stock my addiction!!!

If you do get a Plecostomous, I don't know of any that can be kept in a 10g. The smallest tend to get around five inches, which is rather large for a 10g.

If I had a 20g, my next setup would be, Macrobrachium eriocheirum (fuzzy claw shrimp), some of the more exotic nerites, Neocaridina sp. (yellow), and MTS. Can't leave home without MTS. ;)
 
Here is a sites with lists of shrimp,
http://www.petshrimp.com/shrimpspecies.html

This is one of my favorite invertebrate reference databases;
http://www.wirbellose.de/start.html

Don't be daunted by the German language. It's easy to get to the information you'll want. The point is to use the invertabrate database of scientific names! Here is how to get to the database, and a quick translation of what each section is.

Click on Artendatenbank in the middle of the green bar, just bellow the picture of crayfish and shrimp.

First is Süßwassergarnelen which is dwarf shrimp.
The 'dwarf shrimp' classification that they use is a little different than others. They include filter feeders, as well as the species more commonly referred to as 'dwarf' species.

Second, Krabben, Crabs

Third Krebse which is crayfish/crawdad.

Fourth Mittelkrebse which means middle-crab. They are the evolutionary middle ground between crabs and crayfish.

Fifth, Muscheln, clams.

Sixth, Großarmgarnelen which are long-arm (Mostly Macrobrachium) shrimp.

Seventh, Schnecken, Snails

Last is Sonstiges, Other
Triops, Artemia, etc are all lumped in here.

Many of the links have pictures of the invertebrates, many include propper water conditions, and some breeding information. I would recommend, for now, just looking at pictures and scientific names. When you find some you like, search the web for English common names, or try asking here.

I find that the I most enjoy the hunt for new, unique creatures, so patience is key, and asking around for availability.
 
a good place to start with shrimp are the neocaridina species. they tend to be pretty hardy, good looking and breed prolifically with minimal efforts from you. i have red cherry shrimp in a 25 tall. i started with 6. i just sold 40 and there are gagillion (i counted) babies in with the remaining 60+ adults. a ten gallon would be nice for shrimp, but imo, dont add fish. just do inverts in a tank that size. they will go nuts and your fish wont be overstuffed on baby shrimp
 
inkyjenn said:
and there are gagillion (i counted)
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:lol: lmao

i don't want fish in this tank. this one's all about the inverts for me. i won't be able to have many in my current tank, and i'm sure that whenever we set up the 30 gal (the project with which i'm trying to lure my husband over to the fishy dark side), there won't be many inverts involved (he doesn't care for them, even less than he cares for fish). so this is THE invert tank.
 
Personally I would just do shrimp. I have a dwarf shrimp (neocardina) only tank and they are so much fun to watch. They tend to pester the pond snails so I think they might drive a Brigg or two crazy. You would have a lot of fun planning a shrimp only tank too. JMO. Good luck with whatever you choose.
 
Almost all of my snail tanks have guppies in there for mosquito control. Yeah, I live in the tropics hence the fish. But one tank has assassin snails only and their prey.:D The gaps are locked or too small for mosquitoes to slip in so not an issue.
 
For a really cool tank I'd moss scape and java fern the whole thing +wood. go with cherry red shrimp (around 30+), 1 bamboo shrimp, 10 cardina longirostris (just because they are really cool... I sold all of mine though), 5 thai micro crabs, 5 small nerites (vita or clithion genus), 3 large nerites (vittina, nepterion, septaria species )
 
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