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Here is my main PRL female. Old picture, she was looking see through for some reason. Now she looks great. When I cull the generation currently growing I will be focusing on white.

And it's finally an aquarium! Now the hard part, getting everything balanced, setup and the filter cycled ready for some shrimp!

Few old pics

Hi all, This is my tank setups at home, would love to get your thoughts and some feedback, advice etc as I am new to this. My questions would be for each tank and are as follows and I hope you guys could please advise me on: 1. What is the ideal temperature for my tanks? I currently have all tanks at 22-24'C, should they be different since I have different species? 2. What should the pH, Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate numbers be for my tanks? (will do testing over the weekend and hopefully have some feedback to compare with) 3. What is the ideal TDS for my water, and would they differ as each tank has different species? (will do tests when my pen arrives) 4. What foods do you guys find works very well? I am currently using Sera pellets, Hikari algae wafers and mini pellets 5. How often do you guys clean your tanks? Do you guys vacuum or clean your filters/sponges, and percentages of water changes each time would be great 6. Any general tips on baby shrimp survival rate, I have many shrimp-lets on the way and wanted some advice on how to increase survival rates If you guys could advise me these questions for each tank that would be so much help, thanks guys! 130L running black pinto mischlings I believe(please ID and let me know if i am wrong) with a few that are berried!, I've found it hard to find food they like, they only eat Sera... 120L running RCS and CRS, colony is establishing and doing very well. 20L, currently testing out selective breeding (first time doing this) (have just put a berried red pinto mischling in) My apologies on the photo quality and shots, have not had much time and these were pictures taken about 2 months ago, I will get better photos posted in the next few weeks hopefully 130 L pics 120 L pics 20L Cheers guys!

Now thats how you dry start! Looks amazing dude!

very nice setup

I really didn't do a lot, I put a cheap analog humidity meter from eBay in the tank and just gave the tank a good misting whenever it dropped to about 75% which would get it back up to 85% or so, just tried to keep it at that level for the journey. I had a bit of stringy fungus stuff at the start because I was using gladwrap over the top, I assume it was either too humid or not getting enough fresh air. After that I just used the loose fitting glass lid that came with the tank instead. It took a week or two for the HC to start noticeably growing but about the 3rd or 4th week everything started to kick into overdrive and grow rapidly. oh and in a few places where the HC wasn't growing very dense I just trimmed the tops off the HC and left the trimmings where it fell next to the original plant and they took root and filled in the spaces nicely.

Greate scape! Awesome, I'm doing about the same dry start and behind your schedule for about 6 weeks. HC is just about to start growing. Any tips I should absolutely do or not do, please let me know :).

Congrats man, The patience has really paid off. Looks great!

Damn!! Looking great dude!

Good luck with the flood..?

another crs is berried today. i guess bep didn't hurt too much then! :-D

It's Happening!!

@Disciple You certainly deserve a mention mate! Thanks and inspiration make things happen. ?? @NoGi Please don't even joke about it!! Lol! I don't need anymore ideas!

Thanks guys I appreciate it. 4th and final section is my favourite the CRS and a few chocs from another members line that are throwing dark blues but they are also too small to get a pic of yet

Mishling section Theres not a great deal to show in this section atm there are some nice kk and panda aswell as rr and wr coming through but they are still too small for an iphone camera to pick up This section also houses a nice colony of black/choc cherrys 3rd section i have gb/sw with bb gene and im just starting to see some slight blue cheeks which im stoked about and also have a pair of reds in here too this section is very under stocked atm but theres lots of berried girls so that will change soon.

