Can I Add Shrimp?

[geo7x]

hi there,
i have a 15 us gallon tank, which currently holds 9 harlequin rasboras, and 5 corydoras trilineatus. I would like to add some shrimp, can i? which would you recommend?
thanks
george

 

[littleme1969]

Depends on your water chemistry as to what you add. I would stick with the small varieties, they are easy to keep.
Check out Pet shrimp website. You will find the water perameters for each type of dwarf shrimp that would do best for your water type.
Ive kept Blue, Cherry, bubble bee, tiger shrimps before, the tiger did breed as well. You have to keep things very clean with shrimp, they like good water quality, and if you get the wrong type for your water they wont thrive and will die within a month or too.

Nikki

 

[geo7x]

thanks littleme, i will be sure to research before i buy

 

[jayjay]

Main one's like i've said to you before, cherry, ghost, amano and filter feeders, anything non predatory really.