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The Taiwan/Shadow Bee class saw some magnificent entries this year. 3rd place went to Adam Blackburn for a group of young Extreme (Full Red) Rubies. This was a nice uniform group of shrimp with great colour. Unfortunately they were a bit shy and most of the tanks didn't have clean glass... you can really see it in these pics. Still, I wanted to share the images with you all. 2nd place went to Shrimp My Tank for some exceptional Blue Bolts which just loved the camera. A lovely dark female was awarded Best Individual in show. Congratulations Shannon! 1st place went to our own Jamie Newbreed for an awesome group of Shadow Pandas... congratulations on a winning this demanding category! Unfortunately these were never where I needed them to be and I don't have many shots.

One of these is kizza, the other isnt kizza lol Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

@kizshrimp@fishmosy @BiGGiE (been awhile since David has been on here!) The originator of Shrimp Club Vic and Shrimp Championships. Top Bloke too!! The BlueBolt Female was Shannon's entry, now gone to a very happy shrimper in Victoria. (Not me ?) @lodo James and his partner Madeline were a driving force behind Shrimp Champs, keeping us all on track. @Gbang is the Master Grinner @newbreed @fishmosy @Squiggle

OMG you still remembered your SKF login lol Looks like I'll need to deck out 2017 SKF participants with SKF tees next year.

And this is why we get @kizshrimp to get our official photos!! You've shown their true glory here Kyril! Cheers mate. Very lucky to have someone with your skills in the Shrimp Club sir!

The Tiger class was somewhat lightly represented at the show but 1st place was taken by Bob Marsh with some very well-coloured Tangerine Tigers (Caridina serrata). These beautiful shrimp were also awarded Reserve Best in Show. Congratulations Bob! 2nd was awarded to SMT for some lovely OEBT (Caridina mariae) that I suppose were Royals with very deep rusty females. Unfortunately I couldn't get a single photo of those shrimp, not even a terrible one. The "Any Other Shrimp" class is exactly what it sounds like. We'd love to see many more Aussie shrimpers submit something for show so that we could expand the range of classes but right now this is where Pintos, Fancy Tigers and anything else that doesn't fit the previous classes (Native Species; Cherries; Crystal Bees; Shadow/Taiwan; Tigers) have to compete against each other. SMT was awarded first in this class for some nice Black Pinto, of which I only managed to photograph 1 shrimp. They were a really nice group. Barry Lee was awarded 2nd for some lovely red Fancy Tigers which were a fantastic group of shrimp. 3rd went to Newbreed for a group of fancy tigers which again I couldn't get a pic of. What an anticlimax...

I was in a bit of a rush when I replied ... You're probably wondering why BEP is a good alternative to ADA. I have used many types of substrate, ADA amazonia I, II, benibachi, Up Aqua, etc. And I always return to CAL BEP. I'll just give you a quick summary. CAL BEP will buffer pH to 6.5 or lower (if you use more substrate). Just like ADA. Low ammonia release, unlike ADA, so much faster cycling. Very clean, no twigs, and floaties, unlike ADA. Buffers pH just like ADA, and I have 1 tank that is still buffering after 2 years. My other tanks that use BEP is still young. ADA's buffering lifespan is also very good. I had tanks 5+ years that was still buffering well. But BEP is shaping up to last just as long. Only time will tell. Substrate granules are rounder than ADA or Benibachi. Looks better plus better for ground dwelling fish like corys. Minimal clouding when replanting. Doesn't cloud as much as ADA. Does not crumble into fine dirt when crushed. It will still crush if pressed hard, but not as soft as ADA. Cons: Costs more than ADA. But then again, since you are in the US, it might be a very similar price to ADA. We get killed with shipping costs in Australia. ?

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In the Crystal Shrimp Class 3rd place went to newbreed for some CRS with very good red legs - these were shrimp from Ineke. 2nd went to Adam Blackburn for some very nice CBS with great black and also with good legs. I thought these were one of the standouts of the show. First pic is of a nice male. And finally, first place was awarded to Barry Lee for a group of PRL which unsurprisingly beat the standard Crystal lines entered. Congratulations Barry!

