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Welcome to the forum @theshrimpfarm !

and darn it, the forum doesn't read very well

I'm not that familiar with common pet fish. I have to ask... dolphins?? The kind I know about would need a lot more than a 4ft tank!

Im only new to shrimp Got 10 x cherrys 4 x crs in 32lt nano tank Only went to buy 10 cherrys for girlfriend but seen crs & fell in love so now it was just 1 tank but i see a few more happening now lol Made the move from fish was breeding blue dolphins but decided to downgrade oversize 4ft to 3ft & sold off dolphins & now im addicted to shrimp Found this site from newbreed site was told to check it out from person i got shrimp from

SKF Aquatics is locked in already ?

Thank you guys. I think I've stumbled upon both articles before and am quite familiar with BBA (argh!), but this stuff looked different from all the other types I've battled. It's VERY red - like what we'd call "fire engine" red in the US... which I realized doesn't quite apply here in AU since I've seen yellow fire engines. Anyways... I seem to be able to sorta keep the algae (the rest, not just the funky spiky red stuff) to a lowish level, but not get rid of it altogether. Do most of you just deal? Or do some of you have nifty magic tricks and are algae free?

Love them, going to be hard to choose.

Here is an older (1996) article on red algae. http://www.thekrib.com/Plants/Algae/red-algae.html However, Black Beard Algae (BBA) despite the name can actually be reddish. Red or Black they are both very similar and can be treated using the same methods.

Tanks for everything!

Gday and welcome to the forum! Please feel free to share any pics, experiences, thoughts or ask any questions :-)

Yeah didn't think they were shrimp, you would ID them yourself?. As you say it's very zoomed in hence I stated looking like elodea. Added this link on the subject of red algae as stated on the above post by @jayc http://www.fishchannel.com/fish-health/freshwater-conditions/aquarium-freshwater-algae.aspx A small snippet of info, hope this helps.

Welcome to SKF @StevenChau :)

You can use the sponge as dividers themselves. Two HMF sponges in the middle of the tank, with enough of a gap between the sponges for the pump to go in the middle. Rig up a "T" valve on the outlet hose to feed water back to the two halves of the tank. OR Also using the sponges as dividers themselves. The pump is at one end of the tank, but the outlet hose goes to the chamber furthest from the pump. Like this...

I think skf aquatics is a good compromise change. It keeps the traditionalists happy and still it gives scope for the forum to broaden its appeal. Love n peace Will

Update to my last section. Lots of mischling, tibees, taitibees and a few pintos. Before i went on my holidays i noticed a few nice blue shrimplets but assumed that would mature into black juvies. To my suprise it seems they have continued to hold the blue which it very exciting for me. I might clear out this tank to try concentrate on these bluish shrimp. What do you guys think?