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Just a few pics of my desktop setup. Finally getting it looking half decent with some plants. Picked up some yellow cherries last week that seem to be settling in well. Still need to work on getting my pH down so I can get my CRS breeding

Hello, so I was going to put this in diy but figured anyone can make food so its not really a diy, the more important aspect I guess I want to share or discuss is the nutrition side of things. Heres my diy shrimp/ fish food, Especially great for getting meds into your beloved critters. I in no way copied instructions on how to do this so I'm taking aaaaalll the creds lol. "Narcasist" What you'll need: (buy organic where possible but doesn't really matter) A blender(or preferably stick blender) Baking paper An oven and fan(preferably a dehydrator if you or nana has one) Garlic (preferably fresh-not minced) Nori Seaweed sheets for sushi Spirulina powder dry yeast(preferably nutritional yeast) Soybean husk(shrimp snow) Boiled sweet potatoe First blend up all your dry ingedients one by one into a course power. Then blend your garlic with a little bit of water, before adding it to your dry ingedients. Mix everything together well and add enough water to reach a "wet toothepaste" consistancy. Keep track of the quantities you've added and write them down for next time. Preheat your oven to about 160c and place a large room fan in front of you oven with the door open just slightly, your oven is now a ghetto dyhydrator lol Spread your mix out on a sheet of baking paper. Place another sheet on top and use a rolling pin to flatten it right out. The thinner you make it the faster and better it dries- this needs to be fully 100 percent "cracker" dry as it is high in protein and will foul very fast if not dried properly- drying temps we use come close to pasteurisation temps so it is actually quite a sterile way to make clean food that won't go bad fast. Once it's dry enough- (You will be able to easily peel away the top sheet of baking paper without much sticking.) Start breaking it up into smaller pieces so it dries more efficiently. When it's fully "cracker dry" and crumbles between your fingers it's done, this takes only 1-2 hours and can be done without having to check it if you use a proper dehydrator. (Great investment if you plant to do this often.) Store in air type bags to reduce moisture and oxygen exposure. First introduction to my RCS: (the tanks a mess right now "shame" 10min later.... gone. Haha they showed massive interest so have all my Bettas. Hope you guys like it.

Thanks Jayc After reading you review I went ahead and purchased some azoo max bio balls. And it works. Affectively reducing my nitrate to almost 0 (which always sat at around 10ppm) Amonnia 0 from 0.25ppm. My bee shrimp went absolutely mental after just a few hours. But Azoo now states, replace balls every 2 weeks. So works out about $2.50 every 2 weeks But really worth it. Thanks again for the review.

I can't add anything to the advice already given by @Zoidburg, @Madmerv and @jc12 (good work guys). But I can shed some light on Shield and GG Betaglucan. Did you know the bulk of these products are made up of good ol Oats. The kind we eat for breakfast - quick oats, porridge, whatever you want to call it. It's all shredded up into powder, and they might add a bit of other vitamins or minerals, but it's just oats. If they didn't shred it up, you would realise it's oats, and question why you are paying $20 for 60g of oats. If you want to try it out on the cheap, feed your shrimp oats, which you probably already have in the pantry. You can make it into powder so the smaller shrimps can get at it, or just drop it into the tank straight out of the packet. In addition to bacteria in a bottle, there are some good ones out there - do your research. No harm in adding some while you are cycling the tank. It is most important to cycle your new tank until Ammonia and Nitrite read zero before adding any shrimp. Find out what your LFS sell and start a thread asking for opinions before buying.

Thanks Jarad! Hopefully you guys can help me to understand the difference in the grades of shrimps...its doing my head in! lol!

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Nice clean setup you got there.