Hi guys, well it's been a while and I hope you're all doing well. I'm back with pics from this years champs hosted by SCV which was a great success again and seems to be really building some momentum now. It was great to meet even more interstate shrimpers, put more names to faces and of course catch up with our old shrimp mates again. We hope to see you there next year too! I'm going to start by posting some pics from the Native Species class, a class which is generally under-appreciated and under-represented in both the show and the wider hobby. Hope you like them... First 2 pics are Riffle Shrimp (Australatya striolata) from Paul O'Leary having a feed on my food formula. Pic 3 is another Riffle from fishmosy which was from the group which collected 1st place in the Native class. Remaining pics are Caridina sp. indistincta C also from fishmosy. A beautiful species which was still colouring back up by the end of the show. Imagine how good they look fully settled in. Also ready to go are pics from the Cherry Shrimp class. Enjoy!

Getting delivered tomorrow jayc :) I didn't wanna use someone else's photo so I thought I'd wait. Man I'm excited

Shrimp Keepers Forum welcomes puddlejumper388. 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 Hi everyone and thanks for the approval to the page. I have had tropical fish for over 30 years and only been dabbling in shrimp for the last 7 years. Being fairly rural, we only have access to rainwater and bore (very drinkable, just like spring water) so have had some concerns trying to venture into other species where water conditions need to be a little different and consistent. Looking to tap into the wealth of knowledge that is no doubt in here and discuss tips/myths and everything in between. Cheers.

They are collectors items now.

Thats shannon ryan from shrimp my tank. Top guy man top guy. And why am i always in the silly photos lol Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

That there be shannon. Sent from my SM-N920I using Tapatalk Is mosy in one of those earlier pics? Sent from my SM-N920I using Tapatalk

Ahh hah! Nice to meet you Kiz. So who is this then with the sunnies?

today was d day! got my hair grass plugs and some hydrocotyle jap mini in. so don't expect this to get to exciting to quickly, im in for the long hall with this dry start I'm got going to flood it prematurely haha

Shrimp Keepers Forum welcomes Mammav2. 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 Hello I'm very new to the world of shrimp and hope to learn lots about them before I get some.

Yes, Cal Aqua Lab - Black Earth Premium.

Now you can see why we have a Best Solo Shrimp category!! She was amazing and had many people transfixed!!

Orange Rili Shrimp from master Cherry breeder gbang. You might care to refer back to my shots from the championships last year to see just how far he's progressed this line in only a year. Well done mate! Amazing Back-line full Carbon Shrimp also from gbang. A difficult trait to stabilise but the master is hard at work and if anyone can do it, he can. Next, the Sunkist/Orange Cherries really jumped out as excellent examples of that line. Blue Dreams were poorly behaved and I was lucky to get any shots at all. Fire Reds, lovely shrimp that need no introduction. They were beauties. In a league of their own, Bloody Mary Shrimp (from guess who) took out first in the Cherry Shrimp class and also Best In Show. Congratulations gbang!! At the top left of the final pic you can see the quality of the males benched in this group. An outstanding line of Cherry Shrimp.

