Shrimp tank ?

[mydawg8mystash]

how hard and what all does a shrimp tank involve like what is required to get it going and what kind of filtration do i need like extream clean or just a hob ? plants? suggestions? i have a couple extra 10g i was thinkin about starting one mabey 2 who knows

[Bedlamer]

The red cherry shrimp are very easy to take care of, breed easily and are inexpensive. I had a 2.5 gallon plastic tub filled with some left over plants from an auction. I got some shrimp from someone kinda unexpectedly. I usually research critters before hand, but that time no. I threw them in the tub and stuck a pre-cycled mini internal filter in the tub, and threw in an algae wafer once a day. Other than top up the water and feeding, kinda forgot about them for a bit. When I had a close look at them awhile later they were numerous. They'll do well at 72 F--so you shouldn't need a heater. Its an excellent starter shrimp--the more expensive ones can be more difficult to keep. Dark substrate and background, helps to bring out the red color in them. They like to jump out--a top on the tank would be good, and they like heavily planted tanks. I eventually set them up a 5.5 gallon low light planted (Java fern, Java moss, Annubias) and put an AC 20 HOB on it. A few shrimp end up in the filter. I rescue them when I clean the filter. Good luck!

[troy tucker]

There are bigger shrimp too. I have Red cherry's but I have Amanos and Bamboo too. The tank started as a com. tank now its just shrimp. The RCS are taking over. the first 20 I got have turned in to hundreds and I brake all the rules. I have pee size rock under gound filters power heads and they still keep growing in numbers. as shrimp go. They are not really all that but they make great fish food...

[mydawg8mystash]

yea thats why i wanna start one ferr food

[Totenkampf]

if for food, then the most prolific seem to be RCS. They will breed better if you make them happy so water that is cooler, lower than neutral pH, not too hard but with some minerals for shell developement, and low in other pollution seems the way to go. Plants / rocks / drwiftwood will grow biofilm for them to feed on in addition to algae wafers and indian almond leaves will help lower pH plus help fight off disease. i recently switched over to a emperor 280 HOB filter with mechanical filtration and purigen only in the well plus the biological element of the biowheel and the results have been dramatic. look up red cherry shrimp or neocaridina heteropoda for more info.

[sunkenmetal]

RCS and Malawa are super easy to take care of and breed like crazy... You don't even need substrate or real plants.. just a HOB and some stuff for them to climb on and they are happy

[fishman1]

you don't even need a filter maybe a heater during winters and a few veggies or random fish food and you are good to go with neocardina shrimp

[sunkenmetal]

I would run a filter if its only a power head with a sponge on it...

[aquabee]

My shrimp tank has a sponge filter with carbon and a sponge pre-filter as well. My yellows did awesome, and they survived some pretty rough times in that nano.

[sunkenmetal]

Shrimps don't dirty up the water as much as fish but still a good idea to have a small filter to get some flow and put some o2 in the water...

[aquabee]

Shrimps don't dirty up the water as much as fish but still a good idea to have a small filter to get some flow and put some o2 in the water...

Yep. More biological filtration will help 'em thrive.

[sunkenmetal]

A sponge filter is the cheapest and easiest and the shrimp will hang out on it grazing all day long lol

[aquabee]

A sponge filter is the cheapest and easiest and the shrimp will hang out on it grazing all day long lol

Yeah. Most of 'em are kinda large and ugly tho.

[sunkenmetal]

But if you are going to for a cheap easy quick set up for shrimp its the best way to go

[mnemenoi]

We have them in a 1 gallon vase breeding on the kitchen counter. Only do water changes weekly and occasional food, but it took some trial and error to get them going that way.