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See it right behind the eyes.

Also made an acrylic barrier thingo to stop water splashing out from sponge filter. 1mm acrylic is a pain to work with. LOL

Ah of course! (Googles marine pure ball) :P cheers :) Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

If it's the pic I think it was, the ball looks like a marine pure ball. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Hmm it's in page 2on the left, not the alder cones though... I think it's removed in the later photos :P Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Gday Mitch, seems all is going well for you, congrats on the the new shrimplets ?

Bluebolts posted on this a few years back, but breeding deformed shrimp here in Australia is sadly currently a reality that some people will encounter. Be aware what a balloon head and an Open skirt looks like. The shrimplets look very slightly abnormal if you don't know what you are looking for, once you know how to spot this, you can cull immediately. I get it, I really do: shrimp are expensive and adorable and that is why people are reluctant to cull. What is a relatively rare occurency, if you cull early, your colony will be fine. If you don't cull and you start breeding these, you will be overrun by deformed shrimp in a few years. This issue was highlighted in 2011 when a deformed shrimp wine the Hanniver shrimp show when the judges did not pick up the Deformity. It is not okay to breed shrimp like this and sell them to unsuspecting buyers. It is not okay for a successful senior breeder to sell these shrimp and telling buyers there is nothing wrong with them. This is what is happening here at the moment. Please see Chris Lukhaup's link below. There is also a good article in breeders n keepers on this. The Open Skirt where the carapace is undersized and the gills are visible is showing up regularly here now. http://crustahunter.com/deformities-in-high-bred-shrimp/?lang=en

OK Chatbox is installed and we'll monitor if it impacts the forum server performance as these tend to be resource hungry. The Emoji's don't seem to be supported but the emoticons work fine.

Had a look at this thread from the start and it's cool to see the changed as the tank matures! Your scape and plant selection looks amazing! What is the big ball on the left? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Cycling with tap water. Will test wp soon after a rest. HAHA Removing these air bubbles from the substrate really is a long task.. still havent gotten majority of it out yet.. im finding that the fine grains trap more bubbles than your average grains.. hmm Anyways, here is my planted shrimp tank. Not aiming for any award winning aquascape hahaha

Let there be shrimp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can now officially call my tank a shrimp tank now its got some in it. Beautiful shrimp from @Disciple big thank you to him. Ever since i started this hobby i always wanted to keep bluebolts and today that dream has come true!

They are chasing my shrimp around lol