Some pictures

[trelch]

I had a tank with coral sand / crushed coral and for some reason the shrimp didn't do as well in that tank as the gravel tanks. I have no clue why. They weren't as active or had as much of an appetite and were behaviorally more shy. But I don't want anyone to take that as law, because I think everyone else I know is using coral sand with pretty good results. It might have just been the brand I was using.
There are also a bit of crushed shell in the substrate that buffers the water to 7.8ish, but I mainly use the alkaline buffer to raise the PH for water change water.

I read from Joydiv's post on substrate. In his post, he talked about water in the sulawesi lake is basically high pH with low TDS or GH. Using coral sand will increase TDS much more then coral chips or stones.

[Choii17]

I love halequins and cardinals

[Aquanut]

Thanks for sharing your experience aelysa, did you post the document with the steps for how you set up your tank?
Been trying to gather some info from those that have been successful with Sulawes shrimp.

My setups are very uninspiring, 10 gallon tanks, fine gravel/large grain sand with a little bit of crushed shell mixed in, leaf litter, and a 25 gallon sponge filter. I am going to make a scaped 5 gallon in a week, I will document how I set them up and what chemicals I use. Am I allowed to show name brands?

I also love the blue leg posos! They are not as colored as the other Sulawesi, but I think they have a beauty all their own.

[XMX]

Those are some very nice pictures.