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I'll let you know if I get more Low Keys Power Protein B18 . It's not sold in Aus. And thus the cost of getting it into the country can make it a bit more expensive than normal shrimp food.

I have order the Aqua u series light from Newbreed aquatics. I have gone for an oversize - 120cm - as the 90 cm isn't quite long enough. I don't want to use the hood so this is the best solution . Thanks for your input.

@fishmosy I have noted your bloodworm feeding through other posts, and I have followed suit, mainly only once a week. I will give it a go and up the weekly amount as I have these in the freezer. They are very protective of their shrimp in HK. I took a couple of average photos and continually got abused for taking them, kinda ruined the experience for me so decided not to take photos and just enjoy the shrimp. I did see this one type of shrimp that was at least 12cm long, mixed in with the RCS - crazy looking thing.

Hi all, I successfully moved my 3 ft across melbourne with zero deaths. Its a planted tank ( Needle Leaf and normal Java Ferns, Java Moss, Bolbitis heudelotii, Stauogyne Repens, Hemianthus Micranthemoides, Blyxa japonica, sunset hygr) with medium level lighting, an internal filter, no heater and no CO2 injection. I have seven white clouds, and about 17 Red Cherry Shrimp, and I think its about time I get a third and final type of tank mate. Visually, my tank is black (kaito soil), green (plants) with the grey slately/granite looking rocks. You see the odd red flash of the shrimp, and of course the white clouds. Does anyone have suggestions regarding a fish or shrimp that will compliment the tank? I'd love neon tetras but they wont go well in a non-heated tank, and there are not many other small fish I would trust to not make a habit of eating the shrimp... so I reckon I will get another type of shrimp in there. I guess maybe another type of cherry? Also, I am quite new to the hobby and also seek to have the tank as low maintenance as possible. I will no doubt make mistakes as I go, so looking for something more hardy which will cope in the current conditions - I do not at this stage wish to add C)2 or a heater or need to overhaul my parameters. Is there a suckerfish type that will do well in a non-heated tank? I wanted some ottos to keep the algae low, but was told by the good folk at Subscape in RIchmond they are warm only!

I too have had this happen but with a BB, it is interesting there are a lot of eggs there and considering she was as you say only half saddled might have meant it was all a bit too much for her. Giving birth for any living thing is an ordeal and takes time to get over. All the best with the rest of your shrimp.

Yes, I've had similar experiences with a big black Choc cherry, which I called Big Momma. She was huge, and constantly berried. Single handedly produced at least 5 new generations. One day, I think it was just too much, and she passed on. Like in your photo, still with a clutch of eggs. The fact that she could carry on producing at least 5 generations, that I know of, is due to the fact that I would feed them a high protein food to sustain their strength. I fed them Low Keys Power Protein B18 and bloodworms.

Hi Guys, My RCS seem to have halted breeding over the last couple of months. I am not sure if this is heat related or I am just not getting them in the mood. All parameters are fine, with a TDS of around 150 (I am keeping them with CRS). I am thinking of doing a 20-30% water change on the weekend to see how that goes. Anyone have any thoughts on how to set the scene? As a side note I was in HK last week and wow it is so impressive walking around and looking at all the brilliant shrimp places, the colour and quality of the shrimp is nothing I have seen. Very impressed.

That's a lobster!

Something like this? http://s242.photobucket.com/user/khiongpic/media/LAT/AfricanGiantFilterShrimp.jpg.html

I just joined so this might be a little late, I have used matrix in my one filter for about 3 years now and moved house with it almost a year ago (I moved the matrix out of the overhead filter into a bucket and back into the filter) and it's still 100%, no crumbling or any other problems, in fact, I like it so much I'm going to be switching all my filters to matrix..

Agreed stunners! What can you tell us about these guys?

Very nice. You should check out the AOA sponsored photo competition. You just need to build up your post count to 10, and you will be eligible.

Just some blue bolt picture since its monday.

Awesome, glad to see you got your first shrimp in the tank :) They look similar to the Tibees I bought from @ineke at the last auction, mine have just started breeding (had them for ~1 month) so we can compare notes. Don't think I'll be getting any photos quite as good as yours though ;)

hi demon, how big is your tank and how well planted is it? are you able to post some pix? regarding coldwater fish that can accompany cherry shrimps without a big risk of the colony being decimated i don't know of many! pretty much anything that fits a shrimp in its mouth will have a try for them. there are some exceptions though. i know from my personal experience i had some neon tetras, leopard danios, corys, bristlenose but most surprisingly i had buttloasd of guppies as well as 5 or 6 cochus blue tetras and they seemed to barely impact the rcs at all infact i never saw them hunt them down. the key thing is that my tank was a 250 litre tank and was heavily planted, even after a trim you still could hardly see any of the fish let alone shrimp! when i tore down the tank i found there were literally thousands of rcs and i was only expecting to find a few hundred at most! i know of 2 suckerfish that do well in cold water the siamese algae eater and chinese algae eater and im sure both would gobble any babies and go for any freshly moulted shrimp at the very least.again i think the tankmate options depend on how heavily planted your tank is and how big it is as well as whether or not your colony may be large enough to sustain some predation and still grow. btw how cold is cold? if its above 18 then i think you can keep corys from memory but they will probably be most happy and breed well if it is 20+. Melbourne water is quite decent and you may be able to keep crystal shrimp with your cherries but the cherries will more than likely proliferate much more than the crystal shrimp! do you know your pH, TDS or GH/KH? this would help to decide if you could keep bee shrimp (or some tiger shrimp) with your RCS living happily. there may be some (very cool and different) native options available as well but you'd be better off asking @Grubs@fishmosy@kizshrimp@NoGi or others with native experience who know about their water parameters and compatibility with neos :-) You certainly could keep other coloured cherries with your RCS but if you do then when they interbreed there will a majority of drab looking offspring (you may be lucky and get some interesting combinations or a high percentage of nicely coloured ones but from what i've heard this is uncommon and it depends how far apart the colour gene for said cherry shrimp is) hope i've been helpful! i'm sure some experienced shrimpers could add a lot more and maybe correct some of what i've said :-) love n peace will -edit- forgot to mention i'm sure there are some groovy snails that would be suitable too :-)