Liberty1776

Spotted the berried female today and am freaking out a bit. Shes my first so im just a lil concerned. Im not sure if the eggs got darker to match her midsection, which is transparent blue. Or if she dropped the eggs or if they hatched. Right now shes midway thru the moss chowing down on the bacter ae i threw in a few minutes ago, and i dont have a real good look at her, but it really looks like they are gone, cant see the eggs really. keeping my fingers crossed until i get a better look at her, shes been hiding a lot, and I rarely spot her, when I did a few days ago, I found her near the usual spot..sponge filter and heres the pic Needing to know what my fellow shrimpers think.. would appreciate all the two cents out there. Thanks Everyone

Thanks guys! I didnt know how it would turn out, but Im very happy with how it looks, might have to do some trimming soon.

Welcome aboard! Whats the next shrimp gonna be after RCS? sweet, if i can find time, my father in law lets me up on his property in west texas to hunt. you bow huntin the turkeys? shotgun? whatcha using to call em? have a good one, cya around in the forum ^^

nice, i just watched the vid that Mayphly posted and... looks like I'm jumping on the sulawesi bandwagon ^^ . gonna be awhile though, gonna have to wait for my bday to get a rimless tank for full visual glory. It's great to see you get these guys in Oblong, whats the setup(s) for em?

Awesome raok Grats Shrimporium!

Your welcome ! Stealthypotatoes doesnt need the shrimp food.... so the food goes to... Mengyone! Congrats Pm me your info plz

Happy Patriot's Day Everyone! Just hopped on to draw the winning number. And the winner is Stealthypotatoes Congrats! Pm me with your info Thanks again to everyone who took the time to participate. Have a good one!

The Mantis Shrimp Just saw this video and wanted to share it with everyone. The narrative was informative and pretty funny. If I ever take a stab at a saltwater tank, id like to get this shrimp. Worth a look ! >>VIDEO<<

oh man you made my day with that post Triton lmao its so true, i just placed an order for an ss filter guard and some other goodies, and to say the least .... IM SO EXCITED AND I JUST CANT HIDE IT Anyhow, I got on to check out how your 30s doin, nice update and I say it a lot, but Im definitely looking forward to some pics Have a good one!

Nice job! Grats on your success breeding them. have you implemented a breeding program? culling? or just gonna let em loose, so to speak. Also, was wondering if you noticed any differences in the colors of the first gen. Awesome tank sir! A rewarding challenge for sure

as far as the snails, malaysian trumpet is good for cleaning the substrate/bottom of leftovers and such definitely use a hob/canister filter and a spongefilter if you havent given breeders n keepers magazine a good read yet, theres tons of information in there if you want to get nerded out on shrimp, along with the best pics on shrimp out there to give you an idea of what color you might like, body type, etc. I started slow unintentionally, my first shrimp were cherry shrimp for a planted tank of mine to clean algae up, loved em so much i got online and learned more and got stuck on em. My first dedicated was a 10g, would have started with a 20g if I had known at the time about bigger is easy to maintain params as SoothingShrimp discussed. hope this helps!

>>HERE<< Heres the thread on it, I think its a good idea. Post count is also a good indication I use to determine if I am gonna take a chance. Have had a few transactions here so far, paying thru paypal and so far so great! Good business is hard to come by these days... so i use stars, reviews, pictures, and several contact emails in order to make a determination. And if that first shipment pans out... you got yourself a loyal customer.

I like that. Im gonna start doing the same and for a couple of reasons. First, I have been trying out different foods, and the ones that they either don't touch or don't finish (maybe im putting in too much) I suck up using a turkey baster. That's getting pretty old as I feed once everyday. So this technique would throw that feeding dish out the window. I like it and that's the second reason =) Are you guys feeding strictly grinded food? About how much are you dumping in? M&M size? Nerd candy size? for how many shrimp? and tank size? Thanks all!

good stuff man! looks like a lil ufo in the tank, I love it! with some moss on it, maybe some weeping or xmas moss or something droopy, would look like a floating island maybe? will have to try that out the moss ufo on my next tank seen the little ceramic cubes before, those are pretty cool also. do they alter the ph or anything in the water? add mineral?

I think the scariest thing in the water is the fluoride. taken from Here <--- Beware! Rabbit hole entrance Im transitioing to RO this weekend when I have time. Got my saltyshrimp standing by. I haven't bought the RO system yet, was close, but the glasgarten products came in so... yeah no worries, I will just have to suck it up and fill up my water jugs at the LFS to get switched over. I will definitely get it though, hopefully sooner than later. After all the time and money spent so far, it is a must have. Even with well water, I would only risk it for so long until I gave in to RO. But that's only because of all the pollution out there.

That's not bad at all, thanks for the reply. I am always searching for a less costly alternative for lighting shrimp tanks. Welcome aboard! great to have you fellow shrimper Great point about the heat, I completely forgot about that and how top quality led aquarium lights rave about their type of cooling system and how crucial it is to the life of the leds. I came close to getting some from buildmyled.com, they are actually right around the corner from where I live, so when im rdy to make that investment, no shipping cost ^^ , from what I have read and heard, they are the cream of the crop. quick question... with the dimmer on the bulb, can you run it longer than 3 hours? if so, then theoretically, dimmed at 50%, will last for 6 hours? 4.5? thanks!

Awesome, I like the blue bolts a lot, grats on the berries! setup looks good. Cheers for sticking to it and giving the tank another go around! Its like they say, if at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again. I think after all the time and money we spend on setting up the tank, it would be a shame not to. I like how you grind up your food and feed powder form. Do you just drop the powder onto the surface? mix with water?

Sweet tank! Nice lineup of shrimp you got planned out too. I like the color and look of blue bolts a lot, and I haven't read much on mischlings yet, but from what I understand you get some awesome different kinds of shrimp from the offspring. What else do you plan on adding in the tank? As far as the undergravel filter, I think with plants it wouldn't be necessary, I have to find the article, but theres a breeder in one of Chris Lukhaup s magazine breeders n keepers, where the shrimper put some kind of powder under the gravel in lieu of the undergravel filter. I will try to find that article and get back to you... its the route I wanna take when I get my next tank up and running. Looking good , gonna follow this one ^^

welcome aboard ! I had a buddy in the army from Alabama, big football fan, but then again aren't all Alabamians . so what kind of shrimp do you keep?

welcome aboard ! awesome looking shrimp mama, gats ^^. I think that's great you got your daughter in the hobby, I hope mine pick it up as well. Nice collection you got there, ...any planted shrimp tanks? with co2?

Todays pics of the tank

Berries ! Chillin near the cholla I got from theshrimptank