in a 1 gallon?

[Jkoziatek]

what species of shrimp can i keep in a 1 gallon?

 

[arowana man]

i kept cherrys in a 2g.

 

[Jkoziatek]

how many?

 

[Manny Stiles]

I heard the rule of thumb for most shrimp is 2 inches of shrimp per one gallon of water, but if you do water changes (or in the case of a one gallon setup, "mini" water changes) there's no reason you couldn't keep up to 4 or 5 cherrys or even up to 6 ghost shrimp.

You could look into amanos but GOOD LUCK with them, especially in a small tank.

Personally, I wouldn't put anything in a one gallon set up that I wasn't purposely trying to torture. Maybe a snail...

I used to keep a betta at my desk at work in a gallon bowl, but I changed the water and cleaned the bowl twice a week until I quit that job and brought the betta home to a bigger bowl (and still have to clean it twice a week, damned crapmachine!)

I would say one gallon is too small for a wood shrimp.

 

[Danyal]

pack it full of plants like naja grass and throw in a dozen cherry shrimp.

 

[Jacko]

I'd say 6 cherry shrimp max. They reproduce like mad and in no time that 6 will become 60. Plus I have had a big female at about 1.25 inches, untill she got eaten along with all of my other RCS by my Black Paradisefish.

 

[melinat]

I've got ghost shrimp, and aside from some mad glass-climbing, they stay quite stationery so I'd say about 6. The guy at the pet store said they're jumpers, tho no proof to support this theory yet....

 

[Danyal]

hahaha, the LFS was right. i lose most of my ghosts to jumping. almost invariably you'll have them looking great for a time and then one by one start dissapearing.

 

[Manny Stiles]

My gosts used to jump. Then I took out the fish that were trying to eat them/they were fearing. I haven't had a jumper in months. I liken them to a squadron of the unholy fusion between an underwater helicopter and a see-through cockroach.

 

[arowana man]

how many?

started of with 10 but ended up with 30. i just kept taking them out as the population grew.