eviltrain's Shrimp Rack Project Alpha

[madnugget]

yes yes! definitely!

[Cross]

Hey eviltrain want to point out something about your chiller placement.
is the back of your chiller facing the wall? Need at least 1 ft away to prevent overheating

[eviltrain]

brother Cross,
thanks for reminding me and viewing my thread. all along i thought only 6 inches is needed. guess i need to diy a box to exhaust the warm air out.
-more diy for me-

[goody992828]

propbably best to fit a small fan to cool down the chiller when kick in. This will have better air circulation. just my 2 cents

[eviltrain]

ya, i added a dymax fan as exhaust to suck " out " the heated air out of the window. will improvise on it more while i brainstorming for more better idea.

[kian]

eviltrain. you are really king of DIY, your tank setup system is the most complex todate.

[eviltrain]

haha, complexity is not really recommended
thanks for viewing.

[eviltrain]

feeding time!!!!

[bai]

wow so many crs.....how i wish I have so many.

Have start my new project, today going to fix u the connection to the chiller. But yesterday found out that 1 missing rainbar for my 2215 which I bought from NA on Monday later going to call them, hope they dun denied lor.

[eviltrain]

brother bai,
maybe you can try call them up about this situation first. a new set of NA also cost five dollars nia.

[goody992828]

Hi Bro eviltrain

What chiller & canister are you using? I am trying to get a Healia 300A with eheim 2028, but not sure does this fits? Care to advise? Thanks!

[eviltrain]

woot! you getting a 600 litres tank?
actually it depends on your tank size. i'm using Resun CL- 450 with Jebo 1050 LPH canister. they are actually link up in series with a Rena XP1 ( just in case i don't have enough head to flow to the top tank, its not switch on and wouldn't it be nice to have a extra canister for more place for BB to grow )

need to insulate all the pipings and tanks with styrofoam and insulation pipes soon.

[mikeang]

Hi,

I noticed the tanks are just beside your bed. How do you sleep with the lights and the noise generated by the chiller, the pump etc? Are there any danger of sleeping with CO2 gas so near?

Anyway, looks very nice.

[eviltrain]

haha, i will just get myself sleepy from looking at the shrimps every night. Joking. i'm a heavy sleeper, so there's not much problem with the noise. my pumps and chiller are quite quiet to me. water splashing is very minimal. i'm not introducing CO2 into the tank yet. and my CO2 tank is actually quite small ( 1-2 litre?) storing it one corner first until i finish setting up the whole rack.
anyway, thanks for viewing and comment

[harrynkl]

See your tank make me wanted to do upgrading project for my cherrys and guppy. now in two minds 'faint'

[eviltrain]

hi harrymkl,
you need some more poison. you are not being poison deep enough. haha
thanks for viewing and commenting

[bai]

now i having a headache liao....the flowrate very strong my 2nd & bottom tank now think how to reduce the flowrate.....Haiz

[eviltrain]

there should be a way to decrease the flow rate by closing one of the knob of the ehiem quick release connector ( REMEMBER NOT ALL ) fine tune it to suit the flow rate of your preference.

[BFG]

Eviltrain, why not raise the chiller a bit higher and vent out the hot air through your window? Better that way.

[eviltrain]

Boss BFG,
will try out tonight if there's any difference