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Gday all, thought I should introduce myself as I have been lurking for about a month now trying to get as much info as possible on my new little obsession - shrimp!! Thank you for all the knowledge shared on this site, it has definitely helped me get to grips on these awesome little animals. I have kept fish for about 10 years on and off, never been majorly serious with just a 3 foot community tank that originally held a skink for many years, one day I put some water in it and some fake plants and some random fish (a cichlid, some neons, a guppy, and an angel from memory - neons lasted about a week with the cichlid ) and through the years it evolved into having some real plants and a canister filter and some more appropriate tank mates. Then a couple of years ago my wife saw some cherry shrimp at the LFS and wanted to bring them home, I told her we better do a bit of research first before buying them as they will probably become dinner for the fish! Yep I was right, that didnt deter my wife though so with her birthday coming up I bought her a Fluval Ebi tank which had pretty much everything we needed to get started except the actual shrimp! After setting up and cycling it for a couple of weeks we went back and bought our first shrimp, 5 cherry shrimp came home and some java moss and an anubias on driftwood. After a couple of days watching their antics I got the bug as well haha theyre pretty cool critters!!! After a couple of months one of the females finally got berried and we had our first shrimplets!! Yippeee! All was going well for about 6 or 8 months and summer rolled along, we hadnt thought about it much at the time but 4-5 mid 30 degree days was enought to fry the poor shrimp into oblivion We kinda gave up for a while and let the tank sit in darkness for ages until about a month ago we had a great idea to build a bookshelf in the entranceway to our house and have 4-5 nano tanks on it as a bit of a feature. We rescaped the fluval and got some more cherries and had intentions of moving to something harder like CRS eventually in one of the other tanks. We had to get more tanks and my wife wanted to stick to the fluvals as they work and are pretty easy as you don't need to get much extra except livestock and plants. We went on the hunt to a few aquariums to see if they had any in stock, unfortunately we weren't having much luck until we spoke to the guys at subscape who mentioned that it is probably because fluval no longer produce them - bummer!! He said try looking online which we did and even then there wasn't a whole lot of local places that had them, a few had the "flora" version but none had the ebi. We decided to give the flora a go (same specs but instead of shrimp net and mineral supplements etc it has tweezers, a mini co2 set and some ferts) and try some carpeting plants for something different. We ordered 2 from AOA and found one on the other side of town in Glen Waverley. We also got some ADA Amazonia which is still cycling in one of the tanks, another one I used the fluval substrate which is up and running after a 2 week cycle and the last tank is still in the box awaiting the shelves to be completed. The shelves should hopefully be done in the next couple of weeks (waiting for some hardwood panels to be manufactured) but I will post that once completed as well. For now here are our tanks: The original tank: Cherries and CRS Some residents: Also have a dozen week old CRS shrimplets and another female berried so fingers crossed I can get them past the first month happy and healthy. Cherries still haven't bred yet. Tank 2: Still cycling and needs to grow in a bit... No livestock. Tank 3: Choc cherries, glass shrimp, ottos, chilli rasbora, clown killis. Little bit of an algae problem at the moment but got a couple of ottos today so hopefully that helps. Tank 4: Cycling at the moment but hopefully be a breeding tank once I get some moss in there. 2 footer with some leftover bits and pieces and rocks out of the garden lol Tank 5: My community tank Currently has neons, black widows, corys, ottos, peppermint bristlenose, glass shrimp, and a guppy. I'm eventually going to rescape this and use proper soil/co2 but for now it does the job.

Its time for Christmas competition number 2 which is by way of a find a word. Conditions of entry - Minimum entry of 10 forum posts All words are to be identified by being circled and submitted to NoGi (i'll check tonight as I am out today). Programs such as MS Paint or Photoshop etc are sufficient for this task. Photos of completed sheets are also fine. Entries are not to be posted on the forum as this will provide an unfair advantage. Winner will be the first confirmed entry with all the right answers. All entries will be reviewed in the order in which they are received. Multiple entries are permitted. 1st Prize will include your choice of one of the newest design Shrimp Keepers forum T-Shirts and a 2016 fridge magnet. 2nd - 5th Prizes will be a 2016 fridge magnet And here it is:

I'd like a dark background theme to be added to the forum. not only can it set you apart from the mass of white&blue forums, it is easier on the eyes when ambient light is dim... Thanks

So everyone should be awake by now. May as well kick off the first challenge. This thread is for entries only, any questions can be asked in the main thread. This one will be a photo comp and you have 7 days in which to enter. The subject is Dinner Time and you have until 9:00pm AEDT Saturday 19th December, 2015 to have you image posted. At 9:30pm, the entry with the highest amount of likes will win the prize! In the event of a draw, I will select the winner. My selection will be based on originality and quality of the photo. Rules: Must be your own image - put your username with a date on a piece of paper in front of tank Can't be an image that has been posted before, here or anywhere else (including Facebook etc...) One entry only per member - entries must be posted here in this thread Entries are open to Australian SKF members with a post count of 10 and above Anyone can vote - vote by liking the image Entries submitted after Saturday 19th @ 9:00pm AEDT will be deemed invalid and shall removed without notice Prize is a great @ageofaquariums shrimp bundle:

Gah, pipped to the post! I've already got a 2016 SKF calendar thanks, so happy to pass my prize on. I did it for the fun :)

That is the same as I was offering, the one I found and degraded was thinner, felt like plastic but was probably nylon or something... That one is a good one.

Damn iv found them all but cant post my answers coz im at work

@FMuscle gets 1st place - PM me size and t-shirt preference: http://shrimpkeepersforum.com/forum/topic/10419-skf-tees-new/ @OzShrimp @Jo PM me address for your calendars. 3 more left if you want to keep trying

Hi everyone and thanks. Started on red cherry shrimp about 2 years again and got some yellows,oranges,red rili,blues and white pearl. Just started put really only had the others for a few months the red cherries I have the longest been fighting the tap water I think. Its time for sleep now work tomorrow morning thanks. Paudie

2 Weeks Update The plants are growing well and sprouting new leaves. I've also changed the background to white so that the back of the tank won't be in shade.. I've also added Benibachi Mineral Balls.. I will be doing water tests by the end of this week.. Cycling should be already finished since the filter and soil was from an established tank.. If all goes well I will be adding Shrimps in 2 weeks..

They are very useful when water temps are higher during summers. warmer water has less oxygen.