Shrimpinista Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 Great to see a new forum just for shrimpers. Here is a little bit about myself...I started keeping shrimp 4 years ago after starting a planted tank. I saw from reading (lurking) that people were talking about keeping shrimp and I was intrigued. I started with 1 tank and a dozen RCS. I now have 8 tanks and want more HA! Thank goodness I have a sweet dear understanding husband! I look forward to sharing information and learning from other folk's experiences. BarbaraBetta 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OblongShrimp Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 Welcome and thanks for showing up . I know all to well how easy it is to get sucked into shrimp and always needing just one more tank. Do you have any pictures of your setup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 Welcome to shrimpland! heh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merth Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 Welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axelrod12 Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosspearl Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 Welcome! Your story sounds a lot like mine. Thank goodness for understanding spouses (and enabling shrimpers who supply the critters...you know who you are)! This place is starting to buzz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OblongShrimp Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 I know my wife tolerates them only because they are in the basement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 LOL I think tolerate is teh correct word on my end, too. heh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elevianne Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 I understand the feeling. I feel very discourage now because mine kept dying on me. I am starting again and change my tactic a little bit to see what happen. It is not cool to spend so much on them and they keep disappearing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 elevianne, do you have any test kits? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dog Posted November 6, 2013 Report Share Posted November 6, 2013 Welcome to the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkNJD15 Posted November 6, 2013 Report Share Posted November 6, 2013 Hahahaha 8 tanks! I wish... Tell us about your setups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpinista Posted November 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2013 Hi, Yes, I have 8 tanks...two 20 gal (1 tall, 1 long), four 10 gal, one 30 gal and one 55 gal. All are in my attached garage with a window air conditioner. When I started out, we were in an old house with wood floors. Not good ! I only had one 20, the 30 and the 55 at that time. Then we moved...yay! I love the concrete floor in the garage and how I no longer have to be soooo careful. I don't have any pictures of the setup. Who wants to take pictures of a garage! I purchase my R/O for $.25 a gal and tote it in the back of my jeep cherokee. I use the old water for watering my plants and remineralize each gal before adding it. I used to test for KH and GH but now rely on a TDS meter. We have a vacation home in the mountains with a basement. I hope that we will move to permanently in next couple of years. The water is wonderful mountain spring water with a PH of 7. I am already starting my research to build a shrimp room in the basement. Any suggestions on setting up a water changing system would be very welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpinista Posted November 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2013 I created and upload some pics to the Gallery under album "Shrimpinista" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OblongShrimp Posted November 8, 2013 Report Share Posted November 8, 2013 sweet I love basement setups! Were you looking for something completely automated? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpinista Posted November 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2013 Automated would be really nice but I would be happy with convenience too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OblongShrimp Posted November 12, 2013 Report Share Posted November 12, 2013 I had set up a system in my old house where I could attach a hose to the tank (quick release) and open a value to drain the tank and then I had a U shaped PVC thing that I could hang into the tank and use a pump to pump water back in. My next setup I am going to try and go fully automated. I want to have overflows drilled in each tank and then use irrigation driplines set to a timer to add water back to the tanks. As the tanks filled up the excess would go over the overflow and out to the garden. I would probably have 2 overflows with one slightly higher incase one got plugged. Here is a link to my blog where I have some pictures of my old setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted November 12, 2013 Report Share Posted November 12, 2013 I would LOVE an automated system. But with over 50 tanks, it would cost me a small fortune in many ways... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluePearls Posted November 12, 2013 Report Share Posted November 12, 2013 Hi Shrimpinista! Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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