Greenteam

Tank looks to be doing really well. Looking forward to more pictures.

So I got a hold of my wife's canon 60D and took some terrible pics. So this are the only 2 worth showing till I get the hang of this thing lol.
 
Full tank and my MK PRL

So I got a hold of my wife's canon 60D and took some terrible pics. So this are the only 2 worth showing till I get the hang of this thing lol.
 
Full tank and my MK PRL

well... so far all my PRL are doing good! I seen a bunch of babies swimming all over! Now if they survive and grow up! 
 
Even with co2
 
But the person I got the PRL colony from said they are hardy since he did water changes with tap water and he also had co2 in there tank.
 
 

 
Just hanging out by the tree
 

 
BIG berried mamma
 
One of the 3 I spotted.

Here's some pictures of my MK PRL and the start of my pinto project.
 
In the past I did mischling x tiger but this time going TB's x Tigers. (wish me luck)
 
 

Here's some pictures of my MK PRL and the start of my pinto project.
 
In the past I did mischling x tiger but this time going TB's x Tigers. (wish me luck)
 
 

Pure Red Line Weeeeeeeeeee
 
 

Here's some pictures of my MK PRL and the start of my pinto project.
 
In the past I did mischling x tiger but this time going TB's x Tigers. (wish me luck)
 
 

Couple of my Fire Red Shrimp:
 

Some pics and a short video about my Taiwan Shrimps. Have fun 
 

 

it took me a while but I finally got my new shrimp rack up this past weekend but still got lots of work left to do to setup the individual tanks.
 
This is my 4th shrimp rack I have set up; I started thinking about it at the earlier this year when we leased out the warehouse at work where I had my last shrimp rack. The tanks on the current racks were due for a substrate change and I wanted to maximize the limited amount of space I have to fit as many tanks as possible.  I also needed more tank space for my current breeding projects.
 
I was able to secure some industrial warehouse racking from work and got some custom tanks built.
 
Rack is 4 ft. wide x 2 ft. deep by 6 1/2 ft high and consist of the following tanks;
 
3 x 20 gal (16" x 24" x 12") - divided down the middle for selective breeding 
8 x 15 gal (12" x 24" x 12")
 
plus 2 x ~18 gal reservoir tanks (18" x 24" x 11") for water changes / top-ups
 
All the shrimp tanks are rimless w/ a 1" wide eurobrace on the top.  Went the custom route as I wanted to ensure I could fit all 4 tanks on a single row as standard 15gal tanks are usually a bit wider than 12" after the trim.  I also needed a way of mounting my float valves (for my auto top-up / water change system) away from the back as the HMF filter would get in the way if i went with them.
 
Each tank will be individually filtered using a HMF filter driven by a central air pump.  My previous racks have used canister filters but I needed to fit as many tanks as possible and didn't like the idea of giving up the bottom row of tanks for canister filters.  I toyed with the idea of HOB canister filters but there would have been quite costly but in terms of power draw (and outlets) and capital costs. Decided against a sump as I wanted to flexibility to have a number of different setups and again, didn't want to give up the bottom row for a sump. 
 
Lighting is provided by LED striplights; each level has two 48" LED strips mounted on aluminium channels and attached to the underside of the plywood shelves.
 
In all my past shrimp rack I use a simple auto top-up / water change system which consist of float valves on each tank which are fed by a couple of  "reservoir" tanks.  it lets me keep the water levels of all my tanks automatically topped up as well as lets me drip in new water during water changes unattended.
 
Below are some photos after all but 1 of the tanks have been placed on the rack.  Just did a fill test on some of tanks as will as added a test fitting a HMF filter.  The 4th 15gal on the bottom row is as I still have to reorganized my power cables from my old rack to the right before setting up the final tank.
 

 
 

 
The next step is to set up the tanks; set up the HMF filter, add the substrate and start cycling the tanks
 
Also, still need to get the plumbing and hardware for my ATO system.
 
Plan is to consolidate all my shrimps from other two racks, then break down the old racks down and add another section to the right of the new rack with another set of identical tanks 

I figured I share some breeders that contribute to our hobby. Everyone knows the big names MK, Beni, Crimson, Ebiten, etc..
 
This are the guys some might not know but still note worthy.
 
so here's some of their work:
 
From Novina a breeder out of Poland 
 
Caridina cf cantonensis "Prima apilis" (red and black)  Photo was edited and the red is actually white.
 
 

From Marcus Hafermann
 
 

From Naska
 
Shrimp was born Half BKK Half Mischling

You can change your time zone by clicking on your name ---> "My Control Panal" ---> Settings ---> Profile Settings

Lol it was set to London it explains what I was so out of whack

"Unknown Breeder"
 
Potamalpheops sp. "Purple Zebra"

Another from Novina 

I figured I share some breeders that contribute to our hobby. Everyone knows the big names MK, Beni, Crimson, Ebiten, etc..
 
This are the guys some might not know but still note worthy.
 
so here's some of their work:
 
From Novina a breeder out of Poland 
 
Caridina cf cantonensis "Prima apilis" (red and black)  Photo was edited and the red is actually white.
 
 

From Naska
 
Shrimp was born Half BKK Half Mischling

From Skyfish

From Davdel Clea

Yeah it be nice if we had more active large scale breeders but we lack the demand at the moment. So this is just to show the potential of what can be done with this little guys.

Bad molt.

Yeah its and old joke lol