My 5 gallon RCS tank
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Keep in mind, when keeping a tank with a small footprint, overcrowding occurs very quickly when you have bottom feeding/dwelling livestock. As cories usually require groups of 6 or more to be happy, putting them AND shrimp in a five gallon may be too much in a small area. Having either shrimp with something that inhabits the middle/top of the tank or just the cories by themselves would be better, in my opinion.
If you haven't yet i would not go for any other fish in there, i would just add some sort of snail. OK so that's my opinion. But if you do go for fish, just make sure of the size of there mouth.
Also if i were you i would look into some Malaysian trumpet snails just so that they can keep your gravel from becoming stale, plus the borrowing they do helps out with the root growth on your plants.
Also as long as we are on the subject of inverts i think you should look at growth rates of the colony's that red cherry shrimp produce, they breed rapidly at times.
In the top middle part of the aquarium you could go with some rasborras and small fish like that.
Also if i were you i would look into some Malaysian trumpet snails just so that they can keep your gravel from becoming stale, plus the borrowing they do helps out with the root growth on your plants.
Also as long as we are on the subject of inverts i think you should look at growth rates of the colony's that red cherry shrimp produce, they breed rapidly at times.
In the top middle part of the aquarium you could go with some rasborras and small fish like that.
small fish would be great in a tank like this. If you're lucky, something larger like a dwarf gourami or betta would technically work in terms of bioload, but may eat up all your shrimp. A small school of something small and peaceful like rasboras or small tetras should get along with your shrimp.
As a note, neon tetras have an annoying habit of not eating anything once it hits the substrate. Fish like that are ideal for shrimp tanks, making your ground-dwelling shrimp less of a target and the food that hits the floor less competition between the species.
As a note, neon tetras have an annoying habit of not eating anything once it hits the substrate. Fish like that are ideal for shrimp tanks, making your ground-dwelling shrimp less of a target and the food that hits the floor less competition between the species.
On a chance trip to the LFS this weekend I found they had some corydoras pygmeaus. I picked up a group of them and they are awesome. They stay mid-water most of the time and don't hassle the shrimp at all. They shoal quite a bit as well.
ok you have new fishies now and aparantly you didnt read the mandatory guidelines for this forum when you get new fishies you HAVE to post pics lmao
and congrats on the new fish i cant wait till you post some pics up
and congrats on the new fish i cant wait till you post some pics up
