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So who's interested? I've started to do some backend stuff for this if we can get it off the ground.

I was one of the lucky people who set up a tank for our amazing native zebra shrimp recently, thanks to our forum hero Northboy who made some available. These are an amazing little shrimp that look very different to a CBS, despite the conflicting perception often voiced by those who haven't seen one yet. They have a reputation for being very difficult to keep going in captivity. Like anyone, I spent a great deal of time reading about the habitat and water parameters, previous experiences of those who have kept them and so on. Unfortunately there's little to read and no long-term success stories. You just have to hope for the best really. The tank was running for some time before I added the shrimp so had a healthy biofilm going and plenty of brown diatoms. I added some leaves from an outdoor container which had collected rainwater and autumn leaves over the last few months. I added a mixture of rainwater and tapwater which is pretty normal for me, both are processed through a carbon filter before reaching my tanks anyway. The tank has a thin layer, perhaps 3mm of fine white silica sand as a substrate and decaying leaves as the only real structure. I have one inert river rock in the tank, positioned to break the return from a HOB filter. Probably my least favorite style of filter yet I'm running 2 on this tank plus an air stone. The temperature is 22 +/- 1 degree C, pH essentially neutral, GH an KH undetectable, EC around 60uS (about 30ppm TDS). I have never felt any need to use RO water for any shrimp I keep, including Taiwan/Shadow Bees. However for these shrimp, it is just impossible to keep the TDS that low. I've already grabbed 20L of RO from a mate (thanks shrimply!) because the EC had gotten to around mid 70s (uS) and I felt that the shrimp were less happy then. I'll be buying an RO unit, the ability to remineralise with correct salts from virtually 0 will be a real advantage with these - as Fishmosy is already doing with his. The zebras are constantly picking away at the biofilm layer but do not seem to take any offered food. This is in contrast to what others have reported - snowflake, Boss Shrimp Crack, Mulberry leaves and Dandelion leaves have all been completely ignored in my tank. I can't explain this as yet - do they prefer biofilm and only accept other food when it's in short supply? Perhaps snails are taking the food in other tanks and actually nobody's zebras take prepared foods? There's surely other alternative explanations that haven't occurred to me yet. One thing is certain, mine are doing ok with just biofilm - the female in the pic above is clearly developing a saddle. In the shot of 2 shrimp above you can clearly see a hydra too, so it seems like they're doing ok without added food too. BTW I have been removing the leaves just before they really start to disintegrate to help keep the water clean. When the shrimp were sent down there was a couple of berried females as well as some small shrimp. These are growing well but the nice surprise was to find a new one the other day. I would say it's about a week or so old, definitely from one of the berried females and born in my tank: I don't know if there's more that made it - I saw this shrimp one day for about an hour and then it was gone. I perform a daily head count on the tank and while they're mostly out and I count to within 10% of the known population, there's plenty of places to hide in the leaves. They're also quite well camouflaged even on a plain white sand.

I am starting to really get into anubias plants and in the process of trying to acquire the different varieties. So far coffeefolia seems to be my favourite just waiting for it to arrive. So wondering if anyone else is into anubias and if so what are you keeping? I would like to see photos as well if willing to share so I can see what they look like when their big. Another thing I am curious to know is what the values are on the different varieties so I know what to pay? I have read on a couple of sites that coffeefolia is supposedly one of the rarer ones? Not sure if this is still the case.

I "over prepared" for these more than anything in a long time. You can't go wrong being prepared revo!

If you are seeing nitrates then nitrite is being converted. That is a good thing, the sooner the better.

Maybe bee pollen as well if you have any.

i will add new shrimp rack, but the new rack obstruct the doorway to balcony :( change 3 pinto project tank into 1 pinto tank (already got 20-30 pinto shrimplet i think it's enough... unfortunately all shrimplets are blakc color, i still cannot confirm the 3-5 red one,red taitibe or red pinto... change 2 pinto project tank into 2 prl tank add 1 more tank for white bee shrimp tank and 2 tank for taiwan bee total 6 tanks from previously 3 tanks

I also actually want to thank the great SKF members I have met through this site for their help, wonderful and imformative advice. It has been great to chat with some members who were more than happy to pass on their knowledge and experiences and support. This is a great site for all shrimp enthusiasts.