Cody

I LOVE SHRIMP..how cool do you think a shrimp tank would beee

jack11

i think it would be pretty cool, a few members have different types of invert tanks

Chief_waterchanger

Shrimp tanks can be tons of fun. It is even more fun to get a magnifying glass and try to find all the little babies. (Unless you're like me and have awesome eyesight, then finding them is still fun. )

Dino

We are currently running 5 species/types of shrimp here.

Red Cherry
Neon Green
Yellow
Blues ( the ones cherries came from)
Ghost

We work with the species that do not require a brackish/salt life stage.

0morrokh

Shrimp are pretty sweet. I'd have an all-shrimp tank if my parents would let me get another tank.

Rbacchiega

I have a vampire shrimp juvi in a 5 gallon...but they end up getting pretty massive, so I'll need to move it into a bigger one in a while

Cody

it sucks...theres not a huge amount of shrimp around here...ghost bamboo..Japanese algae eating shrimp...and amno shrimp....are the the ones i usually can find..any suggestions on how it would be ..i would proubably do in a 20

0morrokh

Japanese algae eating shrimp are probably the same thing as Amano shrimp. But there actually are a lot of species of shrimp, if you can get ahold of them. http://www.petshrimp.com/shrimpspecies.html Check out some of the shrimp on this page. You could make a cool setup with a couple Bamboos and a bunch of different dwarf shrimp--Amanos, Red Cherries, etc.

Cody

i thought that amanos and JAES were the same..i wasnt sure though....im excited

Cody

thanks for that site i really like it

Cody

i think im just going to keep multiple shrimp in my 55gallon

Chief_waterchanger

You should be careful, depending on what fish you have in the 55g. The shrimp are pretty vulnerable when they molt, and they do that quite often. The fish may take the chance at a seafood dinner.

NOTE: We have cherries in tanks with several fish and have no problems, but we also have a lot of hiding spots for them. Just putting that info out there.

Cody

thanks chief.. well i read on a few websites that you should could use a broken flower pot..i might try that..and my tank allready does have a few places they could go....im excited...it alll started when i bought a bamboo shrimp a few week ago and i just fell in love

0morrokh

Also keep in mind that if there are any fish other than catfish, even if they won't eat the adults they'll eat any babies. So if you want them to breed it won't work in a tank with fish. What fish do you have in the 55?

I know what you mean, shrimp are addicting. Such cool little critters.

Cody

i got 2 more bamboo shrimp today...i have bloodfin tetras and 3 spot paraguay tetras...there similar ot silver tips and rummy noses..but thats what the petco label..theres simmlare size to bloodfins but yeah..lol hard to explain and i have cories and ottos

0morrokh

Sounds like a nice tank. The tetras will eat any baby shrimp but I don't think they should bother the adults.

Cody

yeah ..well most shrimp are hard to raise as plankton from what i have read anyways

Tom

I have a tank with about 6-8 bumblebee shrimp, 6-8 cherry shrimp, and 6-8 ghost shrimp. There is also a couple of livebearers in there too. But it looks really nice.
Tom