one still @CNgo2006 with your powersupply why didnt you just use a usb wall charger? this way you dont need to cut wires :P

Good luck I feel like I am in almost the same situation as you are. The options you can have in the racks are a bit overwhelming sometimes haha.

Congrats!

They have pretty much split into two colour types, the red and the brown-black. Thinking I might split them into two colonies by colour, and try to line breed them to get the brown and red types with stronger colours. Probably wait till after the shrimplets drop. Might give me enough time to convince the mrs I need another tank.

You could go down the divided tank route, a three or four footer. Seperate compartments for different strains. I must admit, my rack, which really is just five tanks plumbed to a sump, has made life easy. Water changes are simplified, you can move shrimp between tanks without shock as all wp are the same, and it means I can have five strains/variants breeding at once. Beauty is you can also have cherries with crystal/TB so in my setup I could have ten strains but I don't tend to keep cherries now, only some yellows. The biggest problem you face is that of options, you have plenty. Guess you need to decide what your end goal is then decide what setup will get you there easiest. The main thing is providing a stable environment that your shrimp and you can enjoy. Don't hesitate to float your ideas, everyone will be happy to provide input and advice where we can. We all do it differently so there is no one perfect way. Can tell its Sunday, I am rambling!! Good luck with your adventure!!

Just a short update on my CRS breeding. I cant believe i have so many baby shrimplets now, it seems every day i am seeing new hatchlings and today i counted 5 new mamas berried chock-a-block with eggs. My plan was to have this 4x18x18 tank, full of CRS swimming around and it is not going to take long to achieve. Thanks for the help Squiggs, your shrimp certainly are fertile.

I've got a little setup you might want to take a look at, lol. http://shrimpkeepersforum.com/forum/index.php/topic/3075-my-new-rack-tanks/

Hello Ben, here in europe we have several lines of PRL and PBL. But originally they all come from Asia. In these lines (Benibachi, Ueno, Akaebinosato, etc) will not be selected according to degrees but primarily by color cover. For one shrimp with good color coverage, even in the legs, is often called here sometimes about €700 (about $1000). I have some PRL from the Akaebinosato line, but no highgrades. I hope the higher grades in colour coverage come through selection. One example out of my tank: Greeting from Germany Lars

To collect riffle shrimp, find a riffle. Sounds obvious I know, but many people don't realise that these guys prefer the fastest flowing water you can find, i.e. riffles. The immediate downstream side of the river crossing in your first pic would be perfect as would the riffle area a little upstream (second pic). Find a suitable rock to flip over i.e. don't get a hernia trying to lift the biggest rock in sight. don't neglect little rocks either because they may have caves underneath and riffles will hang here in numbers. hold your net downstream of the rock you are going to flip up. Lift the rock. Thats it. The riffles will usually swim with the current straight into your waiting net once they realise the rock is moving. However it is worth scooping in the area under the rock as they sometimes will sit still. You will need to travel to different areas of the creek as areas are often dominated by one sex or the other. Also as good practice, you should immediately return berried females unharmed. Remember to comply with all fisheries and state legislation concerning collection of wildlife. This includes not collecting wildlife from inside National Parks (unless you get permission/permit, which you generally won't).