1" per gal rule with shrimp

viking47 · March 27th, 2008

When determining the amount of fish in a tank using the general rule of 1" per gallon, should ghost shrimp be included?

Tom · March 27th, 2008

With shrimp of any kind, their bioload is a lot less then that of a fish, so you can have about 5 ghost shrimp for a gallon of water, but it will just be better if you have about 20 for 5 gallons of water. Hope it answers your questions.
Tom

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