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    Unwelcome find

    Fire up that Barbie!
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    First Scottish shrimp show

    see the for sale section. clearing the tank so have (had) 200 CRS shrimp to sell.
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    First Scottish shrimp show

    ... or save the drive and buy some of my shrimp for a fraction of the price ;)
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    Full planted tanks with CRS

    Thanks for the advice :) If i were just moving the shrimp over to a new tank it would be a doddle as the filter, water and substrate would all move too, however to achieve what i want in my head, i am going to need more ferts and lighting and perhaps a decent nutrient rich substrate. All these...
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    Full planted tanks with CRS

    I have been doing this for about 2 years. However every time i sell some, the colony starts breeding again. It seems to level out at the current amount as they are limited by space and food etc. Its very difficult to get rid of a large amount quickly. I havent been posting them, as its quite...
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    Full planted tanks with CRS

    Good to see im correct with being wary of the change. Ive fancied changing the whole setup for a long time and selling the shrimp, but finding buyers for 200+ shrimp is impossible. Theres no way im giving them to the LFS to either kill or sell for £10 each!!
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    Full planted tanks with CRS

    Its got to change, growth rates are far too slow, and i would like something more densely planted. I love crypts and the look they provide but fear they will struggle with the substrate
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    Full planted tanks with CRS

    hi all, I have a CRS tank with a colony of about 200. +Ottos and Dwarf corries. They are housed in an old and tatty tank with a large anubias on wood, java fern and some crypts. I have been away from the 'proper' planted side for ages (some might remember me!) but i have the itch again. i...
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    removing scuds

    Yeah i have alder cones, banana leaves, oak leaves, mulberry leaves, catappa leaves and nettle leaves in there so theyre on everything! The problem is they feed off the same stuff as the shrimp so you cant cut down. I had cucumber in there yesterday but they didnt get a look in
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    removing scuds

    Thanks for you help darrel (some fantastic discussion and photography in that thread) I might look at investing in some Dwarf corries, and monitor both populations
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    removing scuds

    Hmm they dont look like that at all, they are much more rounded and cyclindical shape and are white - but are only about 1mm so its really hard to see. I womder if theyre potentially juveniles of something at this early stage They could perhaps be seed shrimp? I not bothered if theyre harmless...
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    removing scuds

    Hi all, i have noticed some of these small critters today in my tank and also my first dead shrimp in months. Im not saying they are 100% related but its a funny co-incidence and could have been a newly moulted vulnerable shrimp. Are there any way to control them? Im looking towards some fish...
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    CRS new tank

    excellent, thanks guys i have a sandwhich bag full of dried nettles at the moment, but i will pick some more at the end of the summer to keep me going. i always pick them then boil them up to kill anything and then dry them out, so i know my 'harvest' wont be compromised in the bags! will be...
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    CRS new tank

    seems i done really well and have had a massive survival rate, theres hundreds of the little ones now and theyre getting to a fair size. would say another two months and they are ready for sale. in terms of picking leaves, should i wait until the autumn to pick leaves when theyve 'dried up' a...
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    CRS new tank

    hi all, havent updated in a while, tank is fully established and plants are growing slowly (perfect for my lifestyle) and are super low maintainence. i now have a load of baby CRS (my first ever) which are only a few days old. i know this is the critical stage and i have added plenty of...
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    CRS new tank

    no mate inches. never heard of those before, il do some research on them and get back to you! cheers
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    CRS new tank

    hi mate, how much leaf litter do you have in the tank? i have 4 oak leaves, a banana leaf and a small catappa leaf along with 5 alder cones. in a 21x21x21 cube im not sure if i should add more?
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    CRS new tank

    on a side note, what foods/supplements do people use for keeping their CRS happy/healthy and full of colour. (i know alot of it is down to water parameters) cheers
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    CRS new tank

    what a massive difference from the quality I received from 'the un-named' forum sponsor. just goes to show the quality of product you can get if you buy from people that really care for their animals.
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    CRS new tank

    unfortunately private matters dont work either, if a company is unwilling to have an after sales help, then others should be told. have collected some shrimp today from a private seller and they are fantastic quality (hand picked them myself) 9 shrimp for £32. certainly beats the robbery of...
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    CRS new tank

