Problem is Steve, The postage is so high for a few shrimp, sometimes more than the value of the shrimp. By collecting them I can justify it to the other half.
As pensioners we have the bus pass so as long as it's Londonish area it wouldn't cost me.
I think I have it sussed now anyway.
I've found someone who is selling me a dozen at 80p each from her tank and I am meeting her at Victoria Station so less than half the original journey for me and less stressful timewise for the shrimp.
They didn't look particularly red in the photo certainly not the bright red that some folk were offering.
As long as they are healthy and thrive that will suit me.
Realistically speaking, I need to know how to care for shrimp before I start spending big money on them in better quality/colours etc so these cheapies will be my prototype so to speak.
I shall care for them to the best of my ability, no matter what poor colour they are and if I end up with all males and/or mixed don't breed then at least I will have learnt a lot and not too expensively.
I've chickened out of the Endlers for now. I Thought I'd better concentrate on one thing at a time so there is less to fret over and watch. I'm still head/tail counting the original fish and all present and correct !
(Apart from which the other half seems to have forgotten that he was laid back about fish in the nano and expressed surprise last night so I won't push my luck. It could be that at some stage in the not too distant future, when the Nano is settled and the shrimp thriving, they may well have babies. If those babies turn out to be little fish - well nature is wonderful isn't she