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Yai! It works again. I didn't realized that I forgot to renew my membership. Just renewed it, and things go fine again ^^,

My wife took some pix in the cull tank and I thought this one was worth sharing! [emoji173] [emoji111] [emoji444] Will

I should have joined this forum ages ago. Every so often I lament not having any friends that share my interest in shrimp and aquarium plants, and subject my friends (who don't share my interest) to lots of pictures and monologues :) They're quite nice about it really, but it's obvious they'd rather be talking about the movie we just saw etc... I thought I'd link some pictures of my aquariums so people can see what I do I've since put a bubble filter and a heater in this aquarium. Please excuse the poor lighting and scratches ( $5 aquarium ) I think the choice of wood and plant matches up really well here, and I reckon I cut the base to make it sit just right I love the shapes of willow moss. Fine enough to draw you in and large enough to see from a distance. I like raising these "nano driftwood pieces" up so you can see the underside of the canopy. I also like the lava-rock base. It does a great job of housing bacteria. Both of the aquariums I've put it in have gotten really stable water clarity. Lastly some full size anubia on gold vine. This ones pretty new so I'm looking forward to seeing how it grows

Dont you just hate it when other peoples culls are so much better than your displays?? Lol

Hello Kevin I understand the guy in the shop, and the makers of the starter bacteria, will tell you that after putting the product in the tank "everything will be good for putting fish etc in the tank". This is generally not true and i'm sure they will be happy to sell you more products/fish to fix the problems that come up. An aquarium is basically a self contained eco system for an aquatic environment and it will take months for all the natural bacteria etc to balance out in that system. Generally we just worry about the toxins that are present, Nitrates etc, and once they have stabilized somewhat we will add fish. This is just part of the ecosystem balance and there is a lot more going on before a balance is reached. Shrimp are very sensitive to their water parameters and therefore need a mature tank, that has completely stabilized, to live a happy life. Also every tank is different, as they are all a self contained ecosystem, so this balance will take a different time, and do different things, for each tank. I would suggest to you that you did a lot of reading on fishless aquarium cycling and then get the tank in a mature state before adding some more shrimp. Or, and i dont really agree with this, get 1 or 2 guppies and put them in for a couple of months to mature the tank and filter. What ever way you decide to go just remember that there is no real quick fixes for getting a tank mature and in balance. Nature does not make a stream and have it mature in just a week or two does it? Have a look through some of the aquarium set up threads on this site and take note of the start dates of the threads. Then look at the dates when they start to show pictures of their shrimp in the tanks. Most will have let the tanks run for months before adding shrimp or have moved a mature filter from a tank that has been running for years. There is a lot to learn about keeping shrimp so keep reading and learning and good luck with your setup.

Google photos doesn't seem to want people using their photo storage for embedding on forums. I switched from google photos to Flickr, does it work now?

It's the right way but make sure you grab the right URL. It should be the full url with .jpg/.gif/.png etc.. at the end

Like this one?

Update: Been a month now and it looks like the 2 blue steels are grown up and looks to be girls. Here's how the reds are looking. After talking to a reputable breeder. I was told its a red bolt phenotype and that I'm on the right track to breeding Red Steel. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk

I live in the US, and the best price I could price I found was for 40 Fire Red was $100 including shipping costs. While the initial cost of $2.50 each seemed low, but half of them died within the first week despite perfect water and tank conditions. I have discovered since, that these shrimp had been imported to California from Taiwan, before being shipped 2500 miles overnight to me. My final cost for the 20 that survived came out to $5 each, which is about what I have read that others pay in fish stores in the US. Rare colored varieties can be more and poorly colored Reds can be less. An individual near me was selling pale Reds for $1 each, but I wanted darker colored ones. I could not find any retail stores that stocked them with 60 miles of me, so I ordered mine using the Internet. Greg

The trouble with Bluebolts of all grades is their colour is variable even in a 24 hour period. I can check my tank and some are almost white with just a hint of blue on their faces, later the same day some can be a very intense blue but others remain pale. I'm not the only one this happens to as I have discussed it with other breeders so it's hard to say what grade a Bluebolt is. AND females berried are usually much darker than not berried.