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Ok Buck, just a little peek

looks great dude

Finally up and running! I'll let the pictures do most of the talking LOL but here are a few specs: :happydance::happydance::happydance::happydance::happydance::happydance: (Had to do 6 happy dances to go with the theme of the rack LOL 6 tanks 2ftx18"x16"h sump 2x18x18- 3 compartments. First compartment K1, need a heap more and need to put some gutter guard so it doesnt flow into compartment 2, which is a variety of sponges. Compartment 3 has a few litres of ceramic rings and soon to have 2L of marinepure spheres (just ordered some from AOA, for my marine tank and this rack). And yeah I'm also waiting on a filter sock to come lol. Sump pump-italian made (forget brand LOL) 3500L/h pump. Seems to be going well! Also sponge filters comming for each tank. More diftwood coming as well and plants! Substrate-natural river sand from my old discus tank Stock (mostly still comming)- bottom 2 tanks will have a trio of pep breeders in each one + some cherries. middle tanks will each have a variety of cherrie shrimp and tiger shrimp at a later date. Top tanks will have a cherrie colony in each. Chiller: hailea hc250a - not hooked up yet. Temp will be kept at 24-25c. Lighting: top and middle tanks will be lit with T5s and bottom tanks will be natural sunlight/T8 when needed. Excuse the plate in there lol, forgot to get it out :) So, what do you think people? I'm very happy with it!

hows the rack going? any up dates?

It's actually foam at the bottom then ceramic rings then another layer of foam. Another type of ceramic rings and a layer of marine pure spheres at the top. The second canister is there because he used to run two filters per tank but now it is for back.

Last few pics This is Alvin This is the shop tank set up Pic of the canister filter hopefully u can make out what the media is. I hope you enjoy the pics. This should be my last lot of AC pics unless I can get some pics of the quarantine area for you guys. I am hoping to visit a couple other stores in the next few days so I will try make a new topic soon.

Just to add to the BS, the Virus they are looking for is and has been here for ever, none of the Boffins are standing up and saying a word because they think for the most part we should keep natives only found in our area, for me that's fine as there is a huge amount of species in the Cairns region, living south, THAT SUX. Bob

Hey Bob! You're back! And why is everybody a mod all of a sudden? Congratz Ineke and Bob! Nomore hijacking threads! You have to behave now!

Thats awesome! I had a dream i had a massive king kong shrimp in my tank and i woke up and it wasnt in my tank :( lol Keep up the good work.

Thanks guys for your comments, I'm sooooooo rapped with these little guys that I believe to be shadow KK if I'm correct. Was lucky to get good stock from both Aquathumb & Newbreed. It just goes to show, it pays off buying shrimp from SKF members. Funny you should say that BB,I've just set up a new 10 tank rack & chiller for TB. Currently got 5 tanks cycling & 5 waiting to be set setup. So looking forward to keeping TB, TBM etc.

Unfortunately Stainless isn't always stainless. There are different grades and all are prone to rust eventually. I'm unsure what grade yours would be but by the look, they could be as low as 308. 316 is generally pretty good in freshwater but the low pH we run in shrimp tanks probably makes them more prone to rust. My suggestion is to go for a plastic alternative, even if that means some DIY to glue some fine mesh into a plastic shroud.

All is well in the tank, haven't lost any shrimp or corys from what I can see, some of the BBA has gone redish also, no Hydro left at all, so all good.

Nice shrimp you have there. Cheers mick