how my poison for CRS started

June 2009, my very first tank (five plan 'S' size" which my gf gives to me when i told her i wanted to do a "small" planted tank to play with.



omg~ look at the temperature. no fan no chiller and using a internal 200lph filter.

i will spent most of the time on net to do research on everything related shrimps/planted tanks when i stumble on CRS. i was getting more and more addicted on them and bought 10pc of A grades with 2 blue notes in Aug, 2009 . (yes, it cost that much then )

then my 2nd tank is curve front 40x28x28 tank for rock scape.

failed with hair grass dying and algae outbreak. with fan/ GEX 'S' HOF

my 3rd tank is a 2 x 1 x 1.5 feet ( unfortunately, i lost the photos already ) . for this time, i got a CL-280 and Ehiem 2222. specially for CRS breeding. used GEX soil but simply can't keep the pH lower than 7.


my 4th tank is this 3 x 1.5 x 1.5 is a plug and play CRS tank which i bought over from a fellow bro in another forum. using CL450 and jet-3688 canister. this is where my CRS started to breed well for me.



will be back for more
-poison alert-

I just got poisoned too after seeing all the beautiful shrimps in AF

Next i went all the way to a shrimp rack system with DIY overflow pipe + undergravel system.



here's the new JET- 3688, Atman CF1200 and newly furbish Teco TR15 connected to my shrimp rack. Water flow has increase significantly.
The Jet - 3688 is a dummy ( i'm a sucker for more media )



The chiller is move up on top of a 2 feet spare rack and its place in a position where the exhaust is facing out the window. the two canister is at the bottom of the 2 feet rack

my schematic of my water flow is :
->JET-3688
->Atman CF1200
->Teco TR15
->top tank
->middle tank
->bottom tank

this is now decommed due to some work commitment. really love the time spent brain storming and setting this 2 feet 3 tier rack.

-some of the shrimps i got before-













-how my DIY over flow system works-

video 1 , video 2

-my US fissiden bogwood tree-

-more shrimps photos-









err, my birthday cup cakes that my gf gets for me



-most expensive shrimp i ever bought-



-flower head + crown-

shrimp eggs ( yes, from dead mother and i artificially hatched them )





-thanks for viewing-

[Koji™]

Originally Posted by eviltrain

shrimp eggs ( yes, from dead mother and i artifically hatched them )





-thanks for viewing-

Nice~ This kinda shoot is priceless.

Originally Posted by Koji™

Nice~ This kinda shoot is priceless.

yapz, kinda priceless for those who can't get to see the eggs in microscopic level.

[Koji™]

Originally Posted by eviltrain

yapz, kinda priceless for those who can't get to see the eggs in microscopic level.

But seriously I hope I never got to do artifical hatching myself.

Bro i have question during your rack setup your teco chiller is serving one to one tank of serving several tank?

Originally Posted by avex30

Bro i have question during your rack setup your teco chiller is serving one to one tank of serving several tank?

the teco chiller serves all 3 tanks from top to bottom.

schematic :-

top tank over flow to middle tank > middle tank over flow to bottom tank >
bottom tank to canister 1 > canister 1 to canister 2 (dummy) > canister 2 (dummy) to chiller > chiller to top tank.

you can check out the video that i have post regarding the diy over flow pipes to link all 3 tanks together.