MikeDutch

quick update for those who follow this project rack is up and running 🙂 meaning all tanks have drip waterchange system, all have air sponge filters. I run 2 large tanks also with canister to suck out some debri. The sump is doing well on the 350L tank. We got 3 breedinggroups L numbers 22 x l046 , 26 x L333 and L134. We got some danio/rasbora tanks, some snowflake pleco running. Using Klaax or Blake's breederboxes. Got neo caridina groups setup bloody, yellow, deep blue, sakura black and orange with backstripe, first babies arrived 😉 20 tanks filled with UGF / amazonia V1 with Yukishrimp Powder for start up, these are no 4 weeks in, slowly some green algea is coming. these will be for caridina only and then the more rare species. We running black worms farms, giving us surpricenly quite some food, rest they get frozen stuff. Artemia setup is running as well. We still waiting on our 90 lamps order, should be cleared from customs any moment, so light is no scare only a few tanks have light, we got some outdoor light that brings in some life though. We build a auto roll up hose system now with a pump so we can suck out any debri easily form the tanks with a centralised system. Thus Sunday we picking up - 3 breeding groups Angels (koi / altum) - 3 Corydoras groups each 12 Shultzi, goldstripe , aeneus - 12 blue polars O we also got a digital microscope to play with, lots of fun. also for the kids. We spend quite some time looking a plants, eggs and fish that died.

Hey guys, my pleco was laying sideways and looking pale, any ideas. Water parameters are all good.

Last weeks we have been busy building this monster, its quite some work to and I try to spend as much time as possible there. Here are some updates 😉 Most drains are added to the tanks and the main drain Most tanks have auto drip with normal water Some tanks will get auto drip with osmose water We added some extra racks to store stuff and sorted everything out, was a big mess Got 3 trollies setup with gear and food 😉 25 tanks with mattenfilters ready 25 tanks with UGF and sponge filters 25 tanks with filtersand ready Now we making an air loop so we can get airlines to each aquarium, we will be adding two inline piston pumps to have redundancy setup. All lights are ordered (same factory that makes Hygger lamps) so each shelf on each rack will have a 2 x 80 lamps and the 2 meters sections will heav 3 x 60cm lamps. Also ordered a bunch of plant grow lamps for the green walls.

drains installed, we started to fill up the tanks. Looks amazing and the drain system works. We can drain almost to 70% of the tank fairly quickly.. we also installed the RO water system today. We have one 180l tank we fill up with RO water and another one with regular water and we want to make an auto drip system now where we can adjust the mix of different waters to each tank so we can either give them full or water or a mix. lots of soil came for the anthurium and monsteras for the green wall we want to create. We also added filter sand to 20 tanks. Want to fill them up next days and get the filters in there.

made some tank drains which we are 15 cm long, so we can do a 60% drain on a tank since we can turn them down 🙂 Lets see if it work tomorrow

back of the rack 🙂 some small changes in setup

Drilling some holes today, in total we will need to drill +60 holes 😉

Prepping all filters already, adding bacto start and food. We will try to add all 60 filters in this tank 😉

