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Hey all.
I'm getting back in the game and am in the process of setting up a new shrimp tank. I've been out of the hobby since maybe 2013 when I bought a new house and was doing a ton of renovations. Now that things calmed down I'm able to get back and start a huge shrimp tank (4 feet by 2 feet x 16 inches high). Will be doing all Bloody Mary shrimp and there are currently 200 on the way in the mail as we speak. Tank has been cycled for some time and I have 30 test Bloody Mary in there which are starting to berry up nicely. Should be pretty good once it's all said and done.
Anyway, I came back to this forum and noticed that the For Sale section has changed drastically. Not much traffic there anymore. All the cool little sellers that used to be around are now gone. Back in the day you'd get someone selling a ton of little useful shrimp accessories or sample packs of food that they've imported from all around the world. One guy in particular that I remember was HAN who basically had everything and anything for sale. It was fun to browse all those listings. It also seems that the shrimp section is slow as well.
I used to spend so much time on this forum, literally hours a day which is why I've noticed a change this time around.
Did people just get out of the hobby or did Amazon put all these little guys out of business? Back in the day Amazon did not carry any shrimp accessories.
I'm getting back in the game and am in the process of setting up a new shrimp tank. I've been out of the hobby since maybe 2013 when I bought a new house and was doing a ton of renovations. Now that things calmed down I'm able to get back and start a huge shrimp tank (4 feet by 2 feet x 16 inches high). Will be doing all Bloody Mary shrimp and there are currently 200 on the way in the mail as we speak. Tank has been cycled for some time and I have 30 test Bloody Mary in there which are starting to berry up nicely. Should be pretty good once it's all said and done.
Anyway, I came back to this forum and noticed that the For Sale section has changed drastically. Not much traffic there anymore. All the cool little sellers that used to be around are now gone. Back in the day you'd get someone selling a ton of little useful shrimp accessories or sample packs of food that they've imported from all around the world. One guy in particular that I remember was HAN who basically had everything and anything for sale. It was fun to browse all those listings. It also seems that the shrimp section is slow as well.
I used to spend so much time on this forum, literally hours a day which is why I've noticed a change this time around.
Did people just get out of the hobby or did Amazon put all these little guys out of business? Back in the day Amazon did not carry any shrimp accessories.