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Cbs progress this week. Getting closer and closer to dat pbl status. Still not solid enough and some too brown :( legs are good though!

I have been thinking to myself (yes I do it occationally). We have Monday blues for blue shrimp and TGIF for Red shrimp. Now what about all the other coloured shrimp? when do the members get to show off their non red or blue shrimp. Since Wednesday is Hump day we might as well celebrate it by showing off our Non red or Blue shrimp. Here is my hump day contribution...

Happy hump day :)

I have to add my own diy aswell lol very very very efficient and also cost less then $15 :) down fall .... Plenty of evaporation :( but 1000x's more efficient then pc fans Take off the bottom section (normally unscrews in the centre of the neck) and simply place on top of tank :) (you can also freeze wet/damp tea towels/towels) Common pedestal fan 1,000,000x's faster then pc fans have your pre aged water handy as it will evaporate a fair bit :) enjoy

No, it's not a Taxiphyllum so definitely not Peacock. It's definitely not Willow which is very distinctive too. Inverted could be on the money; time will tell. It's probably one of the Vesicularia. What moss was it supposed to be? Where did it come from? I'd chase down those answers to start with. You'll probably have to grow it for some time in a range of conditions to confirm its habit and general appearance. That will help too. There are websites with microscope pics of many standard aquarium mosses and if you check yours under magnification and then get lucky you'll pin it down. As far as real scientific ID goes you're out of luck. No respectable botanist would ID a plant without any collection data attached. What country is this particular moss native to? It's a big world. Considering the recent proliferation of illegally imported aquarium mosses that were probably never identified at collection, given a dodgy trade name and then distributed throughout the world, we may never know. Now there's also plenty of unidentified natives in people's tanks too and some of these are very similar to foreign mosses. Your only hope is that you can match it up to an existing named form in someone else's tank.

The 2016 shrimp championships will be in March 2016. More details to come. Any business or person wishing to get involved please email [email protected] Will update this post as details come to hand.

Good news , we have seen our first shrimplet and seen another 5 girls berried I big thanks goes out to Disciple for sending me some lovely shrimp As I have never kept shrimp before how do I plan for the future ? In other words how do you know what to cull and when to cull ? How old do they need to be ? Do shrimp change colouration as they mature and go through moults ? I know it's early days but I really like to be prepared and maybe overthink things (so my wife tells me) Cheers

Pogostemom Helferi is the crinkled plant. hopefully the tank will be flooded in about 6 weeks!

Yeah that's the idea a lush Belem carpet, and stems in the background :)

I've been neglecting this tank but it's coming along ok for the amount of effort I've put in. I gave the Belem a trim to promote growth today and did a water change. Added a few drops of Ada green gains post trim to help it along.

they're beautiful dude!!!

Weeping moss as I only kept weeping and pearl moss in the tank it came from

I don't think the Anubias or Bolbitis are a very good idea for an outside tub. They probably won't survive winter. Java is much more cold tolerant but won't likely do well either. I suspect Downoi would be an abject failure. 1. Aquatic substrate? Time was that this was laterite capped with inert gravel. It still works better than active substrates, but people seem to like spending money these days. Serious plant dudes are still using laterite afaik. Potting mix is just pine bark, all organics = no good for aquaria. It rots. Use sand, gravel, clays, "loams". 2. You can do either with rhizomes but they probably won't last in the setup anyway. If you have to try mount them so you can move them back inside when they start to melt. 3. Up to you. If the plants are sub-grown when you get them you have to put them underwater or they'll die. In that case you let them start to grow out of the water and let the water level slowly drop. If you keep the substrate submerged you may have algae issues. If not you have to make sure it's not getting too dry or everything can die on you. 4. Definitely part shade. Shade on an overcast day is far brighter than the best lit aquarium you've ever seen. Don't believe me? Buy a luxmeter and go check then. 5. Yes. No. Yes. But - if it smells like a swimming pool from the tap better dechlorinate it, or sit it for a couple of days, or use rainwater = better. Weak fertiliser dude, if you're using a terrestrial one (like Aquasol for eg) then 1/4 or less than the weakest recommended rate. Should be well under 100ppm N. If you're using a clay sub then you probably don't need much or any other ferts. 6. Clay hydro balls are too big. Look at Glosso - it will struggle to get a foothold in something like that. 7. Natural daylength. Then you can observe the seasonal responses of the plants, like flowering. 8. Small containers can become algae traps. Mosses should do fine outside otherwise but will die if choked with algae. A layer of duckweed on the surface can help a lot. They'll probably be better in the existing outdoor setup as will the AR (hopefully!) and Glosso.

I can't emphasise my last point enough. Check all the thermometers in the shop when you buy and pick ones that all show the same temp, usually in the middle of the range. The quality control at the manufacturers is obviously useless. edit - when you're checking themometers to buy, don't put your hands on them, especially not near the bulb part. Not a good way to get accurate readings. @salvanost, your pics are interesting. I would normally say those spring-dial type thermos are useless but the glass ones you show are exactly what I like to use. Are the 3 HM meters are measuring the same water as the others? That would mean your spring-dial thermo is more accurate than the glass ones. That would be an unusual situation. @neo-2fx, nobody will want to hear this but I use whatever crappy heater I have around. I have been through many brands and many individual units and none really stands out as being better. The old Jager heaters were certainly the best - like the Schego or Eheim pumps. Those days are gone and the eheim jagers seem to fail as often as anything else. They do offer top quality glass and a nice heater surface area, so they're still very good in that way. Strangely I still have several working units of the old HGB heaters, cheap in their day and never considered great quality. Perhaps they should start making them again. The best thing you can do is have a fish or shrimp room and heat/cool that - you can't realistically cook or chill a tank that way. Second best is to use a quality aftermarket thermostat and just use your aquarium heaters as the heating element - several forum members go that way.

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The force is strong in this one calledd Nogi. SKF Luv!! Over 9000.

Looks like Kate Moss to me.

Im almost positive it's weeping moss..... But you can never 100% without a scientific ID

After reading this thread with great interest and needing some new shrimp food, I thought that I'd give this recipe a go. Thanks to Jason for the recipe and advice. Made my first batch today with Chlorella, Spirulina, Kale, Bee pollen and Astaxanthin. Pictures below taken at 1 minute and 4 minutes after being in the tank. Can't even see the food lol

I made my first batch of this 2 days ago. I had some Kale powder and supergreens so I added a teaspoon of both as well. Within seconds of going into the tank the shrimp in every tank were all over it and it was gone in a few minutes. Thanks for sharing the information for the recipe and to any one who hasn't tried it, I can highly recommend it This shows how it draws the shrimp out.