What would be recommended for a set up with some ornamental shrimp? I have a few Marimos in a vase and was thinking of starting an aquarium instead.
1746671
I'd say that you'd need something larger than a vase so that you can at least have some filtration. A 5 gallon is fine. Shrimp are pretty sensitive to nitrates and nitrites, which is why the filtration is necessary. I suggest a sponge filter, as it won't disturb the water as much and won't suck up any small shrimp babies. Shrimp love marimos, as well as other aquatic plants and hides that you can offer them.
1148656
Hi Daniel it will work ok for shrimp like cherry shrimp, also for smaller fish, the only concerns should be if the current is not too much for them, i would recomend a 60 liter (15 gal) aquarium or more, else current is too much, also you can put some wood or stone in the cascade water flow path to decrease the current.
593097
Yes...These critters are really cute, my daughter has bonded with them. Believe it or not, they have personality and are a lot of fun to watch!! Initially, they were petrified in their new home, but are very comfortable now. They can sometimes be aggressive with any bottom/slow moving dwellers. One of mine is much calmer than the other, so again, it's a chance you're taking. If you decide to put them in the same tank, be sure that it's very heavily planted so that both have plenty of places to hide. Good luck and happy holidays!
507560
In the beginning b4 adding water & fish is the best time. Dont forget to let it cycle for a couple months. I lost a few fish starting too soon & during my substrate swap to this.
1291035
I really enjoy this tank. I like the all-in-one feature. It does run a little hot and I have to keep the back open, but it's summer and I hope that won't be continued into the winter. I took out the BioBalls and am using a media basket with carbon, floss and Purigen. I also have chaeto in the back as well. You can find a lot of information on the salt water forums. There are plenty of them and good advice with most. But for a clown and rocks it would be a good size. Being a smaller tank you will need to keep up with water changes as well. I hope this helps. Good luck.
107412
I have the shrimps for almost a year now, they are still healthy and living. I feed them spirulina powder from vitamin world once a week or two. They seem to like it a lot.
1751119
I don't know. But I woudn't keep anything in a tank that small. Maybe a few Ghost shrimp, that's about it.
597373
Also, be careful what you put in the tank with them. Many fish find shrimp to be wonderful between meal snacks, especially babies which are tiny enough for some fish to eat that cannot eat the adults (I've had nano fish do this). I prefer to house my shrimp in their own tanks, but if you do put them in tanks with other fish, make sure they have plenty of hiding places that the fish or other tank inhabitants cannot reach.
179207
It's a really nice little tank. Any fish will do great but it is very small. I think if you did somethinglike a neon or molly you could have up to 4 or 5.
800460
Yes! Currently growing photosynthetic gorgonian, soft corals and LPS along with a bubble anemone. This is over a 28 gal nano with 1 strip. Planning on getting a second strip just to cover more square footage in the tank.
1585876
Get two. I love mine. No problems with the lights or the company. My corals and fish are doing amazing. Was definately worth the money.
1492021
Hi. In all honesty i don't know what heaters to use precisely, because the fish that i get don't really need the hearter. I avoid getting high maintenance fish for this tank. I figure its small and simple. So if i was you, i wouldn't get expensive fish. The fish i have is 1 albino pleco, 5neon barbs, 5zebras skinny fish.Thats it. &the tank looks great. They alive since jan 2014.
690995
I ran mine in a 20 long and it worked fine for me. I have torch , acans , blastomusa , zoanthids , brain favia , leptastrea , daisy polyp corals with plenty of flow for them. I switched to a 30 gallon and I need 2 for that tank.
1516144
Yea for sure I'm using one light fixture on my 90 gallon tall tank which has a similar footprint with a 40 gallon breeder. 36 inch long 18 inch wide and 32 inches tall. The light is plenty strong make sure you hang it a east 12 inches from top of the water to get good light dispersal for a three foot tank. Also takes some careful aqua scaping so you don't get any shadows on the side. Mine looks like a volcano very high in the middle and slopes down on both sides so as not creating casting almost any shadows. I run it at almost 80-90 percent and eveif I ran two I would probably not have aqua scales this way but I like the look and my coral in the bottom sandbed are getting enough light. I get ton of coralline algae on the sides of the tank so I am pretty confident the light is spreading enough. I don't have a gazillion corals so I did not see the need for more than one light and having one now I can definitely see that I can surely add more in the future without any problems. I am even having luck with sps corals so this is the real deal! You will definitely not be able to run them up that high intensity since the breeder is so much more of a shallow tank but that's good because you will be saving on electricity, also another reason I ran one light... Make sure you a climate your corals from very little light these lights are super powerful!
2102661
No because you are way, way overstocked. You need a minimum of a 29 gallon for angel fish. Also mollies are brackish fish. With that much crammed into such a small tank there are going to be water quality problems and extra aggression. You should be focusing on getting things out of that tank, not adding them.
792458
Michael: I really know my four year old friend I bought it for has had great success while making a few bucks selling to fishing guys as bait. At $10 I would drop the investment and see because there is no obvious reason why not get shrimp if something they like to eat is placed inside.
783427
No it's just the shrimp. I keep mine in a wall mounted tank that I bought on Amazon and the top is open. I read that the ecosphere interferes with their growth. I believe this is true because my first Ope Ula shrimp I bought in Hawaii while on vacation in a tiny ecosphere. This shrimp is tiny where as my shrimp in the wall tank are growing and much bigger than the one in the ecosphere. I suggest a fish bowl or small tank. You must have brackish water for these shrimp. Believe it or not I used table sea salt 1/2 tsp with a gallon of distilled water and they are thriving! I also bought the ope ula rock where algae can grow on. They also sell food which is dried algae on Amazon. I have snails in the tank and Java moss for the shrimp as they like cover.