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Had an out of control peacock moss on SS mesh in my CRS tank that I'm trying to slowly and gently trim down (there always a heap of babies in there) and it looked pretty awesome, really neat and cascading. I must admit when it was just growing out it didn't look great, but once it was overgrown it looked fab :P It now looks terrible again, should be worth it cos I managed to make 2 A4 peacock moss walls from the trimmings. Looking forward to when it grows out!

Australia has 99% hard woods, so every thing is AOK. What to look out for is soft sections in you timber, but it would be the same as using Indian almond leaves only larger scale Some timber will leach tannin stains, this is from the process of waterlogging and it can go on for a long time, once again no issue with shrimp unless it is allowed to go unchecked. Buying bleached timber makes no difference as the bleaching only affects the out side of the timber, the tannin comes from inside. Water logging can take a long time and one of the best ways of water logging and stain removal, is to soak the wood in a bin or something like that and water change weekly until the stain is gone and the wood sinks. I use to collect Mangrove stumps when it was legal and never had a issue with them and I have used river wood for years with out trouble, so long as it is hard and not to fresh its AOK, if its fresh soak it to remove the staining. In 50 years I have not been mad aware of any reasonable common Aussie timber that is dangerous, if in doubt test a piece, if its dry no need to boil it and look out for things living in your timber. A story for you, back when the ARK landed LOL, The first time I took my now wife on a trip it was to collect Mangrove stumps at Bribie island, we filled the boot of here Torana with timber, a few days later she was driving through south Brisbane with a friend, when a crab crawled across her friends foot, the friend jumped out of the car screaming, lucky they had just stopped a traffic lights, the friend would not get back in the car and caught a cab home LOL, she still married me

Hi All, Been keeping RCSs and Caridina Typus for some time now in a modified Aqua One AR850 (in the form of lighting and filtration). The following are the details: Tank: Aqua One AR850 with matching cabinet. Filtration: Aqua One Nautilus 1100 with bio balls, Japanese filter mat, coarse sponge, fine sponge and wool pad. Lights: 4x 9W/1000lm offroad LED floodlights (gutted the floodlights and installed into the light hood along with RGB LEDs and 3x 40mm Noctua fans for cooling). 2 of the RGB LEDs also act as moonlight. CO2: ISTA compact dual gauge regulator with integrated solenoid, ISTA BC, ISTA S/S check valve, Dupla check valve, DIY external reactor, 1L ISTA cylinder and 1L Up Aqua cylinder. Heating: DIY external inline heater compartment housing Eheim Jager 250W heater. Timers: Two DIY timer boxes from Jiffy project boxes, each containing two 7-day programmable timers with battery backup (no loss of time and program during power outtages). One for CO2, one for Main lights, one for fans and RGB lights, and one for moon-light. Substrate: Plain inert gravel (with years worth of fish poop for nutrients), originally capped with quartz sand but has mixed in since then. Ferts: Was using Dino Dung but now Osmocote aquatic tabs. Also does Dino Pee and Spit, and Seachem Flourish. Auto Doser: Two pee/stool sample bottles using inline taps to dose diluted Dino Pee and Spit. Fauna: 100+ RCSs, 6 Caridina Typus, 30 Cardinal Tetras and 7 Lemon Tetras, and lots of Ramshorn and Pond snails. Flora: Staurogyne Repens, AR Mini, Subwassertang, Limnophila Aromatica, Anubias Barteri, Java Fern Windelow, Regular Java Fern, Crypt Wendti, Hygrophila Polysperma, Hygrophila Corymbosa, Hydrila Verticillata, Ludwigia Glandulosa, Ludwigia Repens, Crypt Balansae and Native Vallisneria. Hardscape: 2 pieces of driftwood, toppled over one another (where the Subwassertang sits on). Photo of how it was at the beginning (with fluros gutted out and using 5050SMM module LEDs): Fitted the 4x CREE offroad LEDs (notice the narrow beams): The beams were too narrow, even though they claim to be flood lights so I removed the lens otherwise I would have needed another 4 for the back: I then gutted each CREE LED and mounted to a flat aluminium bar with SMD 5050 RGB LEDs and some 7000K Eagle Eye LEDs: The most recent photo: A photo of the cabinet showing the filter, reactor, heater, timer boxes and CO2 gear: One of the RCSs: One of the Caridina Typus:

Here is a picture of the sub as a foreground, please excuse the algae and general dirtiness of the tank lol, I've been a very lazy girl. Have actually been meaning to rip this tank down and reset - but like I said, I'm lazy :P

I tied some down on SS mesh and used it as a foreground - a very fluffy/bushy easy peasy foreground lol (the kuhli loaches love sleeping in it). I just ripped a bunch of that up and tied it to some A4 mesh to make a background, hopefully it'll look good once it grows out!

2 walls of Peacock, that'd look crap hot!

i am just using ADA soil and 1 small sponge filter. no other additives

Hi all, have introduced myself in another section of the forum so now it's down to business. Here are my tank specs, am relatively new to shrimp keeping, have a range of shrimp like Red Cherry Shrimp, Yellow Cherry Shrimp, Chameleon Shrimp, Darwin Algae Shrimp and Crystal Red Shrimp, I'm not looking to breed so that breeding of the Yellows and Reds doesn't bother me at all, I just enjoy watching the little critters cruise around and play (watched a Yellow and a CRS fight over a algae wafer last night, was funny), all comments, suggestions, advice welcome, cheers. Heres a recent photo I took after I added the mini Java Fern in and introduced the Crystal Red Shrimp. Aquarium: Mr Aqua 12G Bookshelf Filter: Eheim 2213 Canister with API Bio Chem Zorb and Stainless Steel Mesh Guard Lighting: BeamWorks 90cm LED on HPM Automatic Timer (6 Hours Each Day) Heating: Aqua One 150w Glass Heater Substrate: Fluval Shrimp Stratum 8kg Co2 Set Up: AquaGreen Dinosaur Spit (4 Drops Per Day) Fert Set Up: AquaGreen Dinosaur Pee (2 Drops Per Day) Water Treatment: API Tap Water Conditioner Flora: Anubias Nana Petite, Anubias Nana, Java Fern Broad Leaf, Java Fern Needle Leaf, mini Java Fern, Bolbitis Heudelotii, Chistmas Moss Fauna: 3 x Common Bristlenose, 50+ Red Cherry Shrimp, 12 Yellow Cherry Shrimp, 10 Darwin Algae Shrimp, 10 Chameleon Shrimp, 6 Crystal Red Shrimp Hardscape: Malaysian Driftwood

Yeah when I sell the plants off I'll use that cash to buy some caves and different mosses to put into this tank. Will look at getting some Subwassertang, Peacock Moss and perhaps Christmas Moss, needs a good clean too. Oh, also, when I pulled all the plants and driftwood out I found 2 juvi CRS and 2 juvi pure white CRS, I couldn't believe it!!! I took a photo too, just gotta up load it.

Welcome to the forum and very shrimp!

Nice man. What substrate/ gravel are you using? Also what filtration ?

Cant trade her Ineke, she has put up with me for years and she still cares I think???.

Nice pic!!!

Success - January 12, 2015 New shrimplets sighted, excuse the algae on the glass. Juveniles really starting to show some good pattern and colour now. Well good relative to what they have been, poor compared to the adults. they still have a bit of growing to do though.

I really like the pure black and the brown tiger stripes. Less fussed on the reds and oranges which seem to be of a stress colouration anyway.