well all 4 Red Cherrys are happily living and I have one ardent bumble bee who is too hardcore to die, he has been named hardcore and I have a special place in my heart for him.
I have just received two coconut shell cave / moss covered caves which are small and should be a really nice hideaway for the masses of shrimps I hope to have.
I have become a little obsessed with this shrimp business and have been heavily researching what can and cannot be kept together etc.
I think the next logical step after getting the red cherry infantry into their tank will be to move onto tiger shrimps and their several colour variations. I'm really loving the blues atm.
Of course this all relies on getting Barney in with Fred, which is dependent on him growing enough that my Mrs allows me to. The issue is, I should be slightly overfeeding Barney to get his size up, but I just can't leave Fred out and I end up overfeeding them both, the tykes.
The good news however is out of left over bits and bobs I've started to create a separator. My original idea with blown out of the water (pun?) as i didn't have a glass back to attach it to, however I just wasn't thinking 3 dimensionally and so using some left over java moss wall grid, some ties and some suction cups from a failed project I should be able to create a separator that runs adjacent to the back wall, then out to the front of the tank. It's certainly rigid enough and will split the tank in two.
not a finished product, but you get the concept
lol, you lot are bad for me, and my wallet weight. Just can't wait to have hundreds of shrimpies swimming about, breeding etc.