I got a friend with a fishstore and anoterh friend who is into shrimps, we came up with this list. The idea to start filling the tanks end september and start ordering fish end of august. We created this list of fish and shrimp together with promting AI. We will have 6-8 200L tanks to breed and 20 small tanks for other stuff like medication. We also have around 15 small hatching tanks and some breedingboxes that can hang onto an aquarium // TANK SETUP FISH -- 200 Liter Tanks (6 Tanks) 1. Tank 1: Zebra Pleco (Hypancistrus zebra, L046) - Ratio: 8 females / 2 males, Minimum Tank Size: 200 liters - Tank Setup: 2 sponge filters, several caves or PVC pipes, flat stones, driftwood. - Water Parameters: Temperature: 26-30°C, pH: 6.5-7.5, GH: 5-10 dGH, KH: 2-5 dKH - Egg Hatching: Leave the eggs in the tank within the caves. The male guards and fans the eggs until they hatch. 2. Tank 2: Leopard Frog Pleco (Peckoltia compta, L134) - Ratio: 8 females / 2 males, Minimum Tank Size: 200 liters - Tank Setup: 2 sponge filters, caves of varying sizes, driftwood, smooth stones, moss. - Water Parameters: Temperature: 24-29°C, pH: 6.5-7.5, GH: 5-12 dGH, KH: 3-5 dKH - Egg Hatching: Leave the eggs in the tank within the caves. The male guards and fans the eggs until they hatch. 3. Tank 3: Golden Nugget Pleco (Baryancistrus xanthellus, L018) - Ratio: 8 females / 2 males, Minimum Tank Size: 200 liters - Tank Setup: 2 sponge filters, large pieces of driftwood, multiple hiding places, flat rocks. - Water Parameters: Temperature: 24-28°C, pH: 6.0-7.4, GH: 5-15 dGH, KH: 2-5 dKH - Egg Hatching: Leave the eggs in the tank within the caves. The male guards and fans the eggs until they hatch. 4. Tank 4: King Tiger Pleco (Hypancistrus sp., L066) - Ratio: 8 females / 2 males, Minimum Tank Size: 200 liters - Tank Setup: 2 sponge filters, mix of caves and PVC pipes, smooth stones, driftwood, moss for cover. - Water Parameters: Temperature: 25-29°C, pH: 6.0-7.5, GH: 2-10 dGH, KH: 2-4 dKH - Egg Hatching: Leave the eggs in the tank within the caves. The male guards and fans the eggs until they hatch. 5. Tank 5: Orinoco Angel Pleco (Hypancistrus contradens, L201) - Ratio: 8 females / 2 males, Minimum Tank Size: 200 liters - Tank Setup: 2 sponge filters, numerous hiding places with rocks and wood, plants like java moss. - Water Parameters: Temperature: 24-29°C, pH: 5.8-7.2, GH: 3-10 dGH, KH: 2-4 dKH - Egg Hatching: Leave the eggs in the tank within the caves. The male guards and fans the eggs until they hatch. 6. Tank 6: Boeseman's Rainbowfish (Melanotaenia boesemani) - Ratio: 8 females / 2 males, Minimum Tank Size: 200 liters - Tank Setup: 2 sponge filters, densely planted with fast-growing plants, floating plants, open swimming space. - Water Parameters: Temperature: 24-28°C, pH: 7.0-8.0, GH: 10-15 dGH, KH: 4-6 dKH - Egg Hatching: Remove the eggs after spawning. Collect them from plants or spawning mops and transfer them to a separate hatching tank with similar water parameters. -- 45 Liter Tanks (Smaller Species) 1. Tank 7: Green Laser Corydoras (Corydoras aeneus) - Ratio: 8 females / 2 males, Minimum Tank Size: 45 liters - Tank Setup: 1 sponge filter, smooth rocks, and java moss. - Water Parameters: Temperature: 22-26°C, pH: 6.0-7.5, GH: 2-12 dGH, KH: 2-5 dKH - Egg Hatching: Remove the eggs and place them in a separate hatching container with an air stone to prevent fungus. 2. Tank 8: Weitzman's Corydoras (Corydoras weitzmani) - Ratio: 8 females / 2 males, Minimum Tank Size: 45 liters - Tank Setup: 1 sponge filter, driftwood, live plants, moss. - Water Parameters: Temperature: 22-26°C, pH: 6.0-7.2, GH: 2-10 dGH, KH: 2-4 dKH - Egg Hatching: Remove the eggs and place them in a separate hatching container with an air stone to prevent fungus. 3. Tank 9: Panda Corydoras (Corydoras panda) - Ratio: 8 females / 2 males, Minimum Tank Size: 45 liters - Tank Setup: 1 sponge filter, driftwood, live plants, moss. - Water Parameters: Temperature: 20-25°C, pH: 6.0-7.0, GH: 2-12 dGH, KH: 2-4 dKH - Egg Hatching: Remove the eggs and place them in a separate hatching container with an air stone to prevent fungus. 4. Tank 10: Sterbai Corydoras (Corydoras sterbai) - Ratio: 8 females / 2 males, Minimum Tank Size: 45 liters - Tank Setup: 1 sponge filter, driftwood, live plants, moss. - Water Parameters: Temperature: 24-28°C, pH: 6.0-7.6, GH: 2-12 dGH, KH: 2-4 dKH - Egg Hatching: Remove the eggs and place them in a separate hatching container with an air stone to prevent fungus. 