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Hello, thanks~ I am new to shrimp keeping. Been reading a few posts this week, seeing if I can actually keep some CRS properly.

Thank you, I have some yellow cherry shrimp and am looking at getting some other types as well :)

Hi, I'm new here and just have a question. I have had yellow and red cherry shrimp in the past but due to our tap water having increasingly high amounts of copper after our towns water tank became empty i lost all my shrimp :( I live in the country and don't have many options for water for my tanks. It's either i travel 30kms each way to my mums and pinch 120L of her tap water or buy a tank for rain water. We have been going to mums for about 6 months and now i'm over it lol so we are going to buy a water tank. I have some Up Aqua shrimp sand and plan on using it and it buffers at 6.5, is there anything else i'll need to do to make it ready for the harder type shrimp? ie conditioner etc? Any help would be great and sorry if it's a silly question :)

hmmmmm seems to be a bug, I've got an update to do soon. Will see if that resolves it. Give it a couple of weeks.

Won't be long now, just need the themes to be updated before I upgrade.

Got some cbs today oh yeah moving up in the shrimp world lol

Apologies for lack of updates and further info.. Plants used in this setup were as follows: Alternanthera Reinicki Monte Carlo Green Pennywort Bacopa Caroliana Bacopa Monieri Rotala colorata (my new favourite) Cryptocoryne lucens Cryptocoryne lutea Final tank line up from left to right: Flexi Mini Atledtis E6 Aqualighter Nano Up Aqua ProZ 30cm I also added some Najas on moss ledges and a Buce in each tank. The Najas was because these tanks are now home to guppy breeding projects. as the water has evaporated quickly I have had to move the moss ledges lower and the Najas isn't in finest form. individual tank shots to follow this afternoon. ? (we are six-seven weeks into project) Flexi Mini tank good biofilm growth and many plants, except green Pennywort, responding well. Atledtis E6 again good biofilm and great plant growth Aqualighter Nano Biofilm growth also good, great colours coming off Reinicki especially. Up Aqua ProZ 30cm overall good growth and biofilm. So all plants were added same day and majority are still thriving. No ferts have been added and the tanks hve been running on Shirakura Red Bee Sand. Azoo Mignon HOB filter with 3 Marine Pure spheres in each. Temps at 23-24. I am wrapt that the Rotala colorata is showing good red color at new growth. For about four weeks it stayed mainly green growth, as it has settled the redness is back. images don't do it justice. But my favourite plant of recent times.

I just want to give a big thank you to @JPN07: it has been -4 degrees Celcius in Canberra the last 2 mornings. He posted Sulawesi Cardinals 2 days ago from the West Coast. With his ingenious double-heat pack-sandwich insulation packaging, the shrimp were at least 24 degrees Celcius in the esky when I got them. I went to check on them just now and they are all happy and foraging a few hours after arrival. Thank you so much for the generous extra ?

Thanks guys. Enjoy those beautiful shrimps mate. I hope they do well for you.