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Thanks and good job!

Hi all, I wrapped up my work early today. Hence, I setup my camera and managed to take some nice picture of my Japanese Red Bee shrimps. As such, I will like to share with everyone to cheer up your weekend. ^^ Cheers. Shrimpy Daddy

Hi all, We have been sharing a lot of shrimp photos. However, there are hardly any videos being shared. As such, I am starting this thread for everyone to share their amazing shrimp video. I will start the ball rolling. In the past two days, I had shot a couple videos leveraging on my mirroless camera with macro lens and GoPro placed inside the tank. Hence, I will share these two video first. Mirrorless camera and GoPro are not the bet camera around, thus the quality may not be on par with dedicated camcorder. As such, please pardon the quality. (^_^")y

Just in case anyone would like to know about how these photos were taken, below are the list of my gears, setup and configuration. Equipment List Camera: Fujifilm X-T1 Lens: Carl Zeiss Touit 2.8/50M Tripod/ Ballhead: Gitzo Traveler Series 1 6x Carbon tripod and Really Right Stuff BH-40 ballhead Remote Shutter Release: None. Using camera built-in shutter release. Flash Light: 2 x Fujifilm EF-42 Flashlight Remote Flash Release: 2 x wireless flash release receiver and 1 x wireless flash transmitter Flash Clamp: 2 x Manfrotto clamp + Joby Flash clamp combo Equipment Configuration Camera/ Lens: ISO: 200 Shutter Speed: 1/125s Aperture: F3.6 to 5.0 Flash: Power: 1/32 Diffuser: Double diffuser (built in diffuser and small bounce diffuser). This will minimise hotspot and light piercing through the shell of shrimp. Equipment Setup Camera Placement: 50 to 70cm from camera sensor to subject (to achieve DoF that could cover half to whole shrimp) Flash Placement: Have a nice weekend. ^^ Shrimpy Daddy

It's great when it works!! Still much more to learn!! And wouldn't still be keeping shrimp if it wasn't for the support, motivation and inspiration this forum and community have given me! All in good time Ineke!! You know your tanks are just about to take off!! And I very much look forward to seeing the updates when they do!!

Some more pics from The CRS forest!!

I would add additional bacteria, and feed bee pollen.

Thank you SKF and thank you Newbreed and Nogi for coming up with a great comp to start the 12 days of Christmas, it was so much fun. And also a big thank you to The Tech Den for donating a really great prize.

Well done Jen!

Same as IAL mate boiling water and let them sit awhile. Ive got about 10 more peices coming, shrimp seem to love it!

PM received Jen. Just a few more to go. So Sorry about that, not a word I use and definitely didn't mean to put it in!!! OMG! Just a heads up, its not one of the words we are after!! lol

Whatever I am going to tell you, you may not believe it. LOL!!! In Japan, we don't really go for pattern. We just go for colour. The Saber Tooth pattern shrimp usually will have the best and purest gene. This is due to much lesser cross-breeding and/or in-breeding. In recent years, all the gold medalists in shrimp competition are Saber Tooth pattern. The PRL currently in the market are originate from JRB. The Taiwanese use the JRB to cross-breed with their shrimps to create those PRL we see today. After that they sold it to the mass market in EU and US. Hence, it is no surprise your Saber Tooth pattern shrimp still carry JRB's colouration. For my that Saber Tooth patter shrimp, another affecting pattern is that she is about to breed. This is why her colour is more intensified. Ah... I remember something that I wanted to let you know but always forgotten to. When you are culling/breeding PRL, do note that those with ivory colour (not yellow but more like very pale cream colour) carries more of the original gene. The whiter it is, the more Taiwan Bee gene it has. If you keep breeding all the ivory colour shrimp together, you will get more red legs than white legs shrimp.

It's important for us to know the anatomical parts of your shrimp, especially when trying to describe a certain section that might be impacted by disease. This helps with the communication and describing issues when we are asking for help or when we are offering help. Have to use a drawing to get greater detail of these areas... Description: · Antenna - Shrimp use their antenna to feel around their perimeter looking for food and checking for danger. Shrimp also use their Antenna for “tasting†the water. They have 1 pair of the longer Antenna. These longer antenna are their long range danger detectors with 180 deg sweep from front to tail. The shrimp will use this in low light to feel around as they move. · Antenulles – similar to the longer Antenna, the antenulles are just shorter and they have 2 pairs. These shorter antenulles are also used to find food close to their mandibles (mouth), as well as to detect danger in front of them. · Carapace - The part of the Cephalothorax, commonly called the Head (actually includes the thorax too, hence the name cephalo-thorax). The carapace houses and protects the internal organs like the heart, gills, digestive tract and reproductive organs. · Abdomen - The back half of the shrimp or Pleon. This section is comprised of 6 smaller flexible sections. The first 3 segments behind the carapace is called the Tergum. And the last 3 segments of the abdomen is called the Pleuron. The abdomen is essentially a large fleshy muscle. · Eyes - For seeing, of course. They have very complex eye stalks that can contain up to 30,000 individual eyes. Although shrimp primarily use their antenna for sensing their immediate environment, their eyes are still a primary sensory organ to detect predators. They can sense brightness as well as movement, shapes & colours; and are able to see 360 degrees. · Rostrum - This is the nose part of the shrimp, and can be very sharp. The length of the rostrum varies with the type of shrimp. · Pereopods - These are the legs the shrimp uses for walking and climbing. Dwarf shrimp generally have 4 pairs of legs(8 in total). The pereopods also bear the sexual organs, which are the third pereopod in the female and the fifth pereopod in the male. · Chelipeds - are the modified legs that have small claws on them for grasping and ripping food. In Riffle Shrimps, these claws are replaced with fans that filter the water for food. · Maxillipeds – smaller appendages close to the mouth that hold food in place while they eat. · Pleopods - also called swimmerets; are the small swimming legs found on the underside of the Abdomen. These legs are used for swimming through the water column. They are also used by female shrimp for brooding eggs until they hatch. · Uropod - The uropod is the tail segment of the shrimp. The tail propels the shrimp rapidly backwards when flicked using the muscular abdomen. In between the fans of the tail is a pointier segment called the Telson. · Eggs - Fertilised eggs are held in the Pleopods. Freshwater shrimp usually carry few eggs (20 - 40). The mother will fan the fans occasionally to keep them clean and oxygenated. · Exoskeleton - This is the shell of the shrimp. This is mostly made of chitin, but also contains some calcium carbonate. As it grows the shrimp will regularly shed its exoskeleton, as the exoskeleton does not grow. So don’t be alarmed when you find an empty shell on the bed of the tank. It’s not a dead shrimp, just one that has grown out of it’s old shell. Contrary to what some might realise, the exoskeleton does not contain any colour. The colour of the shrimp that you see is actually beneath the exoskeleton.