    Have tried emailing but theyre not interested as ive said. better to name and shame before anyone else gets burnt
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    CRS new tank

    well, im very close to shutting my account down on this forum as ive had a reply after emailing the sellers (a forum sponsor!) a picture - over a week since acclimatising them abd just getting the reply 'looks horrible' Shouldnt be a sponsor if theyre not even proud of the products they sell...
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    CRS new tank

    to be honest, its the quality id expect if i wanted to test the tank water and wanted a guinea pig. not a 'high quality SSS mosura' and certainly not 9.99! have been in contact with lucas as sharnbrook shrimp and hes sent me across some photos, wish id got in contact sooner. i might cull the...
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    CRS new tank

    There you go mate, i feel robbed. young ones are okay, adults are bland. tank is 22c TDS 125 GH 4 KH 0.5 inhabitants 4 ottos Banana leaves, catappa leaves and alder cones. They are all feeding okay just have a lack of colour.
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    CRS new tank

    well having contacted them and recieved a very unhelpful and blunt reply saying what do you expect for the money and that theyre 'too cheap'. I am DISGUSTED by this and having spent 200 quid with one of our sponsors (1/4 of my monthly wage so its alot of money for me). Let this be a lesson to...
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    CRS new tank

    wish i had known before, i dont come on forums alot now. still very translucent bodies with blotchy white patches, the young ones i have are ok colour, nothing fantastic. to say im dissapointed is an understatement. just a shame i cant take them back and get a full refund. look more like an...
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    CRS new tank

    cant see why they wouldnt be happy all params are perfect, theyre all feeding, plenty of live plants and bio film and shelter. il give them another day and if theyre still washed out there will be a grumpy email being sent. when youve paid a tenner for something so small it has to be good!
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    CRS new tank

    48hrs in and i still have all 8 shrimp so im very happy there. some of mine have an almost transparent body instead of white. is this normal and they should colour up or have i got poor quality SSS mosuras? cheers
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    CRS new tank

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    CRS new tank

    hi all, have had alot of financial issues which has stopped me from buying the shrimp, (new engine, gearbox, clutch, flywheel, cambelt for the car). However 8 SSS mosuras should be arriving tommorow. have checked the tank today, done a small 15% W/C (dont want to upset the balance now) and...
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    Filter Inlet - Shrimp

    yes you need some cover, either some coarse cylindrical sponges with a hole in the middle, or you can get those fine mesh metal ones of ebay, your choice.
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    CRS new tank

    i plan to add very tiny amounts, just enough to give them something to help them along. still unsure what to put at the back of the tank! to go with the crypts
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    CRS new tank

    i need a good back ground plant for the tank, i want to do crypts as a midground and maybe use c.parva as a foreground which means the shrimp still have good access to the substrate underneath, yet still have broad leaves to chow on! what do people suggest? low tec, probably easy carbo and...
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    CRS new tank

    well i have a 21x21x21 cube so its not a small tank. with a TT ex1200 to filter and a hydor eth 300. i will swap the new filter with one of my other two on the mbuna tank so it will be cycled. i went and splashed out on a 50 gpd RO unit, and a handheld TDS meter so i can do it properly from...
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    CRS new tank

    okay, seems to tally with what some others are saying online. instead of being ripped of by some fancy packaging, what GH boosters do people use? how much do you dose to get the magic 6 GH? (grams per 10l of water) or similar
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    CRS new tank

    sorry for the stupidity, im confused wiith the additives? do I get the salty shrimp GH+ or the GH/KH+?
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    CRS new tank

    which one would you pick out of the following? 4 Stage 50 Gallon Per Day Reverse Osmosis System - Osmotics Water Filtration 4 Stage 50 Gallon Per Day Reverse Osmosis System with DI - Osmotics Water Filtration both are 4 stage but one has DI? im assuming the DI one is much better going by...
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    CRS new tank

    excellent, the unit im looking at contains enough resin to fill the chamber initially and then one more fill which is quite handy. well anything below ph7 is decent for CRS so that will be very handy. il crack on and order the RO and all the gubbins to go with it and test my the water...
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    CRS new tank

    yeah i intend to get one with a DI filter. what PH is the water that comes out of an RO unit? 7? i will get an RO unit, buy some salty shrimp GH and KH, dose it as per the bottle and see what readings i get? do you think i should get an inline TDS meter with the two probes for meauring ppm...
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    CRS new tank

