2 Gallon Tank Successful 2gallon ghost shrimp setup

[rainbowsprinkles]

Finally have luck with ghost shrimp so thought I’d share.. the came from store cloudy and sickly looking but they came back to health..

5 shrimp (2f 3m). I put them in a
seasoned 2 gallon tank with lots of physical structure: driftwood, found lotus pod, leaf litter from yard, plants from local pond (hornwort, water lettuce, unknown emergent), fine gravel-2 inches. Lava stones to harbor denitrifying bacteria.

Consistent a/n/n=0,0,0.

established rams horn snail population (snail waste is thought to harbor microbes good for shrimp).

No heater..a sponge filter. Feed betta bug bytes once a day.

1 month- no mortality.. females with eggs soon to release. Waiting to see if I’ll get baby shrimp..

 

[babykitten]

Finally have luck with ghost shrimp so thought I’d share.. the came from store cloudy and sickly looking but they came back to health..

5 shrimp (2f 3m). I put them in a
seasoned 2 gallon tank with lots of physical structure: driftwood, found lotus pod, leaf litter from yard, plants from local pond (hornwort, water lettuce, unknown emergent), fine gravel-2 inches. Lava stones to harbor denitrifying bacteria.

Consistent a/n/n=0,0,0.

established rams horn snail population (snail waste is thought to harbor microbes good for shrimp).

No heater..a sponge filter. Feed betta bug bytes once a day.

1 month- no mortality.. females with eggs soon to release. Waiting to see if I’ll get baby shrimp..
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That's a beautiful tank. I'm jealous of your setup

 

[jkkgron2]

What light is on the tank? It looks great!

 

[rainbowsprinkles]

That's a beautiful tank. I'm jealous of your setup

Thanks! It’s been a fun project. If babies survive I will need to expand though.. or populate some other tanks.

 

[rainbowsprinkles]

What light is on the tank? It looks great!

Thanks - it’s this light (below). I love it and plants are doing great.

ECtENX LED Aquarium Light, Fish...

 

[rainbowsprinkles]

Here is one of the males- trying to get a pic of a berried female

 

[Inner10]

Where did you get the lotus pod that looks really cool.

 

[tjander]

If they survive they should be fine in the tank you have. I would not expect many to survive but you could get lucky and have a few.

 

[smokeskrene4207]

Nice tank!!

 

[rainbowsprinkles]

Where did you get the lotus pod that looks really cool.

A local pond. The shrimp like the holes and there is a white slime mold that keeps doing laps around the pod top of the pod so we have named him Bob.

 

[rainbowsprinkles]

I hope she’s not eating one of the males