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Walnut leaves are apparantly safe to feed to shrimp. A group of us were having a discussion about a recipe that required walnut leaves but we couldn't find any near us. As Keenshrimp stated be careful of where they come from. If you are sure no pesticides have been used and the trees are not on a main road - preferably in someones back yard then they would be a good addition to their diet. Drying them in a cotton bag or pillow case and hung on a clothesline or any other area where a breeze can flow around them will stop mould appearing on them- I dry any surplus mulberry leaves this way all the time. If you are unsure of the safety of the leaves the only thing I can suggest is sacrificing a couple of culls in a container with a few leaves -you will soon know if there is anything undesirable on the leaves as the shrimp will be affected reasonably quickly -foam box would be ok or any safe container that won't get too cold too quickly. Better to test on a couple of shrimp than on your main tank- but generally if unsure best not to use.

Hey skf can someone with knowledge of botany and shrimp nutrition suggest to me if walnut leaves would be suitable for shrimp tanks? Love n peace Will

Shrimp Keepers Forum welcomes ethan1701. Please feel free to browse around and get to know others. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask. View Member regards, skfadmin Hey Everyone, I am glad to join this site I have a couple of tanks but am currently setting up a 15 gallon column, trying to make a bonsai tree for it and get some sea sky blue shrimps off of aquabid and a have my first ever shrimp only tank to breed. I hope i get to make new friends and learn alot. Thanks

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Mulberry trees are very easy to propagate. Just need a small piece to get them going. I have about 20 now from my original trees.. There is a list of leaves and flowers under food and nutrition. Even simple things like nasturtium leaves are eaten quickly by my shrimp. A pot with various lettuce varieties is a handy snack maker, growing your own kale and spinach or silver beet. Just a quick blanch and they love them.

Sometimes yes. Theres a large number of wood fungus species and they all look the same lol. Can be hit and miss with herbs.

Hi @revolutionhope, When I bought all my shrimp products from a lady moving back overseas, I had some organic dried walnut leaves: they are thinner than IAL and my shrimp loved them. I have to say that they were brown and dried, like IAL is prepared- not like your semi-fresh ones above that might contain terpenes or other unknown substances. I am not sure whether you can feed the walnut leaves like how people feed mulberry leaves...I have been tempted to get a few new ones, but was too scared that there might be a pesticide from wind distribution or car exhaust fumes on them, so unless it has a label on it, I am too scared of killing some shrimp...

You don't usually see it in tanks with plenty of plecs or bristlenose as they often like to eat it. But in shrimp tanks its very common.

@roscoeb definitely nothing to worry about. It's normal for a newly set up tank with driftwood and will sort itself out :)

The Kmart tank has been pulled down shrimp wise lol. This is the Kmart Tank now, And this is the cube as of tonight! I am fairly confident i am getting close to being shrimp ready. Ammonia is 0-0.25 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 0 Ph 6.4-6.6 My tap water suprisingly has a TDS of 128 KH - 4 and GH 7-8 I will swap it over to RO water once the cycling process is finished and at that time will rescape it so look out!

Well taaaaaadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, my stand is finished. Its not perfect but it will do the job, bask in the glory of my flaws! Big thank you to @perplex for the stand design. The stain actually cost more then the wood including cutting. Wood cut to size and the mdf off cut cost me about $35. 1ltre of stain, 100 nails and brushes cost me about $70 lol. In factoring in the amount of drill bits that broke in the making of the tank i think it would be close to $150 for this dodgey ass thing lol. Not to mention i also didnt realised the tank wasnt 60x60x60 until i already had everything cut to size hence why the tank is so small in comparison.

Little tanks can still be a lot of fun but also very testing on the mind. This is my old 36L tank I had on my desk, 3 years since it got decommissioned.... I still miss it! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Hi SKFers! I"ve been a member for a few months and and I'm thinking I'm finally comfortable enough to make a journal that will be documenting my journey with breeding Japanese Black/Red Bees. A little info about me - I've been a shrimper for 5 years now and been into aquaria for 7-8 years. It all started with the GF getting me some goldfish to fit her theme of asking me to Prom (i'm older by 2 years and it was her prom and I didn't go to the same school) and since then have been involved with aquaria related stuff. What started off as an attempt to keep the goldfish (those $1 for 10 goldfish) quickly turned into a betta hobby which lead to breeding with lead to live plants which lead to aquascaping which lead to where we are now... Shrimping.... Currently, I'm keeping only Caridina species but did start off with Neocaridinas but have recently decided to drop keeping neos to clear up space and narrow my focus. My shrimpy passion is a little "excess" to say the least. It has driven me to travel all over Asia to visit aquascaping and fishkeeping as it is bigger there but the food was also a good incentive to visit. Of the Caridinas that I keep includes: Crystal Red Shrimp in the form of PRL and Japanese Red Bees, Japanese Black Bees, Red Wine - Ruby Red Taiwan Bees, Panda Taiwan Bees, Blue Bolts, Pintos, and Orange Eyes Blue Tigers (OEBTs). It wasn't until my most recent trip to Japan and getting to know a close friend that I discovered Japanese Red/Black Bees. These are (to me) a higher and purer form of Pure Red/Black Lines that we see available today. Originating from Japan, these bees were the predecessors of what we see today as Pure Red Line. I'm very happy to have been able to travel to Japan and bring back these precious guys. Although it did cost an arm and a leg, I'm very happy that I got the chance to experience the culture, the food, and the people. A little insight on my plans regarding the breeding project. I'm planning to do rack style setups where as I can have 2 main rimless 25G cubes whereas I can breed the main colony of Japanese Black Bees (JBB) and Japanese Red Bees (JRB) and have subsequent 10g tanks underneath whereas I can cull and selectively breed for specific traits. Apart of being a shrimper I'm a growing macro photographer (thanks part to said friend and his patience with me) and so as my shrimping abilities grow, I also hope that my photography skills also developes in the same positive manner. Nuff said, please enjoy photos I've taken so far. Japanese BlackBees: Japanese RedBees: The colony of RedBees and BlackBees started off very small but is growing quite rapidly. I'm very happy that I've been thus far successful. I hope to grow out my population within a few months and be able to start my selectively breeding process very soon! Thank you for reading!