something without fins in my tank?

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My tank is pretty full, so I was thinking ghost shrimp, 4-6? I'm just afraid they'll get eaten up or something. I can probably toss in a shelter for the shrimp, if necessary (a clay pot cut in half). We'd like something different in our tank, that's all :).
 
What about a snail. Even apple snails don't produce the same waste, pound for pound, that fish do. Rams horns are great as are MTS if you have a planted tank.
 
oh, sorry about that. Tank specs and everything are in the link in my sig:

20 gallon tank with:

5 blue tetras
2 diamond tetras
2 serpae tetras
2 platies
1 ruby barb
 
Is your tank planted?

My ghost shrimp are always either eaten or they eat each other (yes, I AM SURE), but they are about $.20 each here, so they are expendable I guess.:rolleyes: I much prefer snails. The ivory snails are absolutely gorgeous.

In my tanks, and I am BY NO MEANS an expert on snails, the ramshorn snails reproduce more frequently than any other type I have. I am forever feeding them to the clown loaches.:( The ivory snails have never reproduced - unless their offspring is not ivory...:confused: My golden/green snails have reproduced once in the last 4 months - only 4 or 5 babies were ever evident in my tank. I allowed them to grow a bit and then moved them to other tanks. Many people don't like snails because they can cause population problems, but I haven't had that problem.
 
Ram's horns are great at reproducing but they hurt nothing in doing so. If you do have a population explosion it generally means that you have a lot of excess food in the tank. In my case it is alage that I am not too concerned about, for others it means over feeding their fish.
 
I know :), but I'd like something other than fishes in my tanks. Just something different to observe, ya know?
 
I doubt the tetras would go after shrimp. There are a number of FW species available, but ghost, amanos, and cherry shrimp are likely the best option. I'd go with the amanos, personally. They have neat coloration, and will help with algaes and general clean up as well. I've kept amanos in with cherry barbs, gouramies, paraside fish, rainbows, neons, blue tetras, and a variety of bottom dwellers with no problems.
 
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