Any Success With Biorb?

[Nstocks]

Hello,
 
I'm looking at returning to a hobby of fish keeping, specifically keeping cherry shrimp.
 
The biOrb Life 15L is very appealing to me due to its price, design and integration in one unit. I understand that they aren't really suitable for fish which I'm fine with and I've had suggestions about keeping shrimp.
 
Has anyone successfully kept shrimp in a biOrb with live plants for a long period of time? The biggest downfall of a biOrb is poor filtration, but I understand as long as the original ceramic media is kept in the tank, the filtrations should be adequate for shrimp.
 
Advice with this tank is greatly appreciated. 

 

[Wills]

Hi welcome to the forum If your going for a designer style tank what about a fluval edge? More flexible over all with accessories, decor and inhabitants but I realise its not a mock fish bowl.
 
Wills

 

[Nstocks]

Thanks for the welcome
 
I've looked at the fluvial edge 23L but it's just not high enough for my liking . Would shrimp be happy on the ceramic media as there isn't really much options for other media since it would get stuck in the filter.

 

[Ch4rlie]

How about Fluval Edge 46L which is the larger version one of that 23L one. I had one of these 46L Edge, quite a fiddly tank to maintain but once you get hang of it, its quite good.

 

[Nstocks]

The 46L is far to large for my desk and I don't want to buy more furniture!

 

[Ch4rlie]

The 46L is far to large for my desk and I don't want to buy more furniture!

 

 
Fair enough!

 

[TallTree01]

I have managed to maintain some of the larger biorbs with medium success. But I can say with certainty that I would take a standard 5 gallon over any of the biorb range any day. I'm not sure how shrimp would go but I would be wary that they could get stuck to the filter without due care.