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Hello, I don't know if it's the meds I'm on right now, or I'm just not geek enough. OK, now that I think of it, it's probably the meds. Do you have a diagram? I'm wanting to experiment with something similar for a large central system for Corydoras from Argentina and southern Brazil. This sounds a b...

Hello, I don't know what the price range is in your part of the country, but the first cray farm I worked with advised that commercial catfish feed was perfectly balanced for crayfish. I personally don't know how it works for them, but it's approximately 20% protein and highly plant based. I've used...

Since I'm actually getting somewhere, and Mustafa mentioned that the range will work for cherries, it's also important to note that there will eventually be 15-20 strains/species of shrimp in this rack. Based on my speculation, from Mustafas length measurement, a 200 micron mesh should work for most...

This was Cincinati, Ohio. Sad thing is that it was only last fall. I just hadn't been bitten yet. Six months later, I realize that it's possible that I could've been working on a very scarce spawning project if I had only thought to ask a few more questions. I know that it sounds a bit concieted, bu...

Just for clarification, I don't know the breeder, or his name. I met them at a pet shop, and went to his house to buy some L183 juvies from him. I didn't know at that time that I would give the thought of raising shrimp a second thought, and didn't really ask too much about them. The interest just w...

No offense taken. I would be a bit skeptical as well. However, I did see the tanks. I have no doubt that they were captive spawned and reared. The pair, no idea why he was only keeping one pair in the tank, were in a 20 long to themselves. The juveniles were housed in 3 10 gallons and were close to ...

It will be recirculated, but only at a very slow flow. I'm looking at pumps for it, and am thinking something along the lines of 20-50% turnover. I run all my systems through 5 micron sediment filters to keep water clear. With that rate, I can keep the micro critters in the tank via small pore spong...

Hello and welcome,

I know that they have been successfully raised, but have no details available. The breeder I spoke to was rather tight-lipped.

Larry Vires

I didn't notice that you also asked about the return. Once again, I have 2 ways of doing this and depends on the sensitivity of the species in the system. For the shrimp rack, I am using a 35 gallon food grade plastic barrel. Water will be pumped into the barrel through sediment and carbon block fil...

Using the double J design, you have to prime each tank separately. Use PVC caps to clog off each line. When using that design, I usually keep a bulb siphon around. Drill one of the caps and thread a hose barb in it. Just stand there and squeeze the bulb till water starts running out and go on to the...

Mike, Adjusting flow is easy. Just place a valve inline, or use a smaller diameter silicone tube for siphoning. I'm not following what you are talking about as a priming piece, but if you explain it I'll guarantee that I either have one or know how to make one. I've built hundreds of central system ...

Bulkheads are the drains, but are useless as water changer drains because they are going to be at the waterline at all times. By using my method, you can drain 1 gallon per tank, or all but 1/2 inch of the water depending on how you set up the manifold. As you'll notice from the description, you can...

Mike, I think we're talking about 2 completely different systems here. My understanding of what you're saying is referring to draining from the bulkheads. My water changer is a stand alone so I can just program it and don't have to stand over it to overflow via bulkhead. The strainers I'm referring ...

Mike, I use bulkheads and either fine or coarse pore pre-filters for the central filtration depending on the species. The water changer requires that I use a micron mesh in order to match up with the 1/2 inch plumbing. I tried foam early on, and there is too much risk involved if it becomes clogged....

To make a long story short, I will be managing over 200 tanks within the next 6 weeks. Everything in my fishroom is automated, and the last thing I want to worry about is sucking newborns out of my shrimp tanks with the automatic water changer. The smaller the micron rating on the strainer, the more...