Fishies Being Cute

[volenti]

I spotted one of my algae eaters chillin in a hole in a peice of driftwood and just had to take some picks.
http://users.bigpond.net.au/volenti/fishcute.jpg

http://users.bigpond.net.au/volenti/fishcute2.jpg


I also have a couple of nice shrimp pics with one of em munchin on an algae wafer.


http://users.bigpond.net.au/volenti/shrimp2.jpg


http://users.bigpond.net.au/volenti/shrimp3.jpg

[sharkybubba]

you are a gun at taking pictures of your fish!!! i have never seen pictures so clear before, or of shrimp for that matter!!!!! i will be forever jealous!! :biggrin:

[Aussie]

Mate where do u get the shrimp?? they are kickass!!!

[sharkybubba]

Mate where do u get the shrimp?? they are kickass!!![/b]

ive only ever found them cheap at www.livefish.com.au, however others have found them else where- look around and let us know if you find them cheaper!

[volenti]

The shrimps are wild caught from the local river (use those collapsable fish traps with some rotten meat/dog bones as bait, these shrimps are meat eating scavengers and don't appear to eat plant matter, aside from the algae disks ) I've used them for years for fishing (top barra/threadfin salmon bait) it was a bit weird at first to keep them as pets.

Be warned they are nocturnal and very good at catching sleeping fish, they are only fish safe if you keep them de-clawed (the shrimp on the branch is de-clawed) they grow the claws back in 3-4 weeks.

There's another, rarer, species of shrimp in the river that I've been trying on and off to catch, they get a lot larger with different claws and head spike and some specimins had quite a bit of blue in them (remembering from when I caught the odd one fishing) I'll post pics if I end up catching any.