    after a quick google you cant buy digital testers which is a shame, i guess most of you are using something like the API kh/gh test kit? so its fairly simple, ive only got to test the kh/gh on the odd occasion and as long as it remains in the parameters you suggest then all i have to do is...
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    CRS new tank

    whats repeatable and what bottle? i was going to purchase a tds meter that clips inline to the RO unit, but i might get a handheld one so its easier to dip into tubs and the tank. would you recommend testing a different way? perhaps buying a KH/GH test kit? although the ones that change...
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    CRS new tank

    so should i be looking to get the salty shrimp GH+ or the salty shrimp GH/KH+ i always thought TDS was the same as GH as it was just the amount of dissolved solids in the water? cheers
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    CRS new tank

    if TDS is 0, is that a good thing for CRS? i would imagine my tap water is about 300 as its hard, but most RO units will filter it to pretty much 0. george mentioned 100-200 is what he aims for? i plan to connect the unit with a hose adapter to keep it portable, fill up a couple of 25l...
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    CRS new tank

    I did have a trawl through freshwater shrimp but I couldn't see anything so im unsure, I might PM them just to be sure because it would be annoying to miss out. being so close to xmas it might be worth waiting until some shops offer the soil on special or some shrimp on special!
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    CRS new tank

    I assume we don't get a discount from our sponsors? think I will be spending a lot of money with them soon!
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    CRS new tank

    was reading a few topics on it and it seems most on here use the Ebi gold and really rate it. im hoping I can get away with 10l on a 21x21 (inches) I think I will come up about 2kg short of decent coverage. :/
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    CRS new tank

    cheers il have a browse in the morning when im not on the phone. i have hard water so will this influence what substrate i need to buy? thanks for all your help! if im going to do it, im doing it properly!
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    CRS new tank

    thats cracking guys, being able to connect to your garden hose is a very clever thing. il try to source the connectors he mentions in the video and il be away! in the mean time il get the tank up and running by getting my cherries and a few cardinals in there to kick start the biofilm. all i...
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    CRS new tank

    are there any RO units out there that don't need to be plumbed in? i.e can be fed water manually? I would only be needing 50 litres every 2 weeks or so for water changes so im reluctant to plumb something in that requires such little usage.
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    CRS new tank

    hi George, tank looks cracking buddy! I don't have an RO unit, but do you think I could get away with a small desktop unit like the following? ET-PURE 5-stage Reverse Osmosis (RO)Countertop Pumped Water Purification System | eBay that is going to be my only problem with keeping the shrimp...
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    CRS new tank

    hi all, don't think ive posted for a year or two now, and I don't recognise many names! ive just obtained a 21x21x21 cube, around 140 litres. I would like to keep some CRS properly in the tank, however it will be a new tank and I know they need a matured one. I have a new TT Ex1200...
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    Army of Snails !

    1. cucumber put a lump in at each end of the tank, turn lights off, come back in an hour and remove cucumber with al the critters on.. repeat this until problem solved... 2. hand pick them out any you see, remove or crush etc. combine this with cucumber and you have an effective...
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    Cherry and Amano Compatibility

    there is a slight chance amanos might eat the tiny tiny cherry shrimp (babies), but they wont touch larger ones (imagine, teenagers and onwards in human terms) if you start off with 10-12 cherry shrimp you will have doubled your numbers in probably 2-3 weeks. what else do you have in the...
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    Leeches :C

    perhaps some kind of clawed shrimp might eat them. maybe macrobrachium species or cambarellus sp. maybe look into getting one if the problem persists or if your LFS happen to have one, ask to 'borrow' it for a week or two. they wont hunt fish so your safer there. not sure about your snails...
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    Amano behaviour?

    yep amanos need brakish water to breed. very tricky to do. even if you do manage to get brakish water tank set up there is still no guarantee...
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    Amano behaviour?

    what size is the tank and whats the stocking. Also what are your chemical levels. (Ammonia etc) yes the smaller shrimps are the males and piggybacking is normally i sign of mating. have you added anything new to the tank recently? obviously whn they shed their exoskeletons they are very...
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    where NOT to buy shrimp............

    least they combat your algae problem :lol:
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    School Boy error with happy ending!

