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That looks perfect for 5-6 Praecox. I see the Njisseni there in the centre, loud and proud. Beautiful fish. Give the shrimp more ground cover like low plants and leaf litter. That will give them a chance to evade the apisto. And it will look more like an amazon biotope to boot.

You even have Groot and bricks in there!

Wow shrimptopia is lookin great, and I LOVE your axolotyl tank! Way to go Spongy!

Very nice setup, great scaping and you have very lovely shrimp, I'm so jelly.

I do love them, weird little creatures. I have a six year-old who loves water critters

I haven't given up on breeding the Amano, just wanted to get the tank done, then I could focus on them. x

Great to hear that everything is going well and as per JayC, very jealous! Beautiful shrimps and lovely scapes? Simon

Thanks for the update! Have you given up on breeding the Amano shrimps? Simon

I like Apistos, always have a soft spot for them. I used to keep a few as well. But never with shrimp. If you are going to keep them in the tank, we need to increase the hiding places for the shrimp.

Nice. I prefer 5 as a number (don’t ask, I’m weird with my amounts of fish ?) but would 6 be better? If so, would I try to get a 50/50 M/F or 4 and 2 females to males? Of course, this all depends if they're showing their colouration clearly enough that I can tell their sex by their fin colours. We’ll see... I know that my rlfs stocks them though.

Wait so is that supporting the apisto or no? ? I’ll be rescaping the tank when I replace the substrate. Was considering doing some dwarf hair grass maybe? It would look great with the AquaIron and would provide some ground cover.

No, I know, but I can’t start any more tanks at the moment, I'm about to move so don’t need any more hassle in the process. Luckily an employee at the store I got them from is breeding the wild parents still, so after I'm settled I may grab some more. I’m looking at my next tank being a native only tank, though, so the apistos might have to wait. How do you think the praecox may fare in my 110L though? Just measured and it’s 79x38x38cm (LxWxH). Attached is an awful photo of the tank.

I didn't mean sell them, just give them their own tank.

Thank you jayc ? im new in pinto. I hope everything will be fine

Hey guys. Been a while since I posted. Done a load of new shiz. Shrimptopia has been made spectacular by some lampeye tetras and some guppies. It is such a fun tank now. Just a guestimate but I think we have at the mo: 2 amano, 6 cherry, 4 blue diamond, 3 crystal reds, 3 yellow and 2 bamboo (monster) shrimp. We have also added 4 bloodfin tetra, 2 neon tetra stripe, 6 guppies and 5 lampeyes. My tank is amazing. Full of colour and life. Fantastic. We then set up a new tank for our new additions today......2 axolotyl!!!! OMW Happy as a pig in sh.. x

I reckon you could get away with 10 neons, maybe a few more

It's an Aqua Nano 40. 55l.

What size is your tank again?

Those are amazing blue-bodies red rilis! I discovered some red rilis spontaneously emerging from a substrate I ordered (lucky me). When I read you could mix with blue velvet to produce the blue red variated offspring, I had to try and so ordered some blue velvets. Now I have 10 blue velvets and 5 red rilis. I plan to isolate the desired offspring and cull the undesired ones. I am not expert enough to tell males from females. If I want to improve my success, should I mix and match my reds and blues in some ideal M:F ratio? Amazing Barbantas! If you can get those shrimp consistently, they will be highly sought after.

Thanks for the suggestion on that bacter AE, I've ordered some, along with complete shrimp food. If I was to go down the road of 2 otos and some neons, what would be the number I could have without overstocking?

Awww I wanted to try breeding them ? Their parents were wild-caught so they look really beautiful... could I still technically sell them as a breeding pair even if they haven't bred? (They've been showing signs of courting but that's all) Cool! Tank is 29 gal (110 L), will measure length tonight. Is that large enough for a small group?

Melanotaenia praecox seem like a good candidate for shrimp. They almost never feed off the bottom, and are a mid to high swimmer. These fish do best in groups of 10 or more. Minimum 5. Always have more females than males. How large is your tank? ? Oh no, get the Apistos out now.

Both. I wanted to set up a varied invertebrate tank so I went for daphnia, cherry shrimp and nerites. I love the daphnia, but when they thrive they're betta food!

Hi all. shrimps added in 1-7 October final report. everything looks good for now?? I will report again in 2 months.