jawsisabetta

I just bought a 10 gallon aquarium at a garage sale and I want to make it a shrimp only tank. So how many cherry red or ghost shrimp could I keep in a 10 gallon with an aquaclear 5-15 gallon filter?

Tony G.

i have heard you can get away with 6-8 shrimp per gallon, so you could start out with 10 and let them multiply!

jawsisabetta

thanks. are they hard to breed?

Tony G.

not as far as i know. They actually breed very often. Just make sure you have lots of java moss and lots of rocks and caves for them to hide in and explore lol.
You make me want to get a shrimp tank...

jawsisabetta

Great! Maybe I'll do like 15 cherry shrimp and let them breed. I could also add a few to my 14 gallon!

Tony G.

jawsisabetta

Could I add 1 male betta to the shrimp aquarium?

Tony G.

you could, but it would be tempting him to try them, and trust me, he would wipe the tank with some time lol...
maybe some guppies?

penance

I wouldn't suggest adding a betta, I kept my male betta temporarily in my 5g shrimp tank due to a shortage in tanks and all my red cherry shrimp were scared and hid under the logs and plants and wouldn't come out until he was gone, at first I thought that melon had eaten them but nope, just hiding

Toddnbecka

I had a 10 gallon tank that I stocked wth a dozen cherry shrimp. Eventually there were several hundred of them from newly hatched to adults, no problems from overcrowding that I could tell. I have read that they will stop reproducing if they become too crowded, but there were probably a couple dozen shrimp/gallon ands they weren't stopping.

jawsisabetta

Ok. I won't add a betta. Thanks for all the answers.

jawsisabetta

I also have a 1 gallon aquarium with an under gravel filter that right now has 3 platy fry in it, but they are being upgraded. Can I put shrimp in that, or is it too small. I was thinking of using the ten gallon for a divided betta tank. The temperature is pretty constant, about 75 in the day and 72 at around midnight.(I stay up late) I would like to have shrimp, but can't seem to have the room for them.