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Disciple Shrimp Master

Disciple

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Thanks Squiggle.

 

Here is my intro.

 

I have been quite interested in keeping shrimp for awhile. Now that I have settled in my new place and I think I am ready to have a go. It has been inspiring reading these forums.

 

I have purchased myself a 60cm by 45cm by 45cm which I plan to pick up on the weekend. I have been reading several forums and articles about setting up a tank but there is so much information out there I am not sure how to go about it. I was thinking of just a canister filter but then I have found some articles that recommend a sponge filter too.

 

Anyways I plan to have the hardscape done this weekend and hopeful planting and cycling started next weekend. Feel free to give me some pointers about  filters, heating, substrates and lighting as the guy at the store I was purchasing my tank from was telling me I should get a ehiem 2217 for the tank which from my research seemed excessive.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Regards.

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Hey mate

Welcome to SKF. Great to hear you are starting out with shrimp.

In general, more filtration in shrimp tanks is better. I would probably go with the 2217 because you can always restrict or direct the outflow in such a way that there wont be too much current in your tank for the shrimp. Furthermore in my experience, the eheim 2217 could never filter a 600L tank (which is reccommended on the box). For starters, its rated at 1000lph which gives 1.6 tank turnovers per hour. Ideally you would want at least 4-6 turnovers per hour or more than 10 turnovers per hour in an aquascape. Anyway point is, its probably well suited to your tank.

Alternatively I would go with a Fluval 305 which has a similar flow rate, but thats just because I like the Fluvals better than eheims.

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Thanks Fishmosy,

 

I feel a bit silly cause I only just realised that once accepted there is heaps more topics in this forum to read. I shall go through the tank set up section.

 

So much to learn...

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