jcolon
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Yep .. treat all three as separate tanks ... if some weird outbreak kills of one tank ... your other two are separated. Sharing filtration could also share diseases, outbreak, pathogens etc...
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tinyninjafishy
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Oh true true. So for filtration, what exactly do they require?
Aquatic_Adam
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tinyninjafishy said:
That is a great idea! Shrimp breeders round the world would be proud.
If you're doing it to sell them, I would set it up with a few DW pieces and mostly moss. That ways its easy to get them out of the tank.
If you're doing it for show, well, I'd do it heavily planted!
For filtration. Anything works really. I haven't had too many Shrimp get lost to the filter. I have a 5.5 heavily planted RCS tank going. It you're looking to make it easy on yourself. The airstone filters are great. You can run all three off of one air compressor and it ensures safety for even the smallest Shrimplets as well as great oxygenation and filtration.
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tinyninjafishy
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I am doing it to sell haha. And an airstone filter? Do you make that or buy it? And do you have to replace part of it or anything like the out of tank filters that hang on the side?
Aquatic_Adam
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What it is is basically this:
Air pump
Tubing
Sponge filter
I'm not sure the exact mechanics that make it work. They sell the filter parts at LFS. And any air pump should work although for three 15g, you may wanna look into a bigger size air pump.
Air pump
Tubing
Sponge filter
I'm not sure the exact mechanics that make it work. They sell the filter parts at LFS. And any air pump should work although for three 15g, you may wanna look into a bigger size air pump.
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tinyninjafishy
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So you would have to replace the sponge filter?
Aquatic_Adam
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tinyninjafishy said:
Eventually yes. But I imagine it would be easier to go buy a new one when it came to that point. They are very inexpensive.
I wouldn't fret too much about it. Shrimp produce very small bioloads and it will be a long time before the sponge filter junks up to a point that it isn't doing its job.
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tinyninjafishy
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So does that mean you don't have to do very many water changes?
ejaramillo01
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tinyninjafishy said:
No really, as said above, Shrimp produced lower bioload, plus they keep the substrate clean.
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tinyninjafishy
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Thank you! Do you have any idea of about how much I should pay for blue pearl and or snowball?
bud29
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IMO this would be a good filter for a shrimp tank:
http://ca-en.hagen.com/Aquatic/Filtration/Internal/10894
http://ca-en.hagen.com/Aquatic/Filtration/Internal/10894
bud29
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Oh, and as for prices, I think 1-2 dollars a shrimp is great price, 3 dollars a shrimp is fair.
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tinyninjafishy
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Awesome! I will do my best to get those prices. I like that filter, but what do you think about this one? http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0056XVF82/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1347548741&sr=8-4
bud29
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I think that filter looks pretty good.
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tinyninjafishy
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Cool. The only thing that worries me is that it is soooo cheap which makes me feel like it will break easily. Do you think I have to worry about that?
Austin.b
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No, sponge filters are awesome! The one you linked works very very well.
It is true that shrimp produce lower bioloads, but I would definitely suggest weekly PWC's of 25%. Shrimp are pretty delicate in general so try to keep nitrates as low as possible. Try to not go above 40 ppm with nitrates. Try to keep it around 10-20 ppm.
If you have a spare HOB filter, I suggest using it with purigen. That stuff works wonders with shrimp!!
Also, I would never pay more than $2.25 for blue pearls or snowballs..lol
It is true that shrimp produce lower bioloads, but I would definitely suggest weekly PWC's of 25%. Shrimp are pretty delicate in general so try to keep nitrates as low as possible. Try to not go above 40 ppm with nitrates. Try to keep it around 10-20 ppm.
If you have a spare HOB filter, I suggest using it with purigen. That stuff works wonders with shrimp!!
Also, I would never pay more than $2.25 for blue pearls or snowballs..lol
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tinyninjafishy
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Purigen? Awesome! I can't wait to get my tanks running! I am currently working on cleaning the paint off that the previous owner put on them! Painstaking process! 2.25 sounds like a good price
Austin.b
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tinyninjafishy said:
Oh man, that sucks. I don't have the patience lol I'm already excited for you to get your tanks running! Lol instead of blue pearls, have you heard of or seen Blue Velvets or Blue Rili shrimp? They look much nicer IMO, but they're a tad bit more expensive. Stunning shrimp though! Lol
If you plan on using that double sponge filter on all three tanks at the same time, I recommend getting a powerful air pump, like a marina whisper quiet 40, and just attaching a 3 way gang valve (air splitter) so you can have one air pump but 3 filters running.
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tinyninjafishy
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Wow thanks! Haha it's getting annoying! Should be interesting if I can get it all to work though!
