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Hi shrimp people! I visit the Hannover Garnelen Championnat 2015. A very nice shrimp contest! Just a few pictures as a starter, a lot more pictures will follow the next days. I drove 700km today (I know this makes no impression on Australia people) so i'm a little tired right now . So check back later! A great show setup, I guess about 100 tanks or more. A lot of great stands from the big brands. Awesome aquascapes! I will show more later! Yes I'm famous and even other countries print t-shirts of me, can't help it OK!

Hi Guys, I purchased some Java Fern from GotCrabs and I couldn't be happier with the transaction! This afternoon I received what I think is a very generous amount of healthy and robust plants. Thanks GotCrabs!

Also a nice tank with crystal reds that cached my eye. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeI_Kw9_Xno

There was a saltwater tank in the aquascape contest too. Just a short clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CO8MZrPqIw

So we started on the first bench for my new shrimp room today. The frame work was 90 x 35 pine, the bench is 19 ml flooring chipboard. It has all been made to accommodate my height and injuries to make it easy for me to reach over tanks and behind tanks. The uprights will allow drawers to be positioned in the middle 2 sections and a shelf will be put into the other bottom sections. Everything has been painted black to keep it all matching- even the tanks have Black silicone:D The bench will go all the way around three sides of the room with the bench under the window giving me work space for packing and water testing etc. I will have 10 x 24 " tanks = 5 each side (8 are Blue Planet and 2 just basic 24" with black silicone. At this stage the lighting will be individual lights but a bench will be made over the top of the tanks which will have LED lights but not sure what type just yet. Each tank will be separate with 2 sponge filters and an airstone except the TB tank which will also have an Eheim 2213 as well. I am using Beni Bachi soil for the Crystals and TB's and also trying out some Elos (think that's the name) which I was given to try -it works similar to Beni Bachi in the buffering and looks very similar. For the Cherries I am using Fluval Stratum which they seem to do well in. My plants are basically moss, java fern and some Sword plants- the swords only because my large plant has sent off so many plant-let runners it seems a shame not to use them. Water is RO and salty shrimp for all tanks (Sulawesi for the cherries until that runs out). Hopefully tomorrow the other side will be completed and then the window work bench. I need to find something to sit the tanks on and will see if one of the rubber stores has something useful, any suggestions would be great. The flooring in the room has been reinforced with steel beams sitting on concrete footings as this part of the house has wooden floors sitting on dwarf walls which have started to collapse so Alan replaced them with the steel framework. I am a tad excited and hope I can put some pictures up of the room finished and empty tanks insitu by the end of the week.If there are any glaring faults with this plan please let me know before we make any big mistakes. The reason I haven't gone for a normal rack is due to back and neck injuries that don't allow me to work with my arms above shoulder height or continous bending and because I'm short the height of the bench makes working easier for me. The room has ducted air conditioning and ducted heating plus there will be a ceiling fan installed so hopefully I won't need a chiller. It works in my other room but I didn't have TB's or Crystals last summer [url=http://s1293.photobucket.com/user/ineke24/media/2013-12-16140719_zps26d1ee3c.jpg.html][url=http://s1293.photobucket.com/user/ineke24/media/2013-12-16152022_zpsf9d43ca7.jpg.html][url=http://s1293.photobucket.com/user/ineke24/media/2013-12-16155720_zps34f0ef7e.jpg.html]

I like to share since you shrimplovers are stuck on that Island

No Mr Cosby nooooooooo.....

Perps, there are two kinds of people in this world... people you aim to please and make feel important, wanted and loved... and then theres you... you cheap piece of meat!

I also want to say thanks to GotCrabs for the Driftwood he sold me which arrived today

There's nothing I can add as the heading says it all, this is from a guy named Herry Rasio, great work!

I've got about 8 crinum pups on the go in there and the latest addition was a buce, started with 4 leaves now up to 8

Can you pm me and tell me i always like to know just incase i ever encounter it and consider buying.

Actually a good point.. I know that we have sellers of these products on here. On another forum I'm on people organise bulk buys through site sponsors all the time... For example if you get a pallet load maybe 40 bags there is a good price reduction usually a single delivery address and then it gets distributed from there. Either picked up from that address or buyers pay the freight themselves. The list might start like this Inverted - 7 bags

Wow that sucks! Fingers crossed for you this Year! what soil was the issue?

yup doesnt work, it didnt kill any algae. i also tried the 10 times the dosage in a bucket, it also didnt work... my shrimp also didnt like it, lost all my yellows from it

where is the thumbsdown button? :-( I remember u said u had a bad year it sounds more like u had a terrible year ! wish u all the best in 2015 !!

Very nice photos!!! Next time you want them to corporate, spray a little powder food at the front of the tank. The powder food is not obvious and will not ruin the shot like shrimp wafer. ;)

In my own experience you will find that she will drop a few but carry most all the way. I have had some carry them all the way the first time and some that have dropped them all by 3 weeks. But either way with my rili's once they started they didn't stop.

Woo hoo.... Congratulations..... Some shrimp will drop their clutch early others will be great first time...... Your tank looks in good shape I think that helps :) Edit: mixing up my there their they're again

Amazing images!! If only we could have that level of shows here! We have Pet Expo but doesn't come close. We are starting shrimp competition in Victoria at end of month, shrimpclubvictoria.com.au. But I think I may have to try hard to convince the other half we need a holiday, and coincide with shrimp comps!!! lol Thanks Shrimpmaster for bringing this event to us!!

I dosed the algae with H2O2 yesterday. The moss doesn't appear to be affected. I can't tell yet if all the algae was taken care of. Here is a close up of the algae. On the positive side, look what I found when the lights came on today.

Glad you like it, so more pictures it is! Here we go: The show: Around the shrimp show: Sale of shrimp and all kind of animals: Chris Lukhaup & Friends spreading the shrimp faith: Why it was so crowded you ask? Not only because of all the shrimp lovers, but there were many more shows and activities: And now some aquascaping! And since it was valentine, I took this one home for the wife: And last but so much not least, the most incredible aquascape I ever seen on a aquascape contest:

Ineke we are not the one with the issue, ITS EVERY ONE ELSE LOL. Holey krap I think that Cyclone must have formed as it has gotten winy all of a sudden WOW Bob

Yes, more pics please! Hey Squiggs, still don't want to move to Germany?