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Hi, I'm a hobby enthusiast from the Netherlands. I'm into shrimping for about 3 years. I have about 6 small tanks around 30 liters and a 60 liter and 100 liter one. I've had all kind of shrimp over the years but at the moment: PRL, PBL, Red spotted head, Snow white, Princess Bee, Blue Bolt, Black and Red Shadow Bee (also know as Taiwan bee) and some HQ fireshrimp (aka Bloody Mary). I'm interested in about everything about shrimp, but lately my focus point to: - Shrimp health. For me it's not acceptable that a whole colony dies without 'no' reason. Still something I see people reporting about over and over again. I believe there must be a strategy to avoid this, even for beginners and low budget shrimpkeepers. - Improve quality. That's why I started with the PRL. Top quality by selecting is something that's got my attention. - Aquascaping and shrimps. - Preserving shrimp line for the future. How to keep the current quality and assure that a Shadow bee or PRL for example will be of the same (or better) quality and health in 10 or 20 years from this moment. On these topics I hope to improve my knowledge and experience and share this with you from time to time. Greetings! Shrimpmaster www.shrimpmaster.net (blog in English) www.shrimpmaster.nl (blog in Dutch)

I love seeing people give it a go & to answer your questions. First, if the power goes out only the water above the inlet & outlet fittings in the tank will drain back to the sump so you have to set the water level in the last section of the sump low enough to handle that amount of water but not too low that the pump start sucking air, I usually mark the upper & lower levels with a permanent marker. Second, with filtration I am a big believer in bigger is better, but generally you want the volume of the sump to be at least 1/3 the volume of the whole system, if not bigger(more room for substrate). This also helps with spare volume for power outages. From the sizes you given the sump will be only 1/4, a little small & more likely to overflow if the power goes out. I would suggest a little taller(45cm is better) & definitely longer(90cm or 3ft), hope this help!

I found more interesting data in the past few days. I'm currently writing the blog post (at pretty long one) and very likely will be posting this weekend. For the chart, I ever thought of and a few people requested for it. However, the test kit I had are but very accurate in reading the exact number. My reagent for my photometer had ran out and I never replace them; quite costly and it is quite troublesome to use (it is bench type, and I every time have to take it out and setup.). Therefore, I had order a portable photometer and hopefully, it will arrive by next week.

So it's been awhile since i've updated this! Alot has changed. Full revamp on the tank with Benibachi soil. Been running for around 6 months now with some good results, will let pics do the talking: These are a mix of both mine and my brother inlaws shrimp

It never does, lol