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A forum staying relevant in today’s connected world is no easy task as we are competing against platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and whatever comes next. Doing this by specialising on only one aspect of the hobby is even more of a difficult task. This is why a number of dedicated shrimp and speciality fish forums have become inactive or gone altogether over the past 12-18 months. Despite this, the forums that have taken a balanced approach to general aquatic topics have continued to thrive. Here at SKF, we stand at the precipice of what comes next. We can put our blinkers on and deny the trends around us and risk cyber extinction or we can embrace the change and continue moving forward. I understand that many of you don’t like change but the reality is that we must move forward in order to survive the next wave of threats to forums like us. So what’s changing? We are going to rebrand ourselves so that we appeal to all parts of the aquatic hobby. We are going to be different to other all-purpose sites by sticking to our roots and keeping the shrimp stuff first and foremost. For our diehard SKF fans, the shrimp keeper’s URL will remain and point to the shrimp section of the new forum. So for you, not much will probably change and the forum will continue to remain synonymous with shrimp keeping. This is not a decision I take lightly but as the ship’s captain it’s my duty to ensure I steer us in the direction that enables us to remain viable and strong as we are here for the long run. As Albert Einstein once said: Please take the time and vote on the name(s) you like in the poll.

I have mixed feelings about this but appreciate why you've made the call Nogi. I'd like to say that insideaquariums.com is the clear winner for me given it has "in" at the start of it as in invertebrates :-)

Yep they are in the two creeks mentioned. You just have to look in the right place - riffles. Look under rocks at the edges of the fastest flowing sections and in areas where there is slack water or back eddies within the riffles. They will be there, and if you find one, there will be others very close by.

Yup, straight into my breeder boxes while I shopped for a new tank for them lol

I just love this shrimp. I love watching them change colours, from red to black, to brown, to see through and back to red again. Definitely one of the more interesting shrimp to keep.