Shrimp Tank

[freshwaterfishlover]

I won't to buy a 15 Gallon for a Shrimp tank of all kinds. I would not need a heater, but could I get away with no Filter? Also how many shrimp could I put in the tank? More then 10? I am talking comfortable in the tank.

[kimmers318]

Check out Petshrimp.com for loads of info on various different shrimp. Shrimp are very light on the bio load and you could have lots of them in a 15 gal. They recommend minimum 10 gal, and a sponge filter so the shrimp don't get sucked up. I have mine in a 2 gal (only 9 shrimp) but put a piece of mesh around the filter intake to keep the itty bitty cherry shrimp from getting sucked into the filter.

[freshwaterfishlover]

There some great looking shrimp, but only ones I have seen in stores are Amonia shrimp, Ghost Shrimp and Cherry Red Shrimp.

[xoolooxunny]

Shrimp ship well, because they can tolerate lower or higher temps, and dont need a lot of food or filtration...maybe you can order some offline?

[freshwaterfishlover]

Do you mean order some "online" not "offline". Do you know any site that ship for $5.00? most fish sites charge $25.00.

[freshwaterfishlover]

Shrimp tanks should not have plants. how would a few dwarf Hairgrasses do?

[bettaboy691]

no plants in shrimp tanks?
what are you on about, my 5 gallon shrimp tank is heated, sponge filtered and has a light on in the day
its well planted with a varity of different plants, and has sand substrate, with piece of bog wood in there too,
i have cherry shrimps, bumble bee shrimps, tiger shrimps and amano shrimps in there, all happy, i feed well, and treat the tank like anyother fish tank, doing water changes weekly and taking good care of it.
a shrimp tank be be tret 2 ways i think, either a underwater garden with lots of plants that look pretty with shrimps being a little eye catching and acting sort of gardeners, cleaning the algea and prooning the plants ( i know they dont do this, but it can look like that when they are crawling about)
OR
as a shrimp tank, shrimps being the main focus with plants surrounding them, and whatever plants that you want ( no particular species of plant,whatevers avaible )
i treat mine as the second, but it seems like the first, i use cuttings of my other plants and wack them in, taking little care about how it looks (looks quite good atually, even though i do say so myself)
but whatever, to me its the shrimps lives that come first,
just my input

[freshwaterfishlover]

On Petshrimp.com they said there should not be plants in a shrimp tank. I was thinking half of a 15 gallon with fake and real hairgrass. I am thinking something more then your average Ghost. I would try Cheery Red Shrimp and someothers.