How many shrimp in

[Geral]

How many shrimp i can put in a 2.5 gal tank
It have mini powehead/filter

Thanks

[sunkenmetal]

What kind of shrimp?

[Geral]

red cherry shrimp, is that the name? lol not familiar with shrimp will be my fist shrimp tank. is a desktop tank that is why I think about shrimp ,must be fun to watch .

[sunkenmetal]

Oh cherry shrimp you can fit a ton in there... they will start breeding and fill it up lol

[Geral]

how many u think would be good to start a colony ?

[troy tucker]

You could start a colony with one female with eggs. but two adult females and a few juv.s wouldn't take long to fill it up....

[Geral]

Thanks,I guess when i see to many is time to feed some to the fronts :)

[troy tucker]

yep. I kull my shrimp taking out anything that don't look right about one a month. Kepping the best colored. it maybe as many as 20 to 30 bad ones. I will feed to my fish...