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Hi Sam, He probably meant Kh should be 0 - 5, not Gh. Your tap water sounds excellent, you obviously can't test it for everything as Lindy says - My water company added something that killed a large number of my Neocaradina a few months ago... :( If it were me, I would add dechlorinator and...

Yup! (I have 4 types at the moment, more to come soon)

What about hobbyshrimp.co.uk?

The problem was apparently oxalic acid, they release this when cut (sap's full of it) - theory has it that a shrimps shell is somehow damaged by it... I had 6 30cm cubes packed with anubias and crypts, never had a problem. There was also a chap (on shrimpnow forum I think) who blended up an...

Arrived! All good shrimp, no DOA.

Should be here any minute. (Nothing yet... Waiting by the door!)

http://www.aquaticshrimp.co.uk - Have an order coming tomorrow.

Black tigers are doing great :) I've just started with some paraguard too as I was losing a shrimp a day (after mixing shrimps I think - bacterial?)

Any update on the shrimp? They must have hatched by now? :lol:

I took a picture of Marks but then got distracted so missed the rest :lol:

I used RO with akadama for a few months, no effect on pH. The Co2 plus remineralisation powder kept it faily stable (6.8) with hardly any swing at night with Co2 off. I kept the KH at 2 though as I was worried about a pH crash!

I thought the same mate but let it slip due to how long he's been registered, I think both points would be valid, 25+ posts or registered for X no of months. (Some people are just shy)

I've had shrimp from this chap in the past, he really knows his stuff and has some of the best shrimp on the UK.

Will do, I've heard bad things about the Fluval shrimp substrate and been told the shrimplets can be hard to raise past a few weeks... Fingers crossed! Could explain why they cost so much?

Heres a video of the shrimplets: http://youtu.be/HXY85tUJq3U

nettles also, I have 11 shrimp species, 9 love them! (The other two are filter feeders so I'll let them off :lol: )

My blue tigers have been carrying eggs for some time, noticed a few babies last night :)

I find they are very messy in smaller aquaria - although they are really just converting algae and left over food into waste that's easily picked up if you have a good turn over.

You've answered your own question, they eat it to supplement minerals, mostly calcium. They won't contribute to ammonia as theres not much to decompose!