Well, I'm back with yet another question. Here's the deal. My tank dimensions are interesting, since it's octagonal, but starting from the front panel and going around, here are the face length measurements-- 16 inches x 8 inches x 4 inches x 8 inches x 16 inches x 8 x 4 x 8. The depth is approximately 18 inches and the width is approximately 13 inches. The tank is moderately planted with fake grasses, rocks and tall plants. The contents are currently 10 glowlight tetras, 12 cardinal tetras, and 6 white cloud mountain minnows.
Knowing that the 1 inch of fish/gallon rule is not necessarily applicable with such small fish, what is this boards' experience is the median capacity of this tank? Not the maximum capacity, where I'll be having to do water changes every week, but a comfortable capacity? I was planning on adding more cardinals (maybe 5-6 more) and 2 more white clouds, and planning to add some bottom feeders. Right now, I don't like my fish options, so am thinking of getting ghost shrimp. Amano shrimp and cherry shrimp are pricey, but if they're better than ghost shrimp, I'll consider getting them. As it stands, I've heard that you could go 1 shrimp per gallon, but again, rules of thumb are strange. 320 sq. inches is my total bottom surface area minus some space my fake rocks are occupying.
What is everyone's opinion 1) of the max capacity of my tank, 2) how many shrimp i should get and 3) what kind of shrimp?
On an additional note, there's a store with vampire shrimp available!!! Aparently they're also called Cameroon Armored Shrimp. What are people's experiences with this shrimp, and again, capacity?
Knowing that the 1 inch of fish/gallon rule is not necessarily applicable with such small fish, what is this boards' experience is the median capacity of this tank? Not the maximum capacity, where I'll be having to do water changes every week, but a comfortable capacity? I was planning on adding more cardinals (maybe 5-6 more) and 2 more white clouds, and planning to add some bottom feeders. Right now, I don't like my fish options, so am thinking of getting ghost shrimp. Amano shrimp and cherry shrimp are pricey, but if they're better than ghost shrimp, I'll consider getting them. As it stands, I've heard that you could go 1 shrimp per gallon, but again, rules of thumb are strange. 320 sq. inches is my total bottom surface area minus some space my fake rocks are occupying.
What is everyone's opinion 1) of the max capacity of my tank, 2) how many shrimp i should get and 3) what kind of shrimp?
On an additional note, there's a store with vampire shrimp available!!! Aparently they're also called Cameroon Armored Shrimp. What are people's experiences with this shrimp, and again, capacity?
