Today I went to get some ghost shrimp, but I didn't realize how much I would fall in love with these little guys. I bough 4 for .49 cents each, and I would love to go back and get more. I have a 55 gallon planted tank with neon's, platties, 2 snails, 1 Chinese algae eater, and now 4 shrimp :icon_bigg
Instead of going and buying more I thought that it would be more rewarding to breed them. I have a 5 gallon tank that can be used for the baby shrimp. It's normally a quarantine tank. The only problem with that is that I don't think I can grow live plants in the little tank. The substrate is gravel and it doesn't have any Flora Max like my 55 gallon. I'm not an expert on plants so I don't know if any plants would grow in just gravel.
I also give a co2 supplement and a liquid fertilizer. If anyone can give me some tips on growing plants in the 5 gallon that would be greatly appreciated.
Anyways back to the original question, how can I go about breeding them? Could I put some flakes or bottom feeder pellets in there to feed them? Sorry I have never attempted to bread any kind of fish or anything. Also how can I tell if I have males or females? Thanks so much :wink:
Instead of going and buying more I thought that it would be more rewarding to breed them. I have a 5 gallon tank that can be used for the baby shrimp. It's normally a quarantine tank. The only problem with that is that I don't think I can grow live plants in the little tank. The substrate is gravel and it doesn't have any Flora Max like my 55 gallon. I'm not an expert on plants so I don't know if any plants would grow in just gravel.
I also give a co2 supplement and a liquid fertilizer. If anyone can give me some tips on growing plants in the 5 gallon that would be greatly appreciated.
Anyways back to the original question, how can I go about breeding them? Could I put some flakes or bottom feeder pellets in there to feed them? Sorry I have never attempted to bread any kind of fish or anything. Also how can I tell if I have males or females? Thanks so much :wink: