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Hey everyone how's things? So I was on and off with shrimp the last 6 months or so while I was doing other things and getting into nano softwater fish, building tanks and saving money, now I've got a bit more free time again I just bought a ton of new tanks, equipment and shrimp in the last few months, it's all coming together now. This is what my lounge room/fish room looks like ATM lol

im not sure if it has been discussed elsewhere or howmuch looking into the literature people have done but J.W. Short who first described them lists the parameters as follows pH 5.5 hardness <10ppm temp 18-20 degrees dissolved O2 5.8-6.0ppm it is my belief that most keepers are still keeping them in water that is still not soft enough. and relying too much on TDS instead of gH

HI Thanks for the reply :-) Yeah I think you're right - if it looks like food and fits in the mouth, instinct will rule Roscoe Yeah that's true I'll put him back with his old mates in the LFS tank :-) Thanks for the reply Roscoe

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If you only have one loach, I would return it, regardless of how well it may or may not do well with shrimp. Loaches do best in groups, not as a single fish. Do have one tank here that has a small group of black kuhlis and striped (banded), and still have a shrimp population. The tank also has mini ramshorn snails and limpets.

If you're going to keep the sections self-contained, solid glass is the best option. But you kinda have to be fairly sure of your plan since re-doing it somewhere down the line would be a big pain. There is a small disadvantage to self-contained sections - you basically end up with 4 smaller tanks that just happen to be stuck to each other and would have to treat the tanks as such: be more aware of potential water quality issues since you won't have as much leeway as with bigger systems. Many many people keep their shrimp in fairly tiny stand-alone tanks with few issues, so it's not a huge deal if you're keeping an eye on it.

I can offer a top tip to start a syphon. All you need do is submerge the entire tube you are using to syphon. Then once it is entirely full of water .. just cover one end carefully remove it from the tank and place the end of it lower than where the water level is in the tank. Uncover and voila you have a syphon :-) [emoji111] [emoji173] Will

That was me that put the BEP in the tank. When you said slowly add it I did add it slowly. Took at least 5 minutes hehe. There was no ammonia or nitrite spike whatsoever and there were berried shrimps all of which held onto their berries! Can't recommend BEP highly enough.