Kizshrimp is still working through the 200 odd pictures he took. Below are some images to ease your mind... Lol Amazing Riffles on show!Bloody MaryBeautiful BlueboltBoss Shrimpy Pops arrived on time for the event.Trade tables were busy all day...?30 Tanks of entries this year! Aiming to double that for 2017!! A bit of silliness, smiles and laughter throughout the day. Serious Judging announcements Raffle giveaways Official Results for the Day Natives 1st place. Ben mos. Riffles 2nd place. Paul O'Leary. WA4 chameleons 3rd place. Paul O'Leary. WA4 chameleons Cherries 1st place. Glenn Ng. Bloody mary 2nd place. Leo Tsui. Blue dream 3rd place. Glenn Ng. Blue dream Crystals 1st place. Barry Lee. Pure red line 2nd place. Adam blackburn. Crystal black shrimp. 3rd place. Jamie Cameron. Crystal red shrimp. Taiwan bees. 1st place. Jamie Cameron. Shadow panda 2nd place. Shannon Ryan. Blue bolt. 3rd place. Adam Blackburn. Extreme ruby. Tigers. 1st place. Bob marsh. Tangerine. 2nd place. Shannon ryan. Oramge eyed blue tigers. All other varieties. 1st place. Shannon Ryan. Black pinto. 2nd place. Barry Lee. Red taitibee. 3rd place. Jamie Cameron. Tibee/mosura. Reserve best of show. Bob Marsh. TANGERINE TIGERS Best of show. Glenn Ng BLOODY MARY CHERRIES Best "solo" shrimp Shannon Ryan. Bluebolt lady. SKF was incredibly well represented on the day, with many from interstate. @KeenShrimp @fishmosy @Squiggle @Gbang @kizshrimp @Bill88 @newbreed (Lol) @lodo, can't mention everyone, but thanks for all attending where you could. As for when will it be in Sydney? Who knows?? We are fortunate in Victoria to have the Aquarium Society building to use for such events. We are looking to set next year's event date within the next two weeks, to allow plenty of time for people to work on entries and breeding programs, maybe arrange travel arrangements and take advantage of cheaper flights too! Something that I am really pleased about is some very important stats. Last year out of 23 Tanks we had one shrimp loss. This tank was filled using entrants ro and own filter. This year with 30 tanks we had no losses. Sadly one loss in transit on the way down but that was out of our hands. This year we had only two locally benched in entries, majority were entries posted in from within Victoria and interstate. Next year we will have much more notice and better timeframes for entries etc. Plus longer tank setup timeframes too. So please all give some consideration to entering in 2017. Surely if my lines can win awards, our members should take out most categories. ?

So in April I decided to convert an already established 40cm cube to be repurposed for a Native Zebra tank. The tank he been running for two months previously so a decent biofilm had grown on the tank walls. I removed 80% of the substrate and left driftwood, cholla, needle leaf Java and some flame moss. I run a hang on back filter containing mini Bakki balls which has a slight ph raising capability. Just for additional filtration I added some mini siporax media into the tank. This has become handy, as it is white, the shrimp actually stand it against it. Unlike when they blend in against the soil. My tanks all run on rainwater with a ph around 6.5. TDS of the setup has been constant between 35-40. Temp around 20-21. view from above some of the first inhabitants when added in April. Noticed the red colouration, but hd explained to me it could be more a stress colouration. This changed over time to crisp black and white. I do a waterchange of approximately 15l a week. Usually all in one go, and without adjusting temperature. This seems to inspire activity. Main reason for this thread, is after chatting to Ben on weekend, I thought I needed to catalogue my results, even as limited as they have been. I was fortunate to add some extra shrimp to the colony recently. These have slightly different markings arising from where they were located. And today for the first time since having them, I added a food that brought them altogether for the very first time. They never roam or hang together in groups of more than say two at a time. Until today. Luckily I cleaned the glass this morning so the macro lens could work fairly efficiently. First inhabitants (today) Side by side. New and old. Newer additions So pleased to see them congregating together today! The food is not yet widely available but has been specially formulated by one of our SKF members. Will try to update when I can. ?

My black Moscow guppies had 23 babies last night very happy with that must of been the water change I did that morning lol

Welcome to SKF Gab!!! Thanks again for sourcing the Glass Shrimper Nets!! ? Was great to meet you on the weekend!

Man I'm excited for you! Pics!

MTS has struck!

Thanks. He's got one of the old school SKF shirts, so I thought it might have been someone else. So that's who owns that Blue Bolt mumma. Mosy seems to be in a few photos too. He is in one with Squiggle give us the piece sign. <edit> - I mean Squiggle is giving the peace sign. Mosy is standing next to Squiggle. I wonder if their ears are burning.

