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Hello all I have a small setup ( for now :) , 2 x 60L both with internal filter system In one i keep PRL , benibachi x hakata , not the most beautifull ones in the beginning but it seems to be getting allot better lately The other tank is a ''mixed tank '' containing the following : MALE : 2x Zebra pinto black 1x crystal white 2x Ebi Tengi Tangerine Tigers (golden) 3x Spotted Head Red FEMALE: 1x (shadow)Red Taitibee 1x PRL SS 1x PRL SSS In this mixed tank i now discovered the following fry / baby shrimp Soil is akadama 1-4 mm Can someone help me with naming these hybrids ? And what do you think , is it worth it to select these patterns for further breeding ? Thanks allot !

Hey everyone, I noticed this the other day on my RCS, a little white grain that was stuck on its head. Does anybody know what this is? cheers!

I have been having some trouble with my water parameters after over dosing on a product a few months ago. I have slowly been working on my wp and have finally got them close to where I want them in my tanks, I just need some help to get it even closer to where I want it. Tank 1's Wp is ph 6.6 gh6 kh1 Ca40 and the TDS is 170~ Currently the MG:Ca ratio is 2.79 - This is my divided tank holding PRL BB and Pintos Tank 2's WP is Ph7.2 gh11 kh3 Ca60 and the TDS is 215~ Currently the MG:Ca ratio is 1.29 - This is my OEBT tank Ideally I want tank 1 to be gh5 kh1 and Mg:Ca ratio 3.5 - I was thinking to do this is to add pure RO water to lower the tds some more then add more GH until the ratio is where I want it. My question is there a better way to get this ratio and what do i use to raise gh? Ideally I want tank 2 to be gh 7-8 and kh 3-4 with the Mg:Ca around 3.5. This is the tank that had the most issues and I lost quite a lot of OEBTs at one stage. I think I have got the WP at a stage where they are surviving and breeding again but I would like to get it a little better for them. I just need some help/instruction to get it there properly. I know in both tanks I need to increase the Mg but I dont want the overall Gh to increase or the TDS. I am also not sure the correct product to buy to increase the mg safely. What I have been doing is add RO remineralised with Salty shrimp at a lower tds then what the tank was every water change to slowly bring my tds down. Any advise or guidance will be much appreciated. I think Tank 1 would be ok where it is atm but I would really like to get tank 2 closer to ideal if possible. Thanks.

Ok people time to make history we will start with a simple one for this we just need a yes or no answer we will define the term pure as it will relate to shrimp this is only single gene line shrimp no hybrids ie tibee, pinto, misch etc. Going forward in our hobby pure in reference to shrimp will mean the following any shrimp that produces and has produce all offspring of the same genetic make up as the parents for 3 or more generations shall be deemed pure. These are some interesting responses that we have had. 1. Yes! But I'm not okay with just 3 generations to call it pure. As I told earlier in another discussion, I've been getting only crs offspring in my crs only tank for the past 2 years until now(2 golden bees after more than 10+ generations approx, meantime no new shrimps were added in the past 1.5 years) 2. Perhaps the term "true-breeding" (or pure-breeding) is more useful than pure, most if not all these things are hybrids after all. There are no wild species that correspond to a Taiwan/Shadow bee, for example. The true breeding stability comes from dilligent selection and line breeding for a given trait until no other traits occur. That's the hard part of the work and down to the quality of the breeder. 3. Well pure means pure, not 80<90 %.

Hi guys, I saw these that I think similar to alder cones which I frequently saw in ppl's tank but not sure. Can you please ID if they are actually alder cones. I accidentally found them in a park in western suburb in Melbourne when I was rush needed go to loo. First pict/link was the first one I found and second pict/link was a something similar that found next to (maybe it is a dried form?) http://postimg.org/image/nbe7h28hr/ http://postimg.org/image/tzz0ns10z/ Can someone please tell me what is actual beneficial factors that this alder cones has? Thanks guys.

Mum bought some plants for her Guppy tank and one of them I'm unsure of what it is, it was sold as Blyxa but I am certain it isn't, it's too upright and some what hard, unlike the soft, lightly bent leaf of a Blyxa, any ideas of what it is anyone? It's growing quite well and I actually don't mind it either.

This thing is going out of controll in my tank. What plant is it?