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cgm90

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Hi guys im in the process of getting a 5ft breeding tank built for my shrimp and I was wondering w

how many dividers I should go, I was thinking 4 dividers at each foot which will give me 5 bays or get another couple dividers and increase the holding capacity??

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Filthgrinder Be nice I'm new here

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How many types of shrimp do you plan on keeping? Im thinking of doing a similar thing and I was thinking 4 dividers, one for sunkists, one for fire reds, one for CRS and one for growing/breeding any cool colours that come along

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i would got for 4 dividers that way you can if you wanted to have 5 different types of shrimp or get more particular in terms of the quality. like high grade CRS in one, low grade in next then the same for another type of hrimp then the th section for culls or to grow out and sell

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Ye I was planning on having a couple different breeds and trying to get higher grades of them so I was hoping to have about 4 or so different breeds going and keep one side spare for culls at the moment im running chocolates cherries and rili shrimp but im thinking of going out of the cherries to free up space for other shrimp

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You can double up between cherries and crystals as they won't interbreed

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