nano tank help
 

what is a good nano tank specifically to keep cherry shrimp. under 10 gallons.

You can practically keep cherries in a flower vase, they are pretty undemanding.

Yep, my smallest planted vessel with cherry shrimp is a friggin' wine glass. Added them as juvies, thinned 'em out as they matured to a final male/female pair. The female just saddled last week.

More realistically--I've got breeding populations in several 1.5-2g planted vases. No-filters, no heaters. Going like gangbusters.

how do you have a filter then.
are plastic tanks as good as glass?

No filters, no pumps, no nada. A couple inches of flourite, some driftwood, 50-75% of the bottom planted, a variety of floaters and a high lumen bulb in an adjustable reading lamp to supplement indirect sunlight as needed.

TINY daily feedings to prevent fouling the water, 1x weekly 20-30% waterchange, I thin out the floaters and prune as needed at the same time. Twice a month or so I use a floss wrapped swab to scrub down any algae/diatoms that have built up on the glass. That's it.

While I like my acrylic aquariums but for a planted vase I really prefer glass. The extra weight can help provide stability and is a better insulator, there's no worry about the plastic leaching anything into the water and glass is easier to keep clean.

Haven't updated 'em in awhile, but I've got quite a few examples of my no-tech tanks in my albums.

can you post them?

Will try to remember to drop them here when I next update photos.

There are literally hundreds (thousands?) of nano tanks journaled about here on the forum.

Have you taken a look at any of those journals, OP? You'll find tons upon tons of tank ideas.

2.5g planted vase: cherry shrimp, scuds, various snails, breeding pair of hybrid endlers.

http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/pi...ictureid=13672

1.75g planted vase: cherry shrimp, pond snails, 3 male endlers. Just re-done to add large driftwood piece--crypts and mounted java fern still need to grow in.

http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/pi...ictureid=13674

wow....never knew you could keep shrimp in a bowl

Search in this nano tank section you'll see quite a few people that house shrimp in bowls.

I wouldn't try it (yet) with any of the more delicate shrimp, but cherries are pretty adaptable. My smallest shrimp bowl is a planted wine glass, the bowl is 3" high x 4" diameter. It's been up and running for almost eight months now. The female (in back) has molted twice and saddled since this photo.

http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/pi...ictureid=13734

what plants are in there. and how many gallons could fit 20 cherries

That is pretty cool! Sounds like they are doing just fine in their little abode. :smile:

do you do weekly water change?