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Some good blue shadows in there Vic and the hybrids look real nice too!

Thats the problem with tap, its impossible to guarantee any kind of stability for any length of time. Soon enough something will change or get added to supply without you ever knowing and some of these changes can prove fatal for shrimp. I've found the only way to maintain consistent water for...

Not been on here for a while sorry, but I'll drop some update shots on later :)

Well done Lindy! Looks like you got some lovely shrimp coming through :)

You'd probably use half a pack of the bee max at setup stage and a couple of teaspoons of mont. Powder. Hobbyshrimp certainly stock the beemax and I think they also do the mont. Powder. If you are struggling to find montmoronillite powder it's deffo on eBay. Well worth paying attention to the...

This article on setting up a shrimp tanks is excellent and if you follow this step by step, you won't go wrong:- Setting up a Shrimp Tank | Shrimp Keeping The same site also has a summary of the most popular soils along with a breif review. It's an impartial site, so nobody is trying to sell...

Same colour though! :p

A decent active substrate will certainly buffer your water to the desired ph level of below 7 and ideal of 6-6.5 for cbs. I'd also strongly advise you do go down the route of RO as this will allow you much more control over what you are adding back into your tank. Sounds like your tank is...

How's your O2? Are you able to get a picture of the tank posted? I've found that an airstone or other that agitates the water surface and improves oxygen exchange solves a multitude of shrimpy issues including improved breeding and shrimplet survival.

Have you got any idea of how long the berried female is carrying her eggs? Is she giving birth or are the eggs being dropped?

A few young shadows coming along nicely. These are approx 8 weeks old now.

I'm using tights at the moment on my inlet. I find them ok for a couple of days but they seem to clog and reduce flow, so I regularly trying to clean the muck off. Bit of a pain in the ass really, so am thinking about a proper mesh guard in the hope that the slightly larger holes will help to...

Whatever you settle on Alastair, photgraphy is fascinating and I've found that especially with shrimp it enables you to enjoy the detail that you'd probably never appreciate with the naked eye. I've always enjoyed taking pictures of my tanks and shrimp, but found myself getting increasingly...

Whatever you settle on, photgraphy is fascinating and I've found that especially with shrimp it enables you to enjoy the detail that you'd probably never appreciate with the naked eye. I've always enjoyed taking pictures of my tanks and shrimp, but found myself getting increasingly frustrated...

Another 6 months Ali, you'll be planning more tanks......! :)