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smicko Shrimp Breeder

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With all the time I'm spending at home lately, My wife is sick of hearing about shrimp and tanks

So i thought I would share my ideas with people that will appreciate them lol.

I'm getting a rack built that is 1100mm long,540mm wide and three tier.

Top teir will be the 40x40x40cm planted cube with cbs and yellows, and a 2x15x18 divided in half with mishlings and pumpkin one side, crs and black cherry the other side. The planted tank won't be on the system.

Second teir is 3x18x1 divided in four.

Section 1, red rili and snow white rilli

Section 2, select bred red cherry and?

Section 3, no stock yet but want carbon rilli and Tibee

Section 4, no stock yet but want tigers and a different cherry

The bottom teir will be a sump that runs through Dacron and sponge onto bioballs in dry section with Scoria on the bottom, which will flow into.a section of k1, then a 25cm cull tank with sponge stopper and the last section will be for the 1200lph pump and heater.

If all goes to plan the rack and sump will be done this weekend, planted tank will go on top.

Any suggestions or freebies to fill the tank accepted lol.

I will also have a four foot tank in the garage running a ghetto sump for culls, but I will start a new thread for that tank.

Cheers mick

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With all the time I'm spending at home lately' date=' My wife is sick of hearing about shrimp and tanksSo i thought I would share my ideas with people that will appreciate them lol.[/quote']LOL, ahahah, made me laugh out loud. Sounds just like my wife. She is sick of me asking for more tanks as well.Good idea. You can dose CO2 and ferts without worrying about the shrimps.
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I know the c02 and ferts won't hurt the shrimp I just don't want to pull it apart to redo the soil and get it drilled.

Cheers mick

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Sounds awesome Mick!! Can't wait to see pics of it all setup!

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smicko Shrimp Breeder

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All I'm allowed to do now is take pics, so their will be plenty of building and setting up.

Cheers mick

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Awesome stuff dude, can't wait to see this all come together! :encouragement:

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Awesome stuff dude' date=' can't wait to see this all come together! :encouragement:[/quote']

Hopefully I will have you over next week to drop off the tank, soil and bee max.

Then only a few days and it will be ready. Already have sponge filters cycling in other tanks and with using water from the tanks it should be cycled in 3-4 days.

Cheers mick

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Too easy dude, should have the tank done in the next few days, then just have to let it set. :encouragement:

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Stand got built today using 90x35mgp10 structural pine, liquid nails and screwed.

It should hold up lol DSC_0144_zpsaq31xwbi.jpg

Sump is 2.5x1x18 cleaned and ready to goDSC_0146_zpseneubjee.jpg

It will have dacron on top of a drip tray then bio balls then ultra course sponge and finally through 9ltrs of matrix. It has room for a bag of zoelite and a bag of macropore if i feel I need to add it later, but I think it will be fine.

Cheers mick

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Tanks finished dude, just gotta get a bulkhead to use as a template for the holes! :encouragement:

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Looking a little bit AWESOME!!

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Not running what have you been doing lol hope you have it up and running soon.Think you may need the space.

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Update time. The rack has some tanks on it, nothing plumbed as yet but I needed the room lol.

The planted tank is staying and the 2ft on the middle will go next to it, the two little tanks will be fighting fish tanks again and I have a divided tank for the middle which will give me four tanks there.

I will update my shrimp pic thread as well for a look at the inhabitants.

Cheers mick DSC_0013_zpsfwavbh3o.jpg

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Brilliant mate! Coming together nicely.

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