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I am missing a Berried Pinto. I hope I didn't give that to someone by accident. Most unintentionally generous member award goes to....

The Typus shrimp is our closest, I think.

Gading of Caridina logemanni, Caridina mariae and Taiwan Bee Shrimp has been a hot topic recently on various groups and there hasn't been a consistent application of grading across these shrimp. There is a lot of hearsay but nothing documented anywhere. As a result, to ensure we maintain a consistent approach to grading here and on our Facebook group, I'm putting forward draft gradings for feedback from the SKF community. Grading TableGradeDescriptionExamplesHigh> 90% total body coverage of the identifying colour the shrimp looks crisp and perfect to the naked eye may still have some small imperfections under magnification. Medium70% - 90% total body coverage of the identifying colour the shrimp is not as crisp also has some slight imperfections in the overall appearance with the naked eye. Low35% - 70% total body coverage of the identifying colour the shrimp has the appearance of being patchy and imperfect the overall appearance with the naked eye is poor. CullThe shrimp has reached a point that it is barely recognisable as belonging to the intended group also genetic and physical deformities etc that mean the shrimp should be removed from the general population. Championship: The shrimp must appear perfect and under magnification show no imperfections or blemishes. The perfect example with full body coverage of colour and pattern for the given variant. If anyone has examples that we can use in the final grading information, please attach your watermarked images here. Also, should the quality of the offspring be representative (or better) of the parents grade?

I am just passing the SKF love forward. I wanted to buy a plant off a member and he gave it to me for free. Wouldn't accept any payment even for postage. Cheers Ben.

Thanks guys - but to be honest this almost did not happen - when OzShrimp invited us, we wanted to be a part of it but I was limited with time to get it all sorted and with out the patients and follow up and then OzShrimp running it like the champion he is - it would not have happened. A big thanks rightfully should go OzShrimp. I would like to thank OzShrimp as well everyone for their support - in the last month or so we have added two new staff and your support also means jobs so a big thank you.

Since I have done 1 x 10% water change ,using prime only, and I have seen 2 perfect moulted exoskeletons and no more deaths Good news Thanks for all the help

You got one of my chameleons shrimp lol

yeah I did have the champion level the elusive perfect shrimp but it wasn't popular. I think we all need that extra almost unachievable level to aim for to give us motivation to always improve the colonies we keep. The idea behind this is to help everyone especially new people to understand that quality is just as important as pattern when picking the shrimp to keep and the ones to remove. thanks for the feedback guys

I'm working on something at the moment but with drawn pics. I'd prefer to have actual photo's for reference though to remove any ambiguity. But before I can proceed, need to ensure we are on the right track with the grading info above. Oh and we are looking at a little less than 10 levels of grading. lol It's hard enough to get agreement on the 4 above outside of SKF.

I always wanted to make a poster/webpage with about a 100 pictures. The x axis would be the pattern and the y axis would be the quality. So you have 10 different patterns with each 10 steps of quality. But this is so much work, and you need so much shrimp, I don't think I will get it done soon.

@Zorba Dont stress man and dont panic. We all have been in this position. Never ever give up, i have gone down to 2 shrimp before and recovered. Now if you can find out the info jc12 and perps have asked. Can you think of when the shrimp started to die? Do you remember anything that was done differently during that time? And bug spray being used near the tank? What did the dead shrimp look like? Take a few pictures of the tank we may be able to see something you missed. When you do your water change how do you add the water back?