I needed to know which wafer is the most water stable in my current arsenal. I set up the below experiment using foods that I already have at hand, thus some brands that I like more had more foods to test from than others. I put 6ml of RO/DI water, remineralised with SS GH/KH+ GH8, KH3 in a petri dish. I then placed a small food wafer, or a piece of a food wafer that was larger of equivalent size in the petri dish for 24 hours. Room temperature set to 19.5 degrees Celsius. I used a disposable pippette to drip some water over the wafers throughout the day to simulate water current. I also moved the wafers around slightly with sharp microscope tweezers to simulate shrimp picking at them. I included a few non-water stable food options as I had them already and wanted to see the effect it had on the water. They have not been included in the rankings as they either turn to powder or are powder. List of foods tested in random selection arranged from left to right on my kitchen counter: Benibachi Kale food (Not a competitor in this test) Benibachi Golden Mineral food (Not a competitor in this test) Benibachi Golden Food Lowkeys Spirax (Not a competitor in this test) Lowkeys Hiden No Esa Secret food EbitaBreed Spinach Tab EbitaBreed Quattro II EbitaBreed Hinomaro Bentou Shrimp King Pea and leaf Loops Shirakura Shrimp Ball food (Hard Wafer) Shirakura Shrimp Ball Food ( Soft wafer) Boss Shrimp Crack Hikari Algae Wafers Shrimp Nature Green (Not a competitor in this test) Mosura Brood Care Taiwan Breeders Fermented food ( the Vegetarian one) Without further ado: BEST water Stable wafers: #1 EbitaBreed Spinach Tab, Quattro and Hinomaro Bentou ( all 3 were exceptionally stable), tied with Lowkeys Hiden No Esa - these wafers looked good as new after 24 hours. #2 Shrimp King Pea&Leaf loops. The leaf loops were just as stable as the number one ranks, but the pea loop was a bit more squishy to the touch. #3 Taiwan Breeders Fermentation food tied with Shirakura Shrimp Ball food ( Soft and hard wafer) Least Water Stable Wafers: #1 Hikari Algae Wafers #2 Boss Shrimp Crack ( I have to mention that the centre of the wafer was reasonably firm after 24 hours, but the dissolving exterior compared to other food wafers was noticeable) #3 Mosura Brood Care Benibachi Golden food was in the middle, thus no mention in the rankings. Photos below are of the foods after 24 hours. Close-ups in last 3 pics are :EbitaBreed Spinach Tab, Shrimp King Pea&Leaf loops, Boss Shrimp Crack.

Welcome @Minarie

Welcome to SKF @Tsuki

Welcome @Mammav2! You've come to the right place to learn about shrimp!

Welcome gab. nice work kiz posting pix here and bringing in such stragglers:-) Sent from my SM-N920I using Tapatalk

Thanks for taking the photos kiz!

+1 for BEP

Haha that would be making it way too easy! I'm sure it'll all come out "in the wash".

Looking forward to seeing everyone in the future. I visit the shrimp club Victoria Facebook page and web page often, that's how I actually stumbled onto the SKF. Will be looking to venture into other shrimp soon, I will be in contact via this means once I have set up more tanks thank you again for the support provided.

Great to see you on the weekend Gab and great to have you on board with us at SKF! Hope you enjoy the forum mate!

Yep, I saw them. Great photos ! Thanks. Thanks for those photos too Jamie. I recognise Glenn and Jay in those photos. Who are the others?

