What size

[cory1]

Just a question regarding size of tanks ... if you where setting up a rack of tanks ( say 8 ) what size tanks would you choose and would you filter individually or have a combined filter system

Cheers

Barry

[KiwiBigD]

Have done exactly that combination myself already using a stand that can hold 2 tanks of 120 x 60 x 45 tall, each of those split for a total of 4 tanks. Then for the tank shelf I used a 120 x 60 x 45 divided into four as individual breeding groups.

I also went with individual filtration for each tank which admittedly has increased the cost however I have the advantage of being able to keep a wider range of shrimp/fish by tailoring each individual tank to meet my requirements.

If you're going with a combined filtration system then do ensure you have a good UV filter to kill any potential outbreaks.

[Squiggle]

I have gone the other way & I have ten 2x1.5x1.5 tanks on a rack, each tank is individually plumbed & they all run off a single sump, I also have a sponge filter in each tank in case I have to switch any tank out of the system to medicate etc. The advantages of doing it this way is that I can scoop shrimp out & put them an another tank without needing to re-acclimatize them & I have an auto waterchange system which takes a lot of the work out of keeping the shrimp, I just feed them & stare at them. :victorious:

It really depends on what you want to do, if you just want to keep a wide range of shrimp & breed with no specific plans the the individually filtered tanks is the way to go, this way, as BigD mentioned, you can keep a wide range of varying WP. But if you want to have specific colour or pattern programs & really do it right, then you should really have a sumped system as, to do a selective program properly, you really need at least three tanks per program. :encouragement:

[cory1]

Thank you for the info , I have run individual and shared systems before but that was purely as a fish breeding situation ... shrimp well that's another thing

I was thinking of mainly sticking to variants of cherry shrimp but in saying that I would like to try my hand at Crystals etc someday

[newbreed]

I am in the process of setting up 8 tanks plumbed to a single sump, one lot of water changes and tests. Will aim for a ph of 6.5 so I can keep cherries, crystals and tibees. Tbs will be kept in separate setup at around 6ph.