Rule for stocking shrimp

Fish-Addict

Fish-Addict

AC Members
Dec 7, 2008
1,234
1
0
Buckinghamshire, England
Real Name
Sam
I know thee may not be a rule because many will say because of surface area, etc. but what is a general stocking rule for shrimp? I am only interested in the smaller type of shrimp and not bamboo shrimp. I've got a five gallon going spare and I wondered how many.

Thanks,
Fish-Addict
 
General rule of thumb is 10 adults per gallon. Leave lots of room for population growth. I prefer to not have shrimp, especialy neocaridina, in a tank less than 10g because of how they multiply.
 
msjinkzd said:
General rule of thumb is 10 adults per gallon. Leave lots of room for population growth. I prefer to not have shrimp, especialy neocaridina, in a tank less than 10g because of how they multiply.
Click to expand...

and o boy do they multiply!
 
OK thanks for your help. IO didnt realise you could have that many!

When they start to multiply I could give them to my lfs as they will readily accept them. Or move them to other tanks.

Thanks again!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
AquariaCentral.com
Top Bottom