I was actually wanting to use the same method as you did chrome but unfortunately the containers are to small. The only other option I can think of for an emergency overflow is to drill holes in the back with flexible tubing connected into the drain line.

Hmmm, good idea Alex the only thing I would worry about is the filter pores getting clogged. The good thing is if I decide to change it the screen I have on now is just siliconed on and can easily be removed. I was debating on what to do for the overflow for a while. Even now I still worry that it might get clogged and flood the fish room. I think I might install another drain in the back of the containers and connect them to the drain just in case.

Well good luck guppydude I hope they all live together peacefully.

I used fiberglass window screen. Unfortunately I had to buy a whole roll of it and only used like six square inches. Guess on the bright side I have extra screen if the dogs ever decide to tear up the storm door this summer.

Oops missed one more picture of the overflow and bulkhead in the containers. Since I do not plan on keeping plants in this system I figured a monthly cleaning of the screen on the overflow will keep it from getting clogged; atleast I hope so.

Can not wait to start lounging around up in here

I would say the cories will not mess with the adult shrimp but they might eat the babies. Although they are mainly scavengers like snakeskinner said they can be opportunistic. You should play it on the safe side and keep them seperate or just add a few cories and a few shrimp in the same tank and see what happens. Whatever you do though I wouldnt put them all together, not just because of them possibly eating the shrimp fry but because the extra waste produced by the corries might have a negative effect on the shrimp. Shrimp prefer clean nitrate free water, or close to it, so it is usually best to keep them in a species only setup.

Hey everyone Michael Miller here from Lexington Kentucky. I have been raising and breeding fish for about ten years now. I have tried everything from angelfish and guppies to snails and shrimp. I ended up settling down with fancy swordtails. I now breed albino blood red sailfin swordtails, albion and normal koi, albino and normal pineapple, albino and normal wild green, and will soon be receiving sanshoku and black berlin. I also breed bleeding heart and calico platys but will most likely be getting rid of all the platys to make room for more swordtails. I have been working on my new website, www.fancyswordtails.com , but have not had much time to finish it up with my job and all the other projects I have been doing. If you count the fry containers I am currently running with about sixty tanks. I plan on expanding soon and will be adding in another thirty or so tanks. These last thirty tanks will be the end of the expansion until I build a drip system that will continuously drip in fresh water to all the tanks and get rid of waste water via drilled bulkheads in each tank. Dont ask me why I am adding another thirty tanks as the ones I have already are a chore to do water changes on. Maybe its MTS(multiple tank syndrome) but what can I say Im addicted now.

Well guys and girls I have been busy here lately and have not had the chance to post. What has been keeping me so busy was building my new fry stand. It has twenty containers that hold roughly two gallons of water each. Here is the front view.


This is the side view. This picture shows how I have the main water supply line running to the top and snaking down each rack.


I decided to put in a ball valve to relieve excess pressure in the main line. You can also see where I added pressure connectors in case I ever need to remove the reservoir.


Luckily I already had a pond pump that works perfectly.


Each rack has its own 1" drainage pipe that connects on the side and goes back into the sump.


I found some good plastic water valves at jehmco.


After pressure testing the system and making sure there were no leaks and making sure that all the containers overflows worked I moved it up into the fish room. Now all I have left to do is drill small holes in the lids for the water lines and put them on. I now have nine strains of swordtails and hope that twenty fry tanks will be enough. We will see I guess.

That would be a great idea.