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Time to post up some of the pictures from my recent trip to Cairns with Northboy aka Bob. Once again massive thanks to Bob and Linda for putting me up for the extended weekend. I flew into Cairns at around 8.15am and by 9am we were at our first location sampling some typus and longirostris. When we got there, we were quite worried that there might not be enough water (or shrimp). Our worries were not justified though. Some habitat shots The typus were found in their greatest numbers hanging onto the white roots of the surrounding trees that grew down into the water. And here it is Unfortunately I wasn't able to get good pictures of the variation in colour of these shrimp. We were also able to find lots of longirostris. Below is a small sample after about 15 mins of netting. And here is why you need to keep a lid on your buckets. Typus and longirostris are very good climbers! Also found this little guy. Further upstream Through the culvert was a moss wall And after grabbing some moss samples, we headed off to the next spot in Cairns. And the result of this trip - a shot of my typus in my tank at home today.

​you can just paint pallet racking black, but they are chunky so it might not suit the minimalist look your going for

My guess would be that the lack of feeding has improved water parameters, so the shrimp look better. Might be a sign that you overfeed

Hi Fishmosy, I sure Newbreed used the "rack it" system in his tank journal. He still had a bit of flexing of the beams, so you will need to consider the space between your tanks, and I suggest using 15mm ply, instead of MDF, as it swells. Personally, I prefer making racks from timber.

@buck @fishmosy thanks, I am happy to run them separately and that is a good idea anyway to add extra filtration.

Best of luck with your set-up and getting the cycling done. I've never used ADA soil but some posts on SKF indicate that it can take a long time (months!) for ammonia to stop leaching from some ADA soils. With regards to the filter set-up above: I would have two concerns. 1. Is the filter (motor) strong enough to draw water through the filters at a high enough rate? Those filters will clog over time. best to try it out beforehand and if the flow is los when the filters are clean, then it isn't going to cut it when they start to clog. Remember when it comes to shrimp, the more filtration the better. secondly the overflow from the filter goes directly into one of the sponge filters. Hence this will create a loop and reduce the amount of water that actually flows around the tank. This would not be a hassle to fix, just needs some extra plumbing pieces. I'd run the both HOB and the sponge filter, but seperately.

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