5. Tank 11: Orange Venezuelan Corydoras (Corydoras venezuelanus) - Ratio: 8 females / 2 males, Minimum Tank Size: 45 liters - Tank Setup: 1 sponge filter, driftwood, live plants, moss. - Water Parameters: Temperature: 23-27°C, pH: 6.0-7.5, GH: 2-12 dGH, KH: 2-4 dKH - Egg Hatching: Remove the eggs and place them in a separate hatching container with an air stone to prevent fungus. 6. Tank 12: Black Venezuelan Corydoras (Corydoras schultzei) - Ratio: 8 females / 2 males, Minimum Tank Size: 45 liters - Tank Setup: 1 sponge filter, driftwood, live plants, moss. - Water Parameters: Temperature: 22-26°C, pH: 6.0-7.2, GH: 2-10 dGH, KH: 2-4 dKH - Egg Hatching: Remove the eggs and place them in a separate hatching container with an air stone to prevent fungus. 7. Tank 13: Gold Stripe Laser Corydoras (Corydoras sp.) - Ratio: 8 females / 2 males, Minimum Tank Size: 45 liters - Tank Setup: 1 sponge filter, driftwood, live plants, moss. - Water Parameters: Temperature: 22-26°C, pH: 6.0-7.2, GH: 2-10 dGH, KH: 2-4 dKH - Egg Hatching: Remove the eggs and place them in a separate hatching container with an air stone to prevent fungus. 8. Tank 14: Red Neon Rainbowfish (Pseudomugil luminatus) - Ratio: 8 females / 2 males, Minimum Tank Size: 45 liters - Tank Setup: 1 sponge filter, densely planted with fine-leaved plants, floating plants. - Water Parameters: Temperature: 24-28°C, pH: 6.5-7.5, GH: 5-15 dGH, KH: 2-5 dKH - Egg Hatching: Remove the eggs after spawning. Collect them from plants or spawning mops and transfer them to a separate hatching tank with similar water parameters. 9. Tank 15: Clown Killifish (Epiplatys annulatus) - Ratio: 8 females / 2 males, Minimum Tank Size: 45 liters - Tank Setup: 1 sponge filter, floating plants, java moss. - Water Parameters: Temperature: 22-26°C, pH: 6.0-7.5, GH: 5-12 dGH, KH: 2-4 dKH - Egg Hatching: Remove the eggs after spawning and place them in a separate hatching container with similar water parameters. Tank 16: Orange Australe Killifish (Aphyosemion australe) - Ratio: 8 females / 2 males, Minimum Tank Size: 45 liters - Tank Setup: 1 sponge filter, densely planted with floating plants, java moss. - Water Parameters: Temperature: 22-26°C, pH: 6.0-7.5, GH: 5-12 dGH, KH: 2-4 dKH - Egg Hatching: Remove the eggs after spawning and place them in a separate hatching container with similar water parameters. 11. Tank 17: Gardneri Killifish (Fundulopanchax gardneri) - Ratio: 8 females / 2 males, Minimum Tank Size: 45 liters - Tank Setup: 1 sponge filter, floating plants, java moss. - Water Parameters: Temperature: 22-26°C, pH: 6.0-7.5, GH: 5-12 dGH, KH: 2-4 dKH - Egg Hatching: Remove the eggs after spawning and place them in a separate hatching container with similar water parameters. 12. Tank 18: Russian Lace Redskin Guppy (Poecilia reticulata) - Ratio: 8 females / 2 males, Minimum Tank Size: 45 liters - Tank Setup: 1 sponge filter, floating plants, java moss. - Water Parameters: Temperature: 24-28°C, pH: 7.0-8.0, GH: 10-15 dGH, KH: 4-6 dKH - Egg Hatching: Livebearers; remove the fry after birth and place them in a separate rearing tank to prevent predation. 13. Tank 19: Blue Metal Snakeskin Guppy (Poecilia reticulata) - Ratio: 8 females / 2 males, Minimum Tank Size: 45 liters - Tank Setup: 1 sponge filter, floating plants, java moss. - Water Parameters: Temperature: 24-28°C, pH: 7.0-8.0, GH: 10-15 dGH, KH: 4-6 dKH - Egg Hatching: Livebearers; remove the fry after birth and place them in a separate rearing tank to prevent predation. 14. Tank 20: Black Metal Lace Guppy (Poecilia reticulata) - Ratio: 8 females / 2 males, Minimum Tank Size: 45 liters - Tank Setup: 1 sponge filter, floating plants, java moss. - Water Parameters: Temperature: 24-28°C, pH: 7.0-8.0, GH: 10-15 dGH, KH: 4-6 dKH - Egg Hatching: Livebearers; remove the fry after birth and place them in a separate rearing tank to prevent predation. 