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So our rubra aceh besar (red rubra) have been getting a bit frisky. boys got a nice mouthful. Hopefully he keeps it up and we see some young ones in the coming weeks

Tried to mount the dual flash like you recommended. Results... ...Still need A LOT more more practice taking photos of shrimps in such a small tank but the advice has really helped. Now I just need to do a better job at spreading the Sinewy Cereal evenly as to now create a dense swarm of shrimps.

The purpose is to avoid eleocharis sp mini to expand all over the tank.

I will try Shaun but they don't show up on my camera it doesn't focus on them. I will give it another go tomorrow. Seeing those little tails hanging was awesome. There are an awful lot of fry swimming around now. I thought there were only 30 but there are many many more. Early days though I'm not expecting them all to survive otherwise they will be a free gift when buying my shrimp! No just kidding! There are a lot though that's for sure.

good news make sure you keeps us updated. I would like to see photos of the growth cycle if you get a chance :P

Hi all, I was wondering what is the good rate for water changes. I mean, : is it absolutely necessary to go on a weekly rate, or is it enough, let's say every 2-4 weeks, as long as water parameters are fine, especially N02, No3, TDS, but also GH KH PH?

The water changes depend on a lot of variations, the type of shrimp, the type of filtration , the population number and the size of the tank and how much you feed . I keep a variety of shrimp mostly in 60 litre tanks and in general I do 10-15% water change each week with a top up of straight RO water if there is much evaporation. I have been on holidays for over 8 weeks and had a family member come in once a week and only do RO topups during that period - my tanks went really well with lots of berried shrimp when I came home. I do a monthly water test as my tanks have been setup for some time but the minute I notice any different behaviour in the shrimp the first thing I do is a water test. I always test my TDS weekly. I test monthly for all the others and maybe twice a year for calcium but that generally hasn't ever changed. Some people only ever do topups but the TDS does creep up if you don't do water changes. The main thing to remember with shrimp especially the higher end types is stability. You should change like for like- I usually try and keep the TDS very close to what I take out unless the TDS went up then I would lower the new water slightly to get it closer to where I want it by adjusting how much minerals I put into the new water, the temp should also be very close to what you take out -in winter I will warm a container of water and slowly add it to the bucket of new water until it reaches the same temp as in the tank -I use a little laser temp guide so it's easy to do. If the new water is not close to what you take out then it's best to drip the new water into the tank the same as you would do when you acclimatise new shrimp. Other people may do it differently in the end it is up to you - there is no right or wrong way just better ways. .

Thanks, but plagerism accounts for 50% of the article ..... my logic and understanding is good, BUT "mi englis, an discliption of werds, knot vary goed. LOL