    haha classic one mate. on the flip side you now have a decent crew! often they eat their own exoskeletons to gain sme of the nutrients back from it.
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    Keeping shrimp tanks cool in the summer

    not just useful for shrimp tanks but for others as well. i think i might get some fans for my 4x2x2. i can decide whether to get 2 lots of 2 fans or one block of 4 fans. i dont have that many sockets going spare so i will have to do some thinking! they are particularly useful for people with...
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    Fire Red shrimp bred

    erm, would love some!!! :lol:
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    Temperature for the Tiger

    shrimp like it cooler. i have a tank at about 20C and my amano's and cherries seem to love it. stick around the 24 and you should be ok. if you could get 23 that would be better.
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    is my shrimp pregnant?

    we need a side on shot of the belly to see if there are eggs mate. if you are refering to the lighter patch on its back, that means its a female. its called the saddle. if she has a saddle, im not 100% sure it means she is pregnant, shes just 'ready'
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    CRS freaking out/finally breeding?!

    have you had them successfully breed before?
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    what are these snails

    clown loaches arent the best snail eaters to be honest. you will be much better off getting the smaller loaches like the dwarf chain loach or pakistani loach.
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    what are these snails

    if you have loads of them (not just the odd one) get an assasain snail, they love them, but make sure you can keep it fed after it clears them all up! best thing to do is handpick them out / crush them. (putting in cucumber ater lights out sometimes attracts them)
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    Introducing snails

    just do the same thing you do for fish and they will be fine. make sure they have plenty of food and wont be attacked.
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    Nerite snails work well

    the question is, where can you get them now? the snail shop dont do them, and nor do AE :(
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    Nerite snails work well

    i kept a huuge apple snail in with an assasain and it didnt touch that. it was a fully grown one, a bit smaller than tennis ball sized.
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    10L Planted Low-Tech Shrimp Tank.. HELP! :)

    alot of people use cat litter it is very popular. akadama is another perhaps 'safer' alternative.
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    Shrimpking

    as said i have ordered and they shrimp were very very good. tough little critters to look after, (i have lost two or three i think) - and they are SS grades :evil:
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    Cherry shrimp

    get some cherries of forum members, it works out a lot cheaper, more like 20P a shrimp. i haave SS grade CRS's and i am waiting for them to breed. (with any luck)
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    amano fry?

    yeah, they can be born in fresh water, but have to go straight into a salty solution, it depends how old the zoes are as well.
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    amano fry?

    if you actually read the above, he already has a good batch of fry, so he is not trying to breed. with reagrd to this sam, im not totally clued up but it will be very interesting to see how they do. have you tried putting in some soft veggies for them to pick at? have you got any moss in there...
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    Snail ID

    my assasain loves these, i have one ina 140L tank and it cleared the pest ones in about 3-4 weeks. kept it fed for ages :D
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    Assassin Q- follow on

    ahh ok , i was right to put him alone in the 28G. he doesnt bother the clown plecs but they give as much as they get! looks like i will take him back in exchange for some amano's or assassin snails, if the guys remembers our phone call about 3 weeks - 1 month ago! cheers for the info. i dont...
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    Assassin Q- follow on

    hi, with regards to the current thread on assassin snails... it got me thinking. i have a juvenile red clawed shrimp (about amano size (the shrimps not the man :lol: )) i have seen some empty snails shells in my 120L and he is the only thing in there that would attack small snails. therefore...
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    Assassin snails safe with Nerite snails?

    i might get say 2 of these guys and see if they can eradicate some smaller snails (do they eat little ones, about 5mm long?)
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    Assassin snails safe with Nerite snails?

    let us know the results becuase im facinated by this prospect.
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    Micro crabs

    yeah for 5 1cm crabs you will hardly see in a 20L nano!
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    Cherry Shrimp versus a Koralia Pump

    get a large net and cut it up. you know the aquarium nets, get the largest one for about £3-4 and then cut it and wrap it around.
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    snowball shrimplets and amano adults

    also amanos are vegetarians. :D
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    Trace elements safe for inverts

    will other Rainbows like M.praecox eat cherries or amano's? as the M.praecox are smaller than bosemani's. What about Keyholes, do you think they will munch them?
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    spixi snails - plant eaters?

    as in the title, do these guys eat plants? i have heard mixed reports about these. :?
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    assasin snails

    yeah, same as above, i cut down on feeding, removed as many as i could see, crushed the eggs that were always on the silicone and then siphoned a few out. another trick is putting a lump of cucumber on the bottom wieghted of course and then switch the lights off, come back in 2 hours and you...
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