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No need at all.

I have 5 berried momma's. 2 mishclings, 1 Tibee, 1 splotched carbon rilli, and 1 jade green Cull. Cant wait to see what they give me. I dont have pics of the Jade green cull. but I will keep everyone posted to see what i get for shrimplets in september.  I have a micro lens on the way so i will be able to take better pics
 

There are two major benefits from soil based substrate if you keep bee shrimp.
 
Everybody knows about the first one:
buffer the pH to proper range.
 
but no many people knows the second one:
 
bee shrimp eats dirt from soil substrate.
it's crucial for shrimplets to survival.
 
and for adults to reproduce.
 
I did experiment to keep CRS in bare bottom tank, I manage to breed it but very low survival rate.
Once I just added few cup of soil to the tank, everything back to normal.

It's too much.
 
I only use Bacter AE and only dose 1/10 recommended.

Im still trying to figure out the wiring on this..

It's too much.
 
I only use Bacter AE and only dose 1/10 recommended.

It's too much.
 
I only use Bacter AE and only dose 1/10 recommended.

I use this one from Angelfish plus, the best.
I use only sponge filter in my 10 gallon TB tank. works great.
 

 
You can get from Swisstropicals.com as well, more expensive.

For point 2, it is partially correct. Shrimp eats micro-fine minerals to supplement their nutrient intake via diet. Hence, it is not eating dirt per se. This is also why those mineral balls or rocks are almost useless. To further prove this, most of my tanks, including JRB tank is using inert black lava sand instead of expensive Aquasoil. You can see my substrate from the pictures in the link: http://www.shrimpydaddy.com/blogs/moments/16172401-japanese-red-bee-shrimps
Any form of substrates that is not too fine will be capable to trap debris. The trapped debris will be feeding the microbes and smaller zooplankton and they will them down properly so that water is not polluted. The microbe and smaller zooplankton will feed the big size zooplankton, and it will feed the shrimp. If there is no substrate, this micro-ecosystem will not exist for shrimp to graze and the water column will be easily polluted. As such, bare bottom tank is a terrible idea.

Eh.... If you look closely, it is not Brightwell that type of processed substrate. They are tiny rocks, just like river sand. They are usually used by Japanese to mix into bonsai substrate.

There are two major benefits from soil based substrate if you keep bee shrimp.
 
Everybody knows about the first one:
buffer the pH to proper range.
 
but no many people knows the second one:
 
bee shrimp eats dirt from soil substrate.
it's crucial for shrimplets to survival.
 
and for adults to reproduce.
 
I did experiment to keep CRS in bare bottom tank, I manage to breed it but very low survival rate.
Once I just added few cup of soil to the tank, everything back to normal.

Just for clarification, super reds indeed are not low grade crs.
 
Super reds were bred in reverse.  A nice solid grade of crs was taken, and bred to increase the red, while minimizing the white.  (Actually two people came out with reds at the same time and an argument ensued. But that's another story.)
 
While it is true that low grade crs have large coverage of red, the density of pigment often is not the best.

Here's an example of a super crystal red.

If it's PRL, then
 
1. food you feed.
2. water quality issue

Well, that's good to hear folks subscribing to the idea that shrimps need substrate. For a while some folks were actually subscribing to the idea that a bare bottom tank would be better because they could "control" shrimps food intake better and "clean" their tanks better. Half bare and full bare bottom tanks were the trend for a while and I was beginning to worry such a silly idea was wide spread.
Good to know you're on the same page about substrated tanks. I can't recall exactly who spread that idea but good to know a respected breeder like yourself agree with substrate over no substrate. [emoji4]

I would suggest a female. It is hard to see but I faintly see something that resembles a saddle. Also the abdomen looks like it is starting to round, another clue is very few males have this intense coloration, though it maybe possible just few and far between.

No, just air tube.

Looks nice.

SCR is not about pattern, it's about the color.
 
low grade CRS is NOT SCR.

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Ok here are he pics from the event.

Here is a teaser pic until then. It is the only one i snapped but shows one angle of Hans shop. An absolutely amazing spread of plants. It was also nice to meet some of the people from this forum. Thank you to all those that donated for the raffle. I will try to snap a couple pics of what i took home and upload here.

Everyone really hit the nail on the head regarding Controsoil.
 
I made the switch a number of months ago to Controsoil, I tested every grain size and color. These are a few reasons why I like Controsoil better:
Buffers similar to ADA AS Does not leech ammonia Water is clear even after initial setup Grains seem more durable, doesn't crumble as easy  
I would recommend the "Fine" grain size for shrimp. "Extra-Fine" was a little to light for me, simply because I use canister filters and the current creates a divot whether using normal output or spray bar.

6 BKK ( 5 Panda and 1 Stripe) un-sexed juveniles for sale
 
$70 shipped. only one package available

6 BKK ( 5 Panda and 1 Stripe) un-sexed juveniles for sale
 
$70 shipped. only one package available