!5 gal. what to put in it?

Evan · Post by **Evan** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 7:13 pm

I have a 15 gtal. tank leftover from my goldfish Ed(he got his eye ripped out by a crayfish and barely survived then died 2 weeks after I got home{not sure from what though}). I'm thinking a VS shrimp. Also maybe some smaller shrimp depending on what I can find. Thanks Evan.

Post by **Mustafa** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 7:17 pm

Whatever you put in it, cycle the tank first.

Any shrimp species (except some huge monster shrimp like Macrobrachium rosenbergii) will be fine. Make sure that you do not put more than 2 Atya gabonensis into that tank...that species gets pretty huge.

Mustafa

amber2461 · Post by **amber2461** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 7:35 pm

I am waiting for the day that my 2 Atyas 'grow'

Evan · Post by **Evan** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 8:28 pm

Its still cycled

. Just kidding thanks for the info. I would like to have ghosts, amanos, tigers, red shrimp(of some sort), greens. ninjas and of course VS. Would all these work? Thanks Evan.

amber2461 · Post by **amber2461** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 8:47 pm

If you can make that happen, it would be one intresting tank

Evan · Post by **Evan** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 8:48 pm

It would be but I think it may be a little much.

amber2461 · Post by **amber2461** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 8:56 pm

Really?

I don't think so

Evan · Post by **Evan** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 10:11 pm

Oh. I'm so used to fish. I wouldn't dream of putting that many fish in a 15.

amber2461 · Post by **amber2461** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 10:14 pm

That would depend on how many shrimps you wanna put into that 15g? They are small (with the exception of the VS of course)

Post by **Mustafa** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 4:43 pm

Why don't you just start with one shrimp species and see if they'll live first? Gain some experience first before opening a 15 gallon shrimp zoo.

.

Mustafa

Evan wrote:Its still cycled . Just kidding thanks for the info. I would like to have ghosts, amanos, tigers, red shrimp(of some sort), greens. ninjas and of course VS. Would all these work? Thanks Evan.

scrimp · Post by **scrimp** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 7:49 pm

I prefer shrimp farms myself. I think any more then 3 spices in a tank is a little cluttered. Though you can mix and match them as you please. Just get a good color combination and more then one of each. In the wild I wonder how many shrimp are usually found with each other? Anyoen know the answer to this?

Bradimus · Post by **Bradimus** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 8:37 pm

scrimp wrote:In the wild I wonder how many shrimp are usually found with each other? Anyoen know the answer to this?

Depends on the type. For peaceful types, there will be as many as the food supply can support.