I convinced my wife to let me set up four farm tanks. My original plan was four farm tanks I have now decided I want to see what all the hype is with shrimp. So I am going to have to 10g shrimp tanks and 2 10g farm tanks. They will be set side by side on a 4 ft stand next to my 72g display tank. All of these tanks will be high tech I will also have a fifth display tank set in to the center of the stand so I will have 5 total tanks
I am building this on a budget so it will take a while but I will update every few days here's how far I've gotten so far
I'm considering Ada substrate for all of these tanks I know cycling takes longer. Other than that is there anything else I should be concerned about as far constant rooting and uprooting of plants or shrimp problems my research concludes it will be fine but I always value a second/experienced opinion.
I am also working on water flow I know for the farm I will need a lot more than a regular old tank. I have kept and am keepin large ei based tanks with multiple canisters, but on a 10g I was thinking power heads for flow, I will have no fish so I will not need filtration and I will be doing weekly 50% wc anyway. what gph should a power head be for farm tanks ,and for the shrimp tanks( wich will be planted). I was thinking ac20's with spounge prefilters is this enough or should I go for ac50 or something entirely different?
I got a little more work done today, I wrapped in ply wood and built a stand inside for the 5th 10g to sit. I am still looking for some cabinet doors then I will wrap the front, trim, and paint
I know it doesn't really qualify but I have been keeping Amanos and bamboo shrimp in my community tanks. Obviously with my lack of shrimp knowledge it's pointless for me to attempt to breed these guys but I will be starting out with RCS in a low tech
The tanks will be going in between these tanks I will be moving the left tank over about 2ft.
this is the regulator set up I had built by Bettatail
It will be running the two big tanks and 4 of the 10g
I still have a lot more equipment to purchase but I'm getting there
And a shot of one my Amanos for fun
I got some plywood at HD. I had them cut it for the shelves tonight Im going to cut the corners so it fits and hopefully get my already established planted quarantine tank on the rack!
One wire to one, one wire to the other, I bought a pair of them and wired them both up to one plug, I used crimps and heat shrink tubing but you could solder or even use wire nuts. They're ungrounded.
I wired up the led, it looks great we will see how things grow...
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