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Hopefully that is the end of that episode and you can now just relax and watch the babies grow, and the discolour on some shells clears up with no more interference or treatments! Try not to freak out if you do get the very occasional shrimp death as they are ridiculously fragile and have been through a lot compared with their normal simple existence! Great to hear that their haven't been any deaths for a couple of days though! Simon

Haha @Blazepelt trying to get me to announce it on SKF when you already know? Yeah, she dropped sometime in the last 5 hours while I was out. Definitely more fry than the other female, at least 50 if not 60 or 70! Leaving her in the box for a few more hours just in case she squeezes a couple more out. But I probably have close to 100 fry right now!!! It’s awesome! And my offer for some free fry is still standing, because I’m going to need to unload them over the next couple months.

Has the other female dropped yet?

Everything seems to be back to normal. Tried a H2O2 dose today, tank reacted well, shrimp seem less sluggish and more reactive to food following the dose. Pumps off for an hour after the dose, per Mark from ,”Mark’s Shrimp Tanks” suggestion to me. No stressing or freaking out from the dose, and no deaths. Hopefully it helps. Shells seem to look better on affected shrimp, but I could just be seeing what I want to see. No more deaths as of now, and I’m seeing plenty of tiny babies. I hope after the insanely high exposure to the oregano oil, salt dip, and h2O2 this crap dies! I hate it so much!

I'm new here, hopefully can get some knowledge and friends also.

Quick update: Everything seems to be settled back down. Parameters are as follows: PH:6.4-6.5 TDS: 145 GH:5-6 KH:0-1 Temp: 71 I suppose this means I can let the tank go back to normal operation. Although, I haven’t seen as rapid of a shell improvement as I wished, I don’t know how quickly I should expect an improvement. Or what I’m looking for. Shells seem to have a shine to them again, but the color hasn’t improved?

Hi welcome Bekki

Yeah I’ve got plenty. I know some will buy lines, all will accept free fish that they stock and some might pay cheap for mutts. Mine (depending on the fathers) could look like a line or more of a mutt. I’ll also be trying to sell on gumtree maybe. I reckon if I can make 50 cents on a guppy on average I can make $50, and that’ll handle the breeding tank expenses so that future money made through tha can go into my other aquarium ventures. But again, it’s all about whether they’ll be nice enough for people to pay for yet. I’ll only give them away for free to a store if it’s absolutely necessary.

Do you have a local store that may take some off your hands when they are ready to be re-homed? Most aquarium places in UK take unwanted fish, though they wouldn't pay for them but that's fair enough! Simon

Beautiful endlers, thanks for the pictures! I don't have much luck with endlers, they are/were one of my favourites. Simon

Nah mate I just need to get them off my hands!

Very generous.