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Not to be out done by Newbreed I thought I would share my CRS colony. I think Jamie wins because he has sold some and I haven't removed many. Both of us had months of no breeding and then within days of each other we had berried mamas and they have just kept breeding. The quality of mine is not great although there are a few nice SS in there. I have some juvies from another breeding program that are much better quality and I will add some of them when the numbers increase. The tank is an Aqua one 980 with 4 sponge filters and a canister with ultra violet light in it. This is the tank kept cool by 4 computer fans and generally sits at 22 rising to 24 on really hot 40 degree days but usually only sits that high for an hour or two.

I dont no nothin bout nothiN!

Found this today, Danish Style aquascape. It is an aquascape that uses red plants only. Thought I should add this to the list. https://i.imgur.com/Ik4AffF.png

I can send you a small bag of internal parasite clear if you want. I dont have much to contribute to SKF with but iv got more than enough ipc to share lol

Naawww, so cute! Love the pics, especially of all your shrimplets. The A grade Candy Cane type CRS are my favorite

Very proud, Shrimp Mamma, very proud, well done!

Definitely in trouble, I look like I'm about to spew, Petra looks content with her meal & Glenn looks very unimpressed with you taking the pick, talk about a disappointed asian death stare, lol

The Bacter AE will be the main problem, bacterial content in any products are a no no & technically you can't ship foods in either. I looked at getting the Glasgarten range in a while ago & hit red lights at every turn.

Thats the true sign between a true breeder any hobbyist, leaving the algae on the tank lol

Probably stability JayC . I lost a bit of interest in them because they weren't breeding and as they weren't in the shrimp room I didn't interfere with them so much- Jay would be proud of me on that alone!. Weekly water change and a variety of good food including frozen worms and their all time favourite squished snails and mulberry leaves. My routine of weekly Beta-G and mineral powder plus the addition of a heap of leafy plants- swords, crypts and Java fern instead of only moss which gave the females hiding places. Nothing else changed their substrate is Benibaci , I use RO and salty shrimp and have a temperature controller to run fans to keep the water under 24 c. The survival rate of the shrimplets seems pretty high - they get my own mixed powder food which includes spirulina, bee pollen and various crushed pellets plus the Boss Aquaria Baby Powder . I leave both sides and back covered in algae and biofilm- it may not look attractive but by the number of shrimp grazing on them the shrimp appreciate it.

We are so in trouble for this photo!! The crew look so much happier in real life! :)

Deductions for that singaporean fancy bee

Special for skf members. Here's some of the judges enjoying a meal.

Shrimp tanks lined up Just a few awards.... Fancy bettas Wild betta pairs Starting to come together nicely ;) Hope everyone in Victoria makes the trip

Introducing your judges for the weekend, we're all ready to get on the plane & start licking windows!

I was talking to a fella years ago and he said the "traditional" way to catch shrimp was in a hessian sack with a leafy eucalyptus branch stuffed in to keep the mouth open. The shrimp go in to hide in the dark among the leaves. Never tried it but sounds good. Certainly no unwanted pollutants in the river. The soap they were talking about is a proper animal fat soap. Attracts scavengers but as fishmosy says, a pollutant and there's better baits out there.

Everyone is so hard on themselves and their shrimp. Even if not entered expecting to win, it's a great way to show off your projects.

I know Slate is inert for sure. A compressed and hardened clay. Lava Rock or Unzan rock as Takashi Amano calls it is also an igneous inert rock. Depending on where they were collected, the colour varies from dark brown/black to a red colour. Ohko dragonstone, I have heard, is hardened clay - so this will be ok as well and will not raise water parameters (but I haven't got one to test). Seiryu as mentioned isn't suitable and will change water parameters. But I'm not convinced all seiryu are equal. The real seiryu is a Metamorphic Rock from Japan. With their high demand around the world for aquascaping, they are now illegal to export from Japan. If they are not exporting it anymore, then what are the stones labelled seiryu really? Most of the Seiryu stones being sold outside of Japan are typically Ryouh Stones and are just commonly misidentified. However, even real Seiryu stones will definitely raise your pH and gH depending on how many per litre you have added into your tank. Ryouh stone looks very similar to Seiryu. A lot come from China, some from Japan. But many countries have rocks that can be considered to be ryouh, but obviously they call it a different name. Ryuoh Stones are limestones and they are a metamorphic type of rock, so they will raise your pH over time. Limestones are full of calcium and will leech into the water overtime raising TDS, GH, KH and pH. Yingshi, I believe this is the same type of rock as Ryouh, but from China. So same explanation as above. Manten Stones are an igneous rock that are created from the magma of a volcano. The name was introduced by Takashi Amano. Just because Takashi san named it doesn't mean that this type of Igneous rock isn't found elsewhere in the world. If you live near a mountain that is considered a dormant volcano, it could be your best bet in getting some free Manten Stones for your aquascape. Unfortunately, they don't occur naturally in Oz. The problem is Manten type rocks do get misclassified all the time. So my advice is to test it anyway if you think you have manten rocks. Soak them in a bucket of water, test the parameters. Then test them again after a week. A real Manten rock, being volcanic in origin, will not raise your water parameters. Then there is a similar stone to Manten called Yamaya that is used in aquascaping a lot. For filler or for borders. They are generally small pieces, so they don't get used as a main feature. Aquascapers use this rock to fill gaps in driftwood, or to prop other rocks up, or as borders to larger rocks to draw attention to those feature rocks. Again this is an Igneous, volcanic rock, that will not change water parameters. Then there is Petrified Wood which is typically an inert igneous rock. But depending on where it has come from and what rocks it was petrified in, they can raise pH. So again best to test this one just to be sure. I've come to a personal conclusion that it's too difficult building an Iwagumi style tank for shrimps. The constant battle with water parameters goes against the stability concept for shrimps. Simple low demand plants and substrate is so much simpler. But that's just me, I have too many tanks to fuss over and I'm lazy.

It's time to resetup your tank.

Hahaha, yeah it's all changed, junkies are any looser addicts, crack is anything crystal that looser addicts or crackheads can smoke & don't ask me how I know cause I don't want to have to lie to you guys!

Ha! Says you, crack lips!

Buck is the local dealer, just quietly, also deals in Moon Shine!

<double checks what forum I'm on> Lol buck, experienced in other areas as well huh?