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Hey all, I'm new to Skf here but not that new to keeping native Aussie shrimp, and was wondering what the lifespan of some of our natives were? I have some Caridina typus and was wondering if they were as long lived as their amano cousins (considering that they can live up to a decade) and same goes for riffle shrimps too. From my experiences most of the smaller natives like DAEs and the like only live a few years at most.

Hello everyone, I recently got a copy of the readings of my town's water sadly the only relevant params listed are pH, GH, and TDS . I plan to get really into the hobby by keeping more species in the future but i am currently limited because no lfs nearby carries any shrimp remineralizer, test kits (they don't do tests either), RO/DI water is accessible but is a no-go without remineralizer. BTW i'll list the params from the two main intake boxes that feed my area plus other intake boxes that do not feed the tap directly. So here's the readings: MAIN: 1. pH - 7.8, GH - 66 ppm, TDS - 189 ppm 2. pH - 7.2, GH - 32 ppm, TDS - 62 ppm OTHERS: 3. pH - 6.9, GH - 20 ppm, TDS - 49 ppm 4. pH - 7.0, GH - 54 ppm, TDS - 106 ppm ( Home waters of native caridina) Thanks, Ludwiggg17

Please if you have a guess from now on PM Walter so it’s still fair for others and it isn’t just free fish. That being said I hope everyone wins! -G

Ooh a competition! I have some endlers myself but I don't even know if mine are hybrids or pure haha but looking at the pictures I think im going to guess 1, 5, 3, 9 and 4!

Did you get it from Abquatics? Because I also have ordered their NQ algae shrimp on a whim and one of mine looked just like the one you received. I keep mine with my neos and they honestly look identical but they haven't hybridised yet so I'm thinking they're perhaps not the same species. I don't know where abquatics gets their livestock from but the shrimp I have and yours too also highly resembles the Caridina Malanda species someone posted here a good while ago but other than that I am also stumped!

Come On Guys, This comp has had around 120 views I don't know why a lot more of you have not entered, it's not that hard , read the replies and check out on your computer I'm sure you will see the answer Closes 3pm Sunday Hurry!!! Cheers Wayne

Time for a rescape? It’s a shame such a nice tank has turned into that.

If I can have a 2nd guess, it would be 1, 3, 4, 5, 9,

OK, I officially have no idea but looking at the guesses and your hints, I'm going with 1,3,5,9,12