15. Tank 21: Red Grass Guppy (Poecilia reticulata) - Ratio: 8 females / 2 males, Minimum Tank Size: 45 liters - Tank Setup: 1 sponge filter, floating plants, java moss. - Water Parameters: Temperature: 24-28°C, pH: 7.0-8.0, GH: 10-15 dGH, KH: 4-6 dKH - Egg Hatching: Livebearers; remove the fry after birth and place them in a separate rearing tank to prevent predation. // TANK SETUP NEO CARIDINA -- General Tank Setup for Neocaridina Shrimp - Tank Size: 45 liters - Substrate: Black filter sand - Filtration: Sponge filter - Additional Setup: Add some moss (e.g., Java moss), small caves, and leaf litter (e.g., Indian almond leaves) for hiding and foraging. - Drip Rate: Approximately 70 ml/hour - Desired Weekly Water Change: 25% - Total Water Change per Week: 11.25 liters - Daily Water Change: Approximately 1.6 liters - Water Parameters: - Temperature: 20-24°C - pH: 6.5-7.5 - GH: 4-8 dGH - KH: 1-4 dKH - Adjustment: Use GH and KH boosters to achieve the desired hardness. -- List of 20 Neocaridina Shrimp Species 1. Red Cherry Shrimp (Neocaridina davidi) 2. Blue Velvet Shrimp (Neocaridina davidi) 3. Yellow Shrimp (Neocaridina davidi) 4. Green Jade Shrimp (Neocaridina davidi) 5. Orange Sakura Shrimp (Neocaridina davidi) 6. Carbon Rili Shrimp (Neocaridina davidi) 7. Blue Dream Shrimp (Neocaridina davidi) 8. Bloody Mary Shrimp (Neocaridina davidi) 9. Snowball Shrimp (Neocaridina zhangjiajiensis) 10. Black Rose Shrimp (Neocaridina davidi) 11. Blue Carbon Rili Shrimp (Neocaridina davidi) 12. Chocolate Shrimp (Neocaridina davidi) 13. Fire Red Shrimp (Neocaridina davidi) 14. Sunkist Orange Shrimp (Neocaridina davidi) 15. Blue Jelly Shrimp (Neocaridina davidi) 16. Yellow King Kong Shrimp (Neocaridina davidi) 17. Red Rili Shrimp (Neocaridina davidi) 18. Tangerine Tiger Shrimp (Neocaridina davidi) 19. Green Shrimp (Neocaridina davidi) 20. Neon Yellow Shrimp (Neocaridina davidi) -- Summary For all 20 tanks with Neocaridina shrimp: - Set the drip system to approximately 70 ml/hour. - Maintain water parameters: Temperature 20-24°C, pH 6.5-7.5, GH 4-8 dGH, KH 1-4 dKH. - Use GH and KH boosters as needed to achieve the desired hardness. - Add black filter sand, a sponge filter, moss, small caves, and leaf litter to each tank. // TANK SETUP CARIDINA -- General Tank Setup for Caridina Shrimp - Tank Size: 45 liters - Substrate: ADA Amazonia soil - Filtration: UGF (Under Gravel Filter) with ADA Amazonia soil, sponge filter - Additional Setup: Add some moss (e.g., Java moss), small caves, leaf litter (e.g., Indian almond leaves), and Bacter AE. - Water Parameters: - Temperature: 20-24°C - pH: 6.0-6.8 - GH: 4-6 dGH - KH: 0-2 dKH -- Water Adjustments and Maintenance - GH Adjustment: Use a GH booster to achieve 4-6 dGH (e.g., SaltyShrimp GH+). Follow the manufacturer's instructions for dosage. - KH Adjustment: Use a KH booster to achieve 0-2 dKH (e.g., SaltyShrimp Bee Shrimp Mineral GH/KH+). Follow the manufacturer's instructions for dosage. - Top-ups: Use RO water to replace evaporated water and maintain stable parameters. Check water levels daily and top up as needed. - Starting Number: 15 shrimp per tank -- List of 20 Caridina Shrimp Species 1. Galaxy Pinto Shrimp (Caridina cantonensis) 2. Black King Kong Shrimp (Caridina cantonensis) 3. Red King Kong Shrimp (Caridina cantonensis) 4. Shadow Panda Shrimp (Caridina cantonensis) 5. Blue Bolt Shrimp (Caridina cantonensis) 6. Red Bolt Shrimp (Caridina cantonensis) 7. Wine Red Shrimp (Caridina cantonensis) 8. Tangerine Tiger Shrimp (Caridina serrata) 9. Aura Blue Shrimp (Caridina serrata) 10. Red Fancy Tiger Shrimp (Caridina cantonensis) 11. Blue Fancy Tiger Shrimp (Caridina cantonensis) 12. Orange Eye Blue Tiger Shrimp (Caridina cantonensis) 13. Black Zebra Shrimp (Caridina cantonensis) 14. Green Jade Tiger Shrimp (Caridina cantonensis) 15. Super Crystal Red Shrimp (Caridina cantonensis) 16. Super Crystal Black Shrimp (Caridina cantonensis) 17. Golden Bee Shrimp (Caridina cantonensis) 18. Shadow Blue Shrimp (Caridina cantonensis) 19. Red Zebra Pinto Shrimp (Caridina cantonensis) 20. Black Fancy Tiger Shrimp (Caridina cantonensis) -- Summary For all 20 tanks with Caridina shrimp: - Tank Setup: 45 liters, ADA Amazonia soil, UGF filter with ADA Amazonia, sponge filter, moss, small caves, leaf litter, and Bacter AE. - Water Parameters: - Temperature: 20-24°C - pH: 6.0-6.8 - GH: 4-6 dGH - KH: 0-2 dKH - Adjustments: - GH: Use SaltyShrimp GH+ to achieve 4-6 dGH. - KH: Use SaltyShrimp Bee Shrimp Mineral GH/KH+ to achieve 0-2 dKH. - Maintenance: Top up with RO water as needed to maintain stable water parameters and compensate for evaporation. - Starting Number of Shrimp: 15 shrimp per tank

