Shrimp tank substrate

Rigio · 02-28-2013, 07:39 PM

Hey so I'm planning on converting my 10g into a shrimp tank.. I currently have plants and eco-complete substrate. Should I keep it the way it is or tear it dow and go wother shrimp stratum?

steven p · 02-28-2013, 07:55 PM

What shrimps do you plan to keep? How's your tap water?

Rigio · 02-28-2013, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by steven p

What shrimps do you plan to keep? How's your tap water?

Something that's popular and that I could sell easily.... As per tap water I will test after work

Nubster · 02-28-2013, 09:55 PM

Cherry shrimp are common, easy, and if you have good stock, sell easily though they are cheap, you won't make much. Sand or Black Diamond blasting media works great.

Many of the nicer shrimp will require a buffering media unless you're water is already ideal.

Rigio · 02-28-2013, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Nubster

Cherry shrimp are common, easy, and if you have good stock, sell easily though they are cheap, you won't make much. Sand or Black Diamond blasting media works great.

Many of the nicer shrimp will require a buffering media unless you're water is already ideal.

What are some of the more popular high demand shrimps?

sarahspins · 02-28-2013, 10:57 PM

I'd start with some kind of neos as your first shrimp... cardinia are more difficult to keep.

Once you successfully keep those and have them breeding, then think about something more "difficult"

Rigio · 02-28-2013, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by sarahspins

I'd start with some kind of neos as your first shrimp... cardinia are more difficult to keep.

Once you successfully keep those and have them breeding, then think about something more "difficult"

Well ive already kept cherries, amanio, ghost and a flower shrimp. But I'm looking to get some breeding going

And how does one not stress the shrimp out if I'm doing a water change but their ph is different from my tap water?

Nubster · 03-01-2013, 04:45 AM

Match the pH of the new water BEFORE you add it to the tank.

Rigio · 03-01-2013, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by steven p

What shrimps do you plan to keep? How's your tap water?

this tap water sat out over night before i took the measurements

GH - 80ppm
KH- 80ppm
Ph -7.5

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sarahspins Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: TX Posts: 305	I'd start with some kind of neos as your first shrimp... cardinia are more difficult to keep. Once you successfully keep those and have them breeding, then think about something more "difficult"