How Many Of Each?

[Meggie :)]

Hey all

So I have a ten gallon tank with sand and wood and live plants. It is a foot and a half long and 10 and a half inches wide. I currently have 2 female balloon mollies, one female guppy, like 20 fry that I will be giving away as soon as I can sex them, and 4 ghost shrimp.

I am going to a really great LFS this weekend and I wanted to pick up some more shrimp, but I was wondering how many and of what kinds I should get? I am not getting rid of my 4 ghost shrimp, though...I really love cherries and amanos...if i kept my 4 ghosts how many of each (or one) could I get?

thanks!
Megan

 

[Caprichoso]

Hey all

So I have a ten gallon tank with sand and wood and live plants. It is a foot and a half long and 10 and a half inches wide. I currently have 2 female balloon mollies, one female guppy, like 20 fry that I will be giving away as soon as I can sex them, and 4 ghost shrimp.

I am going to a really great LFS this weekend and I wanted to pick up some more shrimp, but I was wondering how many and of what kinds I should get? I am not getting rid of my 4 ghost shrimp, though...I really love cherries and amanos...if i kept my 4 ghosts how many of each (or one) could I get?

thanks!
Megan

Since shrimp don't add much to the bio-load of your tank, you can safely have several shrimp. Amano would be good as they are not likely to be bothered by the other fish in your tank. You could take a chance on the Cherry shrimp as well, the mollies and guppies probably won't bother them too much, plus the cherry shrimp are fast to get away but there is the chance that they may get picked on. If you're wanting Cherry shrimp, you could add 20+ safely. Since amano are larger, I would keep it to below 20. Just make sure you never have ammonia or nitrite and don't over feed the shrimp.

*Just to give you some idea of how many shrimp can go in a tank, I have over 300 wild cherry shrimp in my 30 gallon. I do weekly water changes of 50%.

Good luck

 

[Meggie :)]

Hey all

So I have a ten gallon tank with sand and wood and live plants. It is a foot and a half long and 10 and a half inches wide. I currently have 2 female balloon mollies, one female guppy, like 20 fry that I will be giving away as soon as I can sex them, and 4 ghost shrimp.

I am going to a really great LFS this weekend and I wanted to pick up some more shrimp, but I was wondering how many and of what kinds I should get? I am not getting rid of my 4 ghost shrimp, though...I really love cherries and amanos...if i kept my 4 ghosts how many of each (or one) could I get?

thanks!
Megan

Since shrimp don't add much to the bio-load of your tank, you can safely have several shrimp. Amano would be good as they are not likely to be bothered by the other fish in your tank. You could take a chance on the Cherry shrimp as well, the mollies and guppies probably won't bother them too much, plus the cherry shrimp are fast to get away but there is the chance that they may get picked on. If you're wanting Cherry shrimp, you could add 20+ safely. Since amano are larger, I would keep it to below 20. Just make sure you never have ammonia or nitrite and don't over feed the shrimp.

Good luck

twenty or more?!!! Oh my goodness...i was thinking like 3 or 4! haha could i have like 4 ghost shrimp, 3 amano and 2 or 3 cherries maybe?

Thanks so much for your response!

 

[Caprichoso]

Hey all

So I have a ten gallon tank with sand and wood and live plants. It is a foot and a half long and 10 and a half inches wide. I currently have 2 female balloon mollies, one female guppy, like 20 fry that I will be giving away as soon as I can sex them, and 4 ghost shrimp.

I am going to a really great LFS this weekend and I wanted to pick up some more shrimp, but I was wondering how many and of what kinds I should get? I am not getting rid of my 4 ghost shrimp, though...I really love cherries and amanos...if i kept my 4 ghosts how many of each (or one) could I get?

thanks!
Megan

Since shrimp don't add much to the bio-load of your tank, you can safely have several shrimp. Amano would be good as they are not likely to be bothered by the other fish in your tank. You could take a chance on the Cherry shrimp as well, the mollies and guppies probably won't bother them too much, plus the cherry shrimp are fast to get away but there is the chance that they may get picked on. If you're wanting Cherry shrimp, you could add 20+ safely. Since amano are larger, I would keep it to below 20. Just make sure you never have ammonia or nitrite and don't over feed the shrimp.

Good luck

twenty or more?!!! Oh my goodness...i was thinking like 3 or 4! haha could i have like 4 ghost shrimp, 3 amano and 2 or 3 cherries maybe?

Thanks so much for your response!

Yes, you can and you're welcome

 

[Davehutton92]

get some bumblee bee shrimp or something not as common as the usual cherries

 

[Meggie :)]

get some bumblee bee shrimp or something not as common as the usual cherries

bumble bees? that would be awesome but idk if any stores here have them...we have to drive an hour just to get to a better one as it is do you know of anyone in the us who carries them? Arizona? I didn't know those were freshwater!

i really really wish i could get a sexy shrimp!

 

[Caprichoso]

get some bumblee bee shrimp or something not as common as the usual cherries

bumble bees? that would be awesome but idk if any stores here have them...we have to drive an hour just to get to a better one as it is do you know of anyone in the us who carries them? Arizona? I didn't know those were freshwater!

i really really wish i could get a sexy shrimp!

Bee/crystal red shrimp are more difficult to care for. They are much more finicky about water parameters. They are lovely shrimp to have but not as easy as amano, ghost and cherry shrimp.