As the title suggests I am seriously considering getting three ghost shrimp.
I have done my reaserch and decided to make sure eall my plans are correct.
I used THIS calculator (made by yhbae) to determine whether or not I was able to get the shrimp. I have more than 8 pond/bladder snails but they are very tiny so I figured they equal 8 full size snails (and yes I am in the process of trying to get rid of them).
The tank is ten gallons and has 12 neon tetras and a bunch of pond/bladder snails and the stocking calculator says that if I add 3 ghost shrimp my tank will be 101% stocked. Since the calculator is only a rough estimate I feel that adding 3 ghost shrimp would be acceptable.
There are plenty of hiding places in the tank so that is not an issue.
The tank is planted.
There is lots of algae growing on some of the plants that the shrip can eat, my neons never eat all of thier food during feeding time (if I feed them less they don't all get enough food) and if I need to I have some algae wafers lying aroundthat I can give to the shrimp so feeding is not an issue.
The tank is cycled and the filter is rated (according to the manufacturer) for tanks up to 30 gallons and has a flow rate (again according to the manufacturer) of 150 gallons per hour, The filter is called the Marineland Penguin 150B Bio-wheel power filter.
Can I get some ghost shrimp? Is there anything else I should know?
Please comment.
I have done my reaserch and decided to make sure eall my plans are correct.
I used THIS calculator (made by yhbae) to determine whether or not I was able to get the shrimp. I have more than 8 pond/bladder snails but they are very tiny so I figured they equal 8 full size snails (and yes I am in the process of trying to get rid of them).
The tank is ten gallons and has 12 neon tetras and a bunch of pond/bladder snails and the stocking calculator says that if I add 3 ghost shrimp my tank will be 101% stocked. Since the calculator is only a rough estimate I feel that adding 3 ghost shrimp would be acceptable.
There are plenty of hiding places in the tank so that is not an issue.
The tank is planted.
There is lots of algae growing on some of the plants that the shrip can eat, my neons never eat all of thier food during feeding time (if I feed them less they don't all get enough food) and if I need to I have some algae wafers lying aroundthat I can give to the shrimp so feeding is not an issue.
The tank is cycled and the filter is rated (according to the manufacturer) for tanks up to 30 gallons and has a flow rate (again according to the manufacturer) of 150 gallons per hour, The filter is called the Marineland Penguin 150B Bio-wheel power filter.
Can I get some ghost shrimp? Is there anything else I should know?
Please comment.