Yep, I have to choose between buying shrimp stuff or a fancy camera and the shrimp always win- please excuse the photo quality. This tank is now 2.5 months old: It's not pretty at all as I cannot cover bits with plants and am too worried about upsetting these guys to scape it. The ramshorns will be removed at some stage, but I am messing with the tank as little as possible. I was very nervous about starting a Sulawesi tank as I read that they need stability. I wanted overfiltration, and as much of it that I could stuff in a small tank as I could. So I took a 29 litre Animates desktop tank and altered the filtration: I cut a 2cm x 1cm window where the filter intake slot was and covered it with nylon mesh and coral glue to increase water circulation (the solution does not look as classy as it is efficient). I also wanted something better than a sponge filter as my second filter: I bought an Acrylic corner filter: upon receiving it I noticed that the factory didn't even put intake slots in the filter, so it was just blowing bubbles and not circulating any water at all. I cut my own holes, rearranged the sponges so that shrimplets can't get sucked in. Then I stuffed that puppy with Eheim substratPro and a few other bits (yup, all I need now is a fake Nemo, suspended from fishing line to complete the plastic look :(, but it works like a charm and that water is crystal clear. Pisces black inert quarts in the bottom. MarinePure filter media in the built-in filter. I have to thank very patient Chelsea @The Tech Den: I emailed her explaining that I wanted a reef shelf/base rock that I could prop up and grow algae on and have the shrimp hang upside down at the bottom- she emailed me photos and measurements and we found perfect rocks for cheap as chips! Next I harvested every algae type from 4 other tanks and stirred it into the water. 6 weeks later, I had lovely algae cover over the large rock. The corals in the photo are genuine coral skeletons. I use Sulawesi 8.5 due to improved formulation, and now I am a sucker for boiling the salt solution mix on the stove for an hour when mixing my water, but the shrimp are looking very happy. If you have not used SaltyShrimp Sula 8.5 before: that stuff does not dissolve, no matter how much air you pump into a bucket it will be as white and cloudy as skim milk! I boil it on the stove, use 3 times the recommended amount, let it stabilize for a week with a heater and ensure that GH is 8 before it goes near the tank. The water is then crystal clear and the sediment has sunk to the bottom of the bucket. The shrimp photo below are of Bonnie and Clyde. They went hiding when I took the insulating towels off the tank ( it's freezing in Canberra). The breeder of these beauties is @JPN07- how gorgeous are those blue dots on the body? They get fed every 3 days with Shrimpy Daddy Sinewy cereal. Micro amounts of trace minerals/nutrients and probiotic solution is added every day as well as weekly minerals ( ShrimpyDaddy) and Vivace (ShrimpyDaddy). I will be getting more Cardinals soon so that I can have an actual little colony.

Great shots mate. Thanks for uploading.

Lani, I am usually lucky with shrimp but won't hold my breathe on domesticating them. If our other members haven't cracked the code yet, I personally don't hold out a lot of hope! But fingers crossed. I will just keep up the water changes and avoid any major imbalances and see what the Zebras decide to do. Always an excuse for one more tank, what are we all like?? ?

It was an awesome, if long and tiring weekend. Great to meet you @KeenShrimp. @jayc, I've started posting the photos on another thread now mate. Hope you enjoy them! Looks like a couple more of you showed up and perhaps we didn't meet, @neo-2FX, @Bill88, hope to meet you soon. Please, keep your eye on the SCV calendar and come along sometime, we'd love to see you.

To be honest. Aside from ph and tds, I have not tested other attributes. Thanks mate! When I originally got them I was told how crisp their colours would become, and I must admit I had my doubts. But thankfully over time they have settled and are looking good. And this is the first time I have had them right at tank front for macros. Another great Shrimpy thing to add to my fun week!!

Looking sharp mate. I likes it.

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.

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Hi guys, I moved a few tank inhabitants around and have noticed something interesting: I moved OEBT mixed grades in with Pumpkin cherries thinking the colour combo would look awesome ( I have to say, it does ?) : some of my blonde tigers that are clear or that displayed a pale blue while in a blue tiger- only tank, have now turned light orange as they forage together in the tanks and there are more pumpkin cherries than there are tigers for now. The shrimp are very healthy, my parameters are are stable and exactly where I want them to be. Shrimp populations are quite small. This is quite similar to what I have noticed in my other tanks : my large DAS females turn a pale hue of the coloured shrimp they hang out with : one in my tiger tank is quite an impressively light blue colour for a native, another DAS that hangs out with orange rilis sometimes goes orange-ish. I suspect it might be the desire to camouflage themselves in the group from predators? I have large Otocinclus groups...just speculation here. Does anyone have this happening in their tanks? At this stage I am unsure of whether the blonde tigers are staying orange, or reverting back to blonde/ light blue throughout the day...

I know that substrate colour can influence the colour of the Neocaradina group - when you use a light substrate the shrimp go paler possibly to blend in with the substrate and conversely if you use a darker substrate they become darker. However the Tigers have been surprising a lot of us by their ability to change colour from tank to tank. I think we have shown how Disciples Tigers have changed colour completely in several different buyers tanks, we think due to change in PH but now with your experience perhaps it is a camouflage effect to not stand out. They are a fascinating group of shrimp indeed!