Baby harlequin shrimp just born!

[Thespammailaccount]

love the dedication ..ready ...set..baby quins..

Read somewhere where they were successful in a larger volume of water 220 gal I believe. Read somewhere else that someone made it to day 15 using water circulated from the ocean. Someone did bring them to settlement in Ohio which is not close to the ocean so that might not be a requirement. This tank has been setting around with sump it will give me 165 gallons of volume

 

[Thespammailaccount]

The breeding pair. I do not believe my second pair is breeding I think the female is not quite old enough yet

 

[fishguy242]

how are you going to use /block overflow on larger tank?

 

[Thespammailaccount]

how are you going to use /block overflow on larger tank?

Probably a tank/bucket inside the tank at water level with corresponding in and out flow or just a kreisel tank in the tank

 

[Thespammailaccount]

What I have so far of the diy Kreisel tank. Will be able to see through both ends when the protective film is removed. Thinking about a spray bar attached to an airline/pump with a small micron mesh to break the bubbles if I do go with an airline. Still need to cut a hole in the side and attach a small micron mesh to allow flow

 

[LRT]

This is awesome

 

[Thespammailaccount]

DIY Kreisel built

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Got the Kreisel in the tank. Had to add a flow restrictor to calm the flow. Have a small piece of nori inside floating around in a circle mission accomplished

 

[fishguy242]

are you going to need air/ex oxygen in there?

 

[Thespammailaccount]

are you going to need air/ex oxygen in there?

I do have a hang on the back filter in the tank do you think that is enough or do you think I should add an airline? Or something else? What do you think?

 

[fishguy242]

i am not sure,i used an open end airline w my baby horses ,but had 0 filtration but,going from 1/2 gal vessels up to 1gal and so on but changed every 24 hrs..tried all 28 days was longest ,never succeded two years straight,hoping to learn and or help here

 

[Thespammailaccount]

i am not sure,i used an open end airline w my baby horses ,but had 0 filtration but,going from 1/2 gal vessels up to 1gal and so on but changed every 24 hrs..tried all 28 days was longest ,never succeded two years straight,hoping to learn and or help here

I can add an air pump I have an extra one

 

[fishguy242]

just have to be careful no micro bubbles

 

[CollectOyster04]

I would skip the hob filter as I would think that it would suck up everything (including shrimp). An air pump and frequent water changes may be better way to go. I could be wrong, but the filter may become counterintuitive.

 

[Thespammailaccount]

I would skip the hob filter as I would think that it would suck up everything (including shrimp). An air pump and frequent water changes may be better way to go. I could be wrong, but the filter may become counterintuitive.

Thank you I can use all the help I can get. The Kreisel tank inside the tank is raised above the water level and has a mesh screen on the side to allow for water passage but keep the shrimp inside brine and harlequin and possibly even rotifers since it is 25 micron

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Starting to wonder if I should use a larger micron mesh on the Kreisel? It is 25 micron. But wondering if I should increase the size to allow the passage of brine and rotifers? Wondering if preventing their passage will degrade the water quality inside the Kreisel even though there is water flow? If anything it would make getting the expired ones out of the Kreisel more difficult

 

[Thespammailaccount]

What I have so far. Transferred some sand which I put in a container with many pin sized holes to allow flow and a bio cube and some matrix from my display. Also transferred three med size snails to keep the bacterial population up before I flood the tank with phytoplankton and zooplankton. Might put in a few of my mangroves and macro with a small light on the opposite side of the Kreisel. Hopefully all of this plastic in a small volume of water won’t have any detrimental effect? Really wanted to keep the top to cut down on evaporation but the plumbing options I had available has made it a challenge

 

[fishguy242]

possibly put cheapie ammo badge in both tank and kreisel,just to see if equal as far as micron size

 

[Thespammailaccount]

possibly put cheapie ammo badge in both tank and kreisel,just to see if equal as far as micron size

Thank you will do. Going to add an airline as well for good measure but had to order A power strip but will be here tomorrow

 

[fishguy242]

food for thought ,put side by side in tank first ,to see if accurate match,then move one