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Found this pic of a female Trichromis. You could be right hobby5

Can you upload some pics?

At the risk of exceeding my post limit here, is there an update on the escaping shrimp conundrum?

Do you think it's getting enough nutrients from the tank water? Your other plants are no doubt drawing their requirements primarily from the substrate?

There are some really beautiful strains of guppies available these days. They are very easy to breed if you want to do that...they'll figure out how to do it all by themselves.They're always busy and very curious so there's plenty to look at. They're hardy and only require simple management in a...

I can't identify your fish but my rule of thumb is that if a fish has teeth, it's guaranteed to be a predator :cool:

IMO, it would be best for all concerned (including you) if they could give birth in their home environment where they are comfortable and settled. You will need to assess the likelihood of survival of the fry if you do things that way. Otherwise work out a way to separate them as I mentioned...

They look like they are and if they've been with one or more males in the last month you can probably bet your house on it. How you proceed depends on what you want to do with the fry and whether or not you have hiding places and/or predators in the tank with them. My MM platy gave birth to at...

Are you sure the black snail is a Mystery Snail and not another variety that may be close to fully grown now?   I had a boisterous female platy in with my MS for a while and the MS would move around the tank with its cephalic tentacles almost completely retracted because the platy would nibble...

It seems like it's common behaviour for livebearers.   My Neon Tetras tend to be shy except early in the morning when they the most hungry, but my Black Widow Tetras will dart around with their tank mates when they anticipate a meal is about to be served up.   My Bronze Cories are consistently...

  Cheers mate   At what age do they get their colour?

Thanks julie.   They would look good in my tank too

Not wanting to go off-topic julie, but what are the carrot-top plants?

Yes, good luck julie.   I only have two shrimp in my 90 litre tank but I find their mischievous antics fascinating and more interesting to watch than my fish at the moment  

I think you'll find the consensus will suggest you have too much light, the wrong kind of light and/or too many nutrients.   Stay tuned for the technicalities on how to adjust those things     ....and for what it's worth, I like your set up, it's similar to mine except I have river pebbles...

Nice Nick...any footage of the red ones?

I love the colour of the shrimp in Nick's pic   If i got a male and a couple of females I doubt they'd breed because my tank is probably not conducive to that.   Nevertheless, I'll see if I can track some down on the Gold Coast.

Thanks Nick   Saw these comments on the Aquariumlife Forum...   "Aggression/Tank mates: Australian Amano Shrimp seem to get along well with CRS, Parataya Australiensis, Riffle Shrimp, Chameleon Shrimp, Cherry Shrimp. Much larger than most Aquatic shrimp so adults will fit into fewer fish's...

Hey Nick, do you know if Petbarn has these?

I recently had a platy give birth about a month after I bought her and she looked a lot fuller than yours does.   She was pregnant when I brought her home from the LFS because there were no other platties in the tank I put her in.   The reason I chose her is because i suspected she was pregnant...

What's the rust-coloured material on those rocks?   Do you know if they contain ferrous material?

Is this grey stuff slimy or does it break down into small particles when you remove it?

  Yes, shrimp and/or snails appear to be the most likely culprits, especially if he was spending most of his time on the substrate

  Yes, mine do the same.   They have two pairs of claws, one pair to gather food and the other to feed themselves.   They are fascinating to watch

Or   http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/442640-how-to-resize-your-pictures/

I had trouble with this when I first joined the site because I use my iPhone camera.   The way I do it now is upload the pic from my phone to my computer, the open it in Microsoft "Paint" and click "resize"   I then cut the picture down to 25% of its original size and save it.   That ensures its...

Very nice, Baccus   I hope your patience is eventually rewarded with some cute little offspring

Your second and third pics in your first post seem to indicate your tank is directly in front of a window, meaning it probably gets a lot of indirect sunlight during the day.   If this is the case, it could be the base cause of your problems with algae

  ^^^ This is a male Guppy     ^^^ This is a female Guppy     Note the difference in the tail (in size and colouration) and the anal fin

I'm yet to definitively identify the species of my two shrimp but one thing I do know is that they love newborn Guppy fry as a meal.   This one was born about 30 seconds prior to me taking the pic and 30 seconds later one of the shrimp came out from underneath the leaf the fry is resting on and...

Generally speaking tadpoles a quite easy to raise, especially if they are from frogs that live in your area.   The hard part is keeping them when they become adults because they have a very strong tendency to want to return to the swamp or waterway they originally came from.   I used to collect...

Ok.   Not sure what else to suggest without actually being there and seeing it running.   But a couple of other thoughts...   My pump is a different configuration but works basically they way they all do and if it's not submerged sufficiently in the tank water, it chatters like yours does in the...

How does the anal fin of this fish compare with the pics I posted in the other topic you started?

Another thing to consider, if you've only had your fish a few weeks and it is a female, she could have been pregnant when you brought her home.   Live-bearers need little encouragement to breed and will take every opportunity they get

One advantage of some all-in-one filtration systems, with their filter assembly in the lid, is that the fresh water can be poured directly (and carefully) into the filter and do a pass through the filter media on its way into the tank.   Of course, this should only be done if there's no build up...

  ^^^ This is a female     ^^^ This is a male     If you have a female in with your males, she's most likely pregnant..   The good news is, if you have a place for the fry to hide for the first few weeks the majority should survive and if not, the larger fish will enjoy them as a snack

After almost a week I'm sure the OP has resolved the temperature issues.   I'm curious to know whether the fish being discussed are in fact "Mollies" since, to my knowledge, they are not native to Australia and would most likely have been put into the waterway by someone who no longer wanted to...

  Twin outlet pumps like this one are available. Just ask your local store or google it