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Hmmmm I never had an issue with yellow cherries in the past. I didn't do anything special, had them in a 4ft tank with good water flow, low growing carpet grass and pogo helferi. No heater, pressurized CO2 and insert substrate (1mm black pebbles). I did water changes maybe every couple of months and straight from the tap with Seachem Prime. Pretty much the same as what I did with my recent chocolate colony. pH was around 7+, not sure about the other parameters. Some old pics:

hopefully soon, the secret will be found eventually if they breed in the wild and in ponds the secret to having them live happily in a tank will be there we just have to find it, it was achieved with their cousin by all accounts it was very challenging for the first few generations the same as these guys it was achieved so I have no doubt these will work out as well.

I updated the site to the current release tonight along with tapatalk. A new feature with this release is some improvements to the activity stream.

Best of luck mate, getting me interested in setting up a tank for them too now lol

Is there anyone that does NOT keep shrimp with plants??? As long as there's no copper in your fertiliser the shrimp should be fine. I personally use borneowild Ferrum at half dose, but only because I don't have much plants yet. When I get more planted I'll go full dose.

Now just growing plants... :) Some other scape of the same tank for contest. And some photo of removing overgrown plants. :)

When it comes to spreading them out I will probably make a EOI thread, then I can let people know how many there are approx. size and find out how many people want. I know if anyone is hoping to breed them then more is best just so you get a better chance of males and females. I with all these babies I will be very interested to see if any develop the dark shells or if they all stay light yellow with a hint of green. For now all the babies seem to just have pale nondistinct colour shells.

Thanks @buck The rack has been invaded this week by some curiously stunning looking ladies!! You'll never guess who these came from?!? (Queen of the Tibees - hint) Yet another breeding project begins...... this never gets old!! ?

For lighting I have decided to run with the Up Aqua U series (Planted) 3fts. I have been really pleased with their output on other systems. I currently only have two on hand but thankfully will have the others by the end of the coming week. :) I have gone for the same sump type as last time. First section for K1, then flowing into second chamber with filter pad, Marine Pure spheres, Bakki Balls, Purigen and Polyfilter once established. I had the sump custom built for me this time. I will be using a 300W Aquael Gold Heater and a 200W Petworx Heater. Return pump I have gone with a Tunze again as I have been pleased with the consistent operation of current one. I added an airstone in the K1 section for addition water movement, this way it keeps moving even when the return pump is disabled. I let the system run at 27 degrees for two weeks and have only just added some cycled K1 and Marine pure from other sump. I added two new marine pure spheres, the difference in colour is kinda startling. In this last image I have just added the chiller, we are having a premature heatwave in Victoria this weekend so wanted to get it ready. The green tubing is the chiller. I run the chiller separate to main return and just chill the sump. This way return flow to the tanks is gradual cooling and it also makes it easier to add and remove from the system without affecting everything else. Seems to work well on current rack?!?