I usually start with a colony of about ten shrimp with a mix of males and females. Many breeders want to dump males and hold onto the nice grade females so you got specify you want a mix of sexes. Those ten will turn into 30 pretty quick. I think shrimp will be happy there as long as the water parameters are inline for neos.
I have at least 50+ shrimps in my 10 gallon yet it still looks empty time to time. They love to hide and have super low bioload.. my only concern is your lack of algae. Until my tank grew algae I was seeding it with some powder which I can’t for the life of me remember the name of.. basically provides the same nutrients. Embrace the green and the shrimps will thank you for it.
In the mean time some moss, cholla wood, and almond leaves can help provide more nutrition for the shrimps you introduce.
I had a brutal first few batches with shrimp by the way. I felt like a genocidal maniac. But once tank stabilized and things were ok. I’ve left for 3 weeks over the holidays and came home to 2 happy little hands free ecosystems, very happy with the progress over 1 years time.
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Loving the bamboo forest!
I usually start with a colony of about ten shrimp with a mix of males and females. Many breeders want to dump males and hold onto the nice grade females so you got specify you want a mix of sexes. Those ten will turn into 30 pretty quick. I think shrimp will be happy there as long as the water parameters are inline for neos.
I don’t think bamboo can grow that submerged, i think only the bottoms can.
But i could be totally wrong.
Some red rili shrimp would look pretty neat in here
That’s the coolest setup I’ve seen with lucky bamboo!! I might try something similar!
Thank you!!!
I have at least 50+ shrimps in my 10 gallon yet it still looks empty time to time. They love to hide and have super low bioload.. my only concern is your lack of algae. Until my tank grew algae I was seeding it with some powder which I can’t for the life of me remember the name of.. basically provides the same nutrients. Embrace the green and the shrimps will thank you for it.
In the mean time some moss, cholla wood, and almond leaves can help provide more nutrition for the shrimps you introduce.
I had a brutal first few batches with shrimp by the way. I felt like a genocidal maniac. But once tank stabilized and things were ok. I’ve left for 3 weeks over the holidays and came home to 2 happy little hands free ecosystems, very happy with the progress over 1 years time.
i think a betta would love that
If you want shrimp, then slap some java moss on that rock. They’ll love you for it