Thinking about a shrimp display tank.

[Markw]

Hey all! I've got a spare 40g breeder lying around. I'm thinking about making it into a shrimp tank. Lots of mosses, ferns, etc. So, I come to you all for two things:

Do any of you have larger shrimp tanks? If so, could you post photos?

And do you have advice on a stock list?

Thanks!
Mark

 

[Fat Homer]

I say go for it!!! then again, i maybe slightly bias...

Anyway, if you want to see pics of my shrimp tank, check out the the 50G tank build in my sig... thats where you can see what i did with my CRS tank...

As for stocking advise, i guess my first question would be, have you ever kept any species of ornamental shrimp before, if you have what type? or is this the first time your getting into these shrimps?

 

[Markw]

Thanks! This'll be my first time with shrimps. But I've kept puffers, freshwater fish, saltwater, axies, dart frogs, etc before. So I have a decent amount of experience.

Mark

 

[Fat Homer]

In that case, depending on how much you'd like to spend there are quite a few options for shrimp...

The common and probably easiest to keep / breed are the Cherry Red Shrimp, not overly picky about slightly warmer temps i.e below 28'c

The other commonly kept shrimp is probably the Crystal Red Shrimp, these depending on quality can range in price from pretty cheap to pretty darn expensive if they are literally top of the line quality (which is very rare)... These guys tend to prefer temps at 25'c and below, above that for extended periods of time and they dont do so well...

Other newer species which are still quite pricy include Black King Kongs, Red King Kongs, otherwise, if you want a shrimp that prefers warmer water and alkaline water you could try Sulawesi shrimp which come in a variety of colors and prefer temps at around 28'c

Then there are larger shrimp such as vampire shrimp and bamboo shrimp if you want some of the larger types...


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