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Thank you very much. You've even give me an Shrimp Master sub board, awesome. Although I'm just a small hobbyist with a small blog . Well, I will try to keep up and post from time to time. I really enjoy Marco photography of shrimp. I guess most shrimp keepers will appreciate this. Greetings!

This was one of my black cherries:

Once they are acclimated and the water condition is good, they will try to play with you. Their behaviour is not like fish, more like dog. LOL!!! There are a few interesting behaviours you could try to observe: When you put your head close to the tank wall to look at the shrimp, they will swim and suck on the tank glass right in front of your eyes. Kind of trying to get your attention. When it is sucking on the tank glass not moving, use one finger and put in front of it then wiggle. They will greet back by waving the fin. One thing you need to take note when keeping with shrimp. They love to hog on food. Meaning, they love to hide the food under their mouth or tummy to prevent others from eating. If you see such behaviour happens, try to feed during the period when your lighting intensity is the strongest. When light intensity is at the strongest, it will be Oto's sleeping time. This is another variant of Otos worth collecting: Their body length is about 0.5 to 1cm longer than the one you have. It still consider quite small.

Allo SKF crew. I though i would do an update of my 4ft after 6 months. Everything is running smoothly so far. My colonies have grown a little bit. Anyyy whoooo pics below and enjoy :) Titibees and Rilis TBMs and Blue Velvets PRLs and Chocs OEBTs and Snow Balls

Not for now but maybe in near future. For the past two years, I will have been shipping my products to my friends all around the world. In this way, I could obtain feedbacks to perfect them.

As far as I know Bacillus spp will not break down Nitrogenous waste (ammonia, nitrite). As you mentioned, it mainly inhibits pathogenic bacteria. If the shrimp eat it, it also goes towards improving the health of the shrimp, much in the same way humans consume probiotics. Most off the shelf powdered (dry) "bacteria" products will only contain bacillus. It does seem to speed cycling of a new tank however. More experiences from users are required. I only had one tank to test on. And it might just have been a coincidence, that this time the tank cycled quicker than previous times. But one thing for sure. Biofilm created is definitely visible. It's only as good as whatever product you choose to start with. <edit> that's why I want to try ATM Colony as version 2. But seeing what you said, real Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter bacteria might not like the sugar. I'm going to test it anyway. Worse outcome is that I just dose ATM Colony separately to bacillus. <edit2> another thing I didn't mention is that cultivating Bacillus on sugar encourages more anaerobic bacillus spp. ie. Nitrate factory. BUT this needs to be confirmed. I didn't mentioned because I don't have any Nitrates in my tank to test.

Shrimps are in!!! Wooohoooooo First Partition - Mishlings. Second Partition - Mishling females and Taiwan Bees. Third Partition - No shrimps yet but will be getting some PRL but have to save first Fourth Partition - Currently have a colony of Snow Balls and might add PBL later.