journal My new rack & tanks

[newbreed]

Awesome work Squiggs!! Inspirational stuff!!

[Squiggle]

Awesome....so test shrimps in this weekend ?

Shrimp are already in the bottom shelf & once I switch the new tanks into the system it's all go' date=' just gotta get my new little lovely's, they are currently being held in a high security secret location in the Mojave desert.

Excitement plus for you now Squiggs. You are in league with the big boys now:D

Totally excited, can't wait for the RO unit to get it's butt into gear, lol :victorious:

That looks very good! :encouragement: Nice pro set up. You'll be having shrimplets coming out of your :barbershop_quartet_:barbershop_quartet_ in no time.

Thanks dude, your room is definitely better than my rack, yours is a whole pro setup room! :victorious:Hahaha, already got shrimp coming out of my :barbershop_quartet_:barbershop_quartet_, soon my :barbershop_quartet_:barbershop_quartet_ will have shrimp coming out of its :barbershop_quartet_:barbershop_quartet_

Awesome work Squiggs!! Inspirational stuff!!

Thanks dude, I hope some people can use this thread & get some ideas for their systems in the future. :encouragement:C'mon people, I wanna see a flood of rack build journal threads! :triumphant:

[Jimmynich]

Beautiful set up mate looks like you're taking your time and making everything perfect, I love the feeding tray at the front! Very good idea.

[Squiggle]

Thanks dude, this setup has 25yrs worth of thought put into it, hahaha :encouragement: Have to give Dean the credit for the feeding tray at the front, it was all his idea & one of the best ideas I've seen in a long while, that & the auto WC system, brilliant! :victorious:

[jayc]

Hahaha' date=' already got shrimp coming out of my :barbershop_quartet_:barbershop_quartet_, soon my :barbershop_quartet_:barbershop_quartet_ will have shrimp coming out of its :barbershop_quartet_:barbershop_quartet_

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Was that a Sea Pig reference?!

[Squiggle]

Was that a Sea Pig reference?!

Hahaha, quite possibly is. :congratulatory:

[sez0607]

Looks great!!

[Squiggle]

Thanks, the rack you have is what inspired me to start building this rack, only with a few modifications, like size, number of tanks & what the rack is made of, lol. I got a fair few of my initial ideas for this from yours :encouragement:

[Wraithie]

This rack is the reason I was referred to SKF...it's all your fault squig!

[Squiggle]

Hahaha, I take full responsibility & don't apologise for the fact, I will say I'm nowhere near as bad at shrimp pushing as Dean or BB is though, those guys are like the Heisenberg's of the shrimp world, lmfao!

[ninja]

Looking good Squiggs, when's the christening party?

[K9932]

Omg, please build me a rack and drill holes in my tank? lol!

I would love to be that handy!!

Great work Squiggle!!! :applause:

[CNgo2006]

Omg' date=' please build me a rack and drill holes in my tank? lol!

I would love to be that handy!!

Great work Squiggle!!! :applause:[/quote']

you can always purchase racks already setup from people who are closing down their tanks! Fish hobbyists I mean...of course you guys know no one quits the shrimp hobby completely, it is futile to try.

[Squiggle]

Omg' date=' please build me a rack and drill holes in my tank? lol!

I would love to be that handy!!

Great work Squiggle!!! :applause:[/quote']

Thanks, if I still lived in Sydney I would without any problems but it's not really as hard as you might think. :encouragement:

[K9932]

Even when the dividers are already siliconed in?

I have been doing a little searching but no-one appears to be selling at the moment :dejection:

[Squiggle]

Even when the dividers are already siliconed in?

Depends on how wide the sections are & how big your drill is, even if the drill won't fit it's not incredibly hard to remove the dividers & drill the holes, then re-silicone the dividers back in place, simples! :encouragement:

[K9932]

Hmm. My current shrimp tank is 900 x 300 x 300. So a 30cm cube... I would have to buy a drill.. as I don't own one haha

Might be better paying someone to do it... lol

But then comes the trouble of where to put all my current shrimp :cower:

[Squiggle]

That is the most difficult part of the operation, what to do with the shrimp, substrate & plants. :dejection:

[K9932]

Just means I have to buy another tank :p

[Squiggle]

Oh no, damn it! Hahaha :victorious:

[cory1]

After reading through this topic and loving it all , it inspired me to start thinking about a rack system of my own ... my question is if I wanted to keep more than one species eg Crystals and Cherries what pH would you need to run the system at

Cheers

Barry

[Squiggle]

Thanks, don't forget to start your own journal. :encouragement:

You would set your PH to the most fragile of the two shrimp, so you're keeping crystals & cherries then you'd have your WP set for crystals, cherries are pretty hardy & will adapt to those WP. :victorious:

[bozzy]

just had a flick through the build and i have to say it looks amazing. i just wish i had more space now

[Squiggle]

Thanks dude, seeing it with all the shrimp in it & also having it inspire others to build nice racks makes it all worthwhile. :victorious:

[Squiggle]

So I haven't done an update in a while & hopefully this won't be the last one but I fear it will because the rack is completely finished! I finally got off my butt & swapped the last light for the rack off my plant propagation tank, It was only supposed to be for a few weeks but ended up being a few months. Anyway, enough excuses, here is the final product, hope you all like it! :victorious: