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Success at last!! This is a (very bad) picture of my first surviving baby shrimp. He/she is a blue velvet and has been named ‘Scampi’.

Hello to you and your catfish!

Your crab sounds like a very exciting pet! A bit too exciting for me - I think I will probably stay with my nice, little, non-escaping blue velvet shrimp.

From the kid‘s toys shelf at the local post office. About £10(?) I think. It’s nice and heavy and looks much more expensive! If we ever get to go out again I will see if they still have them and let you know.

Cancel the ‘tea break’ idea. The other 3 elephants are moonlighting as a fancy plant stand.

Native frogs & toads hibernate in winter in the UK - sadly, they sometimes wake up too early and spawn when the ponds still freeze at night. Which is what happened here this year and is not good for spawn or tiny tadpoles. Re. Fast and intelligent invertebrate - why does that sound a bit...

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Adora Belle Dearheart Indeed it does! Re. Picture - it was the best I could manage in improvisation mode. The other 3 elephants are on a tea break.....

Thank you! Do I detect a fellow Terry Pratchett fan?

Thank you. And welcome to you, too! Re. The pond - it’s hard work! It’s still full of grotty stuff from the winter - and about 30 breeding toads. As soon as the toad spawn hatches and the tadpoles can swim about I will clear out some of the detritus so I can see the fish for the first time for...

Thanks for the fast - and very comprehensive - reply. I had a horrible feeling it would be complicated. I think the shrimp will not be moving in any time soon. Happy thought - “Maybe I could use this to justify setting up another tank.....”

Hello! I joined Fish forums today and would like to introduce myself. I live in a village in West Sussex in the UK - with about 30 freshwater tropical fish and a few shrimps. Plus, I have a garden pond. I kept aquarium fish many years ago and have just rediscovered how nice they are to have...

Does anyone know what I should do to make my 64ltr tank safe for shrimp after treating my endler livebearers with Interpet Anti White Spot Plus? Thanks!