We did some work again this week 😉 - Painted ceiling black - More tanks arrived 😉 - Installed greenwall partly We ordered a bunch of lamps on alibaba, around 100, they will arrive in 6-8 weeks. This week we will focus on - Installing and painting more racks - Installing osmose RO system - Drilling holes in 60 45Liters - Installing Jacuzzi , so we can enjoy the view in style

Today we painted a part of the wall black, super happy with the looks! We cleaned up the space a bit and made a plumbing plan. We looking into buying lamps now, found similar to hygger lamps on ali, thinking to order 28x75cm and 10x100cm to start with as well as 8x50cm grow lamps for the plants that will grow out of the tanks.

we adjusted the steel shelf holders today so we can lower the rack shelves almost to the bottom, for the looks this is even better 🙂 We picked up a bunch of plants for the green wall. We moved the big tanks to the new rack and filled another two 200l, forgot to take pictures 🙈 Worked ar my new tank at home and filled it with water and installed a chihiros 130 wrgb.

Sweet thanks, I was reading about that as well, Caridina only top offs 😉 . I am thinking to drill the tanks anyway, now I drill them at 60% height, so I can add a tube that I can rotate, this way I can quickly do a +70% waterchange if I ever want to without a hassle. For the caridina I want to add a large UGF en a Sponge with small media box and give them some hiding spaces with moss on it, like half a coconut. For the fish and Neo I am thinking to do a continues drip system, all tanks will have an overflow, so I can just have them refreshed continuously. I found this calculator for it https://www.hamzasreef.com/Contents/Calculators/EffectiveWaterChange.php Thanks for the heads up Billy

We had an old isolated window left, which we used to make a window in the work area. This way we keep connected to the rest of the room and we can keep an eye on the entrance room ; ) We empties the 350L tank into 4x 200 Liter tanks, we have 4-6 filters already running for a while so we could use them in the 4 new tanks. We separated the panda corydoras (top right with filter sand) , the L333 breeding group (top left) , guppies (right bottom) and Spotted Conjo Puffer in separate tanks, give them a bit more privacy 😉 We decided to make the old tank rimless, it will have an open top with monstera growing out of them and we thought I will look better, used a handgrinder to cut the plastic of this old Juwel tank.