Hi everyone! Have been lurking around for awhile now digesting the vast amount of information on the internet and trying to make sense of all the mumbo jumbo. I had setup a tank earlier this year with the same tank however due to unknown reasons the 50 cherry shrimp inhabitants started twitching and jerking as the tank reached the 2 week mark from the point where ammonia and nitrites were 0. I could only save the larger ones by putting them into a larger community tank (only has neon tetras, juvenile guppies and lots of plants) before the younger ones passed. The tank become quite cloudy 3-4 days before the incident I only can think of three things I have changed prior to the twitching. They were: Swapped the filter floss in the Ista mini canister (had no issue with the floss, have been using it in existing 2ft tank) Used a copper/bronze drill bit to widen the spray bar holes to lower the flow (Did give it quite a rinse before putting it back in the tank) I had rinsed old filter wool in the tank before to help kickstart the tank cycling but for some unknown reason I decided to do the same with the tank in hopes of clearing the cloudy water The tank had ADA Amazonia and ran off an ISTA 360L/H Canister Filter with everything else the same as below. If anyone has any experience or idea if above changes might have caused the deaths please let me know I still haven't really figured it out. I feel (3) did it T_T ANYWAYS onto the new tank. The specs are: Tank: Aquarel Shrimp Smart 30 Set (roughly 30L) Filter: Eheim 2213, Mr Aqua Large Sponge Intake cover and Ista Spray Bar Filter Media: Eheim Substat Pro, Eheim Biomechanical, Filter Floss Light: Aquarel Leddy Smart LED Light Substrate: Benibachi Fluvic Soil Heater: Aquaone 25w (26 Degree Celsius) Plants: Subwassertang moss, Monte Carlo, Java Moss, Frogbit and Duckweed Shrimp: Set up as CRS Tank Driftwood: Malaysian and Cholla Accessories: Benibachi Crimson Bee Balls, Tantora Almond Leaves and Alder Cones Addictives: Boss Booster, Benibachi Mineral Powder, BorneoWild Enlive, API Tap Water Conditioner and API Quickstart I'm a Canberran and from testing the tap water (after de-chlorinated) we have extremely soft water with GH: 2-5 and KH: 0-2. But I'm not sure if that is just my tap or the region in general, I have a buddy who just puts aged water into his shrimp tank and he's had no deaths with CRS, Mischlings, Cherries and Bluebolts. Curious to know if anyone has similar experience? Current Status: Still cycling nearing 2 weeks mark still have shocking ammonia levels but 3 cull shrimps and a juvenile guppy have survived and appear to be grazing now. Started using API Quickstart to help promote bacteria it seemed to work when setting up my 2ft. Pics: BorneoWild Enlive before adding substrate. Everyone knows this :p Boss Booster and Mineral Powder (Forgot pic). Approx 4cm Height. It be cloudy. Cholla Wood and Almond leaf took 2 days to sink. How it Currently Looks :) CRS courtesy of HeavyD that I've been trying to keep happy while the tank is cycling. They are currently in a breeder box in my 2ft tank that also has the surviving RCS (outside the breeder box) :p Any questions or advice would be greatly appreciated and welcome. I've only started picking up the shrimp hobby this year so still relatively new and has been quite learning experience. This Forum helps alot XD Cheers :)

Howdy ALL A warning for all of you, I have TB from fish it is not like human TB as in it dose not attack your lungs, nor kill you, the ones we have here any way. You get it from guts or skin breaks mostly on your hands, it is way to complex to go into, BUT caught early its not to bad, it will knock you down BUT is fixable easy. It will show up as a sore that wont go away, there is lots more to it that, that but I am going to keep this short. If you have a sore that wont go away easy and you joints feel like krap, that is one warning sign, ask you Doctor to test for fish TB and with the right treatment it can be fixed easy. It gets over looked a lot I most likely got mine from Rainbow fish?? but there are a lot of possible fish you can get it from and the fish don't have to show signs if it for you to get it. If you are concerned about it Google it and have a read, but don't go all hypo over it. I have known about it for 40 years and known many that have had it and form Cichlids, Catfish, Gouramis and many more species. Be on the look out but not panicked and no way am I giving away fish keeping, but it is a warning to keep your water healthy and your fish healthy and stay alert. Mostly if you are concerned get a blood test, DAM I hate needles I hate them Bob I will leave it to the Scientist for a tec explanation AKA Ben, BEN??

Well I think I may have to finally get around to flooding this thing, just waiting on a few bits and pieces for the co2 setup to arrive. Some rocks have been removed, some added in and some rearranged. The Pogostemon Helferi has been removed as it just didn't fit in with the look I was going for. Apologies for the blurry picture, quick phone snap and the glass is filthy. A reminder of what it looked like 2 months ago

Remove or minimize all types of Algae- Please click the link below for info: http://bubblesaquarium.com/images/home%20mid_photo/Article%20on%20Algae/freshwater_algae.htm Thank you.

Basically fish TB is a bacterial infection in humans that comes from a bacteria that infect fish (the technical term is zoonosis). As Bob said, a common sign of this disease is a sore on your hand that wont go away, and most peoples infections do not progress beyond this. However there have been cases in the UK and the US where people have lost limbs due to the infection, but this is extremely rare. The infection is carried by fish and aquarists come into contact with the bacteria when they put their hands in the tank during maintainence. Its even possible to get mouth infections if you suck start your hoses when siphoning out your tanks. You can avoid getting the infection by following simple hygiene such as washing your hands after touching your fish tanks or coming into contact with the water in your fish tanks, avoiding suck starting hoses, wearing gloves during maintainence, not putting your hands in the tank if you have open sores or other wounds, ect. Given this disease appears to come from fish only, this may be another reason to go with that shrimp only tank you've been dreaming of! With a proper diagnosis, fish TB is generally readily treated with antibiotics. However most common antibiotics used to treat infections often don't treat this bacteria, so the right antibiotic has to be used. So if you have a wound that won't heal, remind your doctor that you keep fish and asked to be tested for fish TB. As Bob also said, this is something to be aware of but not to freak out over.