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I hope that’s what it is. I got a good look at it last night and it definitely could be. I’m amazed at it hatching after coming through the post. I’ll try and get a photo if it comes to the front of the tank. Thanks for the reply.

Nah, just Africans these days, 400 litre mixed collection. Keeping it simple ?

Yes cholla wood!!!! Lol I always forget Yeah I think I've done ok, I have been keeping fish for over 30 years tho, mostly live bearers and Africans.... So I had a decent idea before I tried my hand at my first shrimp tank. I'm really happy with the result though. I see why people become addicts of shrimp ?

Thanks everyone ? yes I'm quite ignorant if the fact that cherry shrimps can have stripes down the back??? Is this normal or a certain variety???? My tank is a 12 litre I guess you call nano tank and is reasonably heavily planted. I would attach a photo but I was having trouble attaching pics that are within the size limit.... I had to zoom right in to get the other one in lol. Loving my blue ranshorn snail! Plabts include cameroon moss, val, bacopa and ambulia. I have some almobd leaf and shrimp wood in there.... the holey wood.... can never rember the name

Well....I spoke a bit too soon. The cory is still in the shrimp tank and I have observed some copepods but far fewer than I had. I have noticed they like to burrow in the substrate and have probably surfaced now that the neons are gone. I will leave the cory in there for a while as he does seem to furrow into the substrate presumable searching for copepods. If the cory can at least keep them in check I may leave him there and leave it at that. But neons are on standby if things get out of hand again! We shall see.

Maybe a newborn corydoras? That ticks all the boxes. They're an egg scattering species, so maybe there was an egg on the Subwassertang? It's super cool either way. I remember getting excited to see eggs on a crypt, when I first started fishkeeping. I thought they were fish eggs.... :( I coulda prevented my snail problems so easily then.

I've added a couple of new plants to my Red Cherry set up recently and have just seen a little fish swimming about the bottom of the tank. It's only about 6mm long, spotted head and what looks like a pointy tail. The only way possible for it to have got in is either on the leaves of the plants or in the growing media. The plants are Subwassertang and a pot of grasses. It seems to be lurking about in or near the Subwassertang so I think that's the likely culprit. I'm not bothered about it, in fact it's pretty cool. Anyone else had this, or anyone guess at what it could be. Sorry, no chance of a photo, it's too small and quick.

Cheers, appreciate the feedback. Love my Africans, but had been great setting up a planted tank again after so many years, even if it is just a nano. Loving the shrimp though, wish I was allowed to set up another bigger tank for them ?

Ah nice. Well, any chance you know any good breeders for nice guppy variants in Melbourne? ?

Ahhhhhhhhhh yep... that makes sense. Do you breed any cool types of guppies or endlers by any chance?

At 12 litres, it is definitely a nano tank. The stripe down the back is often called a 'racing stripe', and it's just a common colouration you can see on some cherry shrimp. Some people breed for it, some prefer not to have it. The 'holey wood' is called cholla wood. Sounds like you've seriously nailed the tank setup!

Welcome to the forum. From what I can see of the tank, it looks like you're doing pretty well. Excited to see what comes of your endeavors!

Welcome to SKFA mate.