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Hi all,

I am on to the dreaming stage of my fishroom and was trying to figure out eventually how many tanks for shrimp I would have.

The short answer is a LOT! :victorious:

When I was seriously breeding fancy guppy/s I used to have 8-9 tanks per guppy strain to selectively breed and improve on them. That is why I find it amusing when I hear people on the various forums (on the web) talking about creating new strains of guppy/s and maintaining them using one or two tanks, it is very funny. Some peoples concept of selective breeding and what a strain is very amusing to read about.

Anyway, I am assuming initially I'll have one tank per type of shrimp and start slowly.

Hmmmm...

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Hmmmm indeed I had one tank per type then one tank per two varieties I really need one tank per variety I have 6 tanks I need another 6 tanks I need One tank for culls I need really need one tank per type of cull err how many am I up to:confused:

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I have two tanks set aside per project, the breeders go in one & then when the girls berry up I move the girls to the other tank for less stress & also to let the shrimplets out, then you can select the ones good enough to go back into the breeding tank, also you'll need one tank per F number for each project & mishling F number. My new rack has ten tanks in it & I'm only selectively breeding three or four different shrimp in the rack, I already have plans for another four tanks for a different project, but that's just my plans, hope it helps you get more tanks, lol :victorious:

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err how many am I up to:confused:
Yes' date=' that's the dilemma :p
I have two tanks set aside per project, the breeders go in one & then when the girls berry up I move the girls to the other tank for less stress & also to let the shrimplets out, then you can select the ones good enough to go back into the breeding tank, also you'll need one tank per F number for each project & mishling F number. My new rack has ten tanks in it & I'm only selectively breeding three or four different shrimp in the rack, I already have plans for another four tanks for a different project, but that's just my plans, hope it helps you get more tanks, lol :victorious:
I was thinking along the same lines as well. I am not interested in quick results, planning for next 4 to 5 years. Definitely going to shove as many tanks as the room holds :stupid:Yeah, two tanks per variety. I figure upto 4 tanks per project. Luckly, I found shrimp are OK in my cory fry tanks. So potentially, that's another 12 tanks or so for my culls and shrimp grow out. I am also finding my RCS breed OK in with my cory adults as well. So there is a potential to use my catfish tanks; corys and various bristlenoses, as shrimp holding tanks too.
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Ideally I'd want to have say 3 tanks for breeding groups and grow out plus another 3 tanks for selective breeding, more once you move

into TBs and want to keep crossing back to improve from F2 -> F3 -> F4 etc. For each F level I'd want another 3 tanks. Quickly space

becomes an issue.

Been there with guppys as well, we restricted ourselves for only a couple of strains and 4 tanks a piece and still ran out of space. Love

guppys but not keeping them again, not unless doing a display tank that is.

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Don't forget you can put Cherries in with Crystals' date=' so that halves the no of tanks?[/quote']

Not for optimal conditions for both though, Cherries breed better in the high Ph. Plus of course you don't want to go putting your

Chocolate/Black Cherries in with your King Kongs so you need to distribute the colours appropriately. I looked into doing this not

too long ago and it quickly became a nightmare so instead I've cut down on the numbers of Cherry strains I'm keeping, too much

of a headache otherwise.

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Don't forget you can put Cherries in with Crystals' date=' so that halves the no of tanks?[/quote']Yes, I'd imagine initially they'll start with their individual tanks and as I run out of tanks I'll start to double up :encouragement:Yes, at this rate I am going to have to dedicate a good chunk of the fishroom to shrimp breeding ;) Eventually I might reduce the number of corys I am keeping but won't reduce the killifish numbers. We'll see.I might find certain types of shrimp respond to my husbandry skills better than some of the others and might focus on those more.
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Not for optimal conditions for both though' date=' Cherries breed better in the high Ph. Plus of course you don't want to go putting your Chocolate/Black Cherries in with your King Kongs so you need to distribute the colours appropriately. I looked into doing this not too long ago and it quickly became a nightmare so instead I've cut down on the numbers of Cherry strains I'm keeping, too much of a headache otherwise.[/quote']

I'd like to initially get all the different Cherry strains and eventually might decide which ones I'd like to hang on to. Exciting times ahead.

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Hmmmm indeed I had one tank per type then one tank per two varieties I really need one tank per variety I have 6 tanks I need another 6 tanks I need One tank for culls I need really need one tank per type of cull err how many am I up to:confused:

:dejection:

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Yes' date=' I'd imagine initially they'll start with their individual tanks and as I run out of tanks I'll start to double up :encouragement:

Yes, at this rate I am going to have to dedicate a good chunk of the fishroom to shrimp breeding ;) Eventually I might reduce the number of corys I am keeping but won't reduce the killifish numbers. We'll see.

I might find certain types of shrimp respond to my husbandry skills better than some of the others and might focus on those more.[/quote']

What are fish? Get with the trend its all about the shrimp now! LOL!

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What are fish? Get with the trend its all about the shrimp now! LOL!

I know :triumphant: The issue is I like what I like and at this stage I like shrimp :encouragement: So for the next so many years shrimp are going to become a permanent part of my fishroom it looks like.

During my 25 years of fishkeeping many trends came and went, and I still keep the same types of fish I have been keeping LOL!

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