Ideal Planted Shrimp Tank water params

[DoubleT]

Hi, new to the forum and planted tanks and not really sure where to post this since it combines several catagories.
I've always kept reef tanks and freshwater fish tanks. I have recently gotten bored with my 20g reef tank and decided I wanted to do something different. Sooo I set up a 10g tank that I had lying around in the garage. It has a couple of ghost shrimp(most of them died over night for some reason) in it right now but they are just food for my reef tank inhabitants. I want to keep cherry shrimp and other ornamental shrimp but i'm not sure what other shrimp are compatible with cherry shrimp, so here are my questions: What other shrimp can I keep with cherrys? What are the ideal water params(ph,temp,hardness, etc)? What should I be dosing my tank with?flourish products?

Here is the equipment I currently have on the tank:
*Aquaclear20 Filter with sponge over intake
*20" Aquaticlife light fixture with 2- 10k bulbs
*fluval CO2 system (not running right now)
*50watt heater

[eklikewhoa]

is that aquaticlife the T5NO fixture?

depending on the light substrate and what plants you decide to go with will determine your need of fertilizers.

With RCS you should only keep sp. that are not Neocardina and most non neocardina do not share the same parameters but sulawesi shrimp would be a good match as far as parameters cause the RCS could live in almost anything and you could adapt the RCS to live with Cardina sp.

your ghost shrimp dieing is probably cause they were feeders and most are brackish water shrimp or just poor health/quality

[sunkenmetal]

sulawesi shrimp do fine in houston water...

[DoubleT]

Yes its the t5ho fixture, I had it on another saltwater tank.

What about tiger shrimp or yellow shrimp? would they be able to live with cherries, if not, id rather be able to keep either/both of them rather than the cherry....




I think I see another shrimp tank in the near future...lol

[DoubleT]

sulawesi shrimp do fine in houston water...

I use well water and run it through an RO system

[sunkenmetal]

http://www.theshrimpfarm.com/articles/dwarf-shrimp-compatibility-chart.php

[eklikewhoa]

If you are using RO water then you could keep both Neocardina and Cardina

tiger + yellow
tiger + red

You shouldn't keep the rcs with the yellow shrimp as they will crossbreed.

the lighting should be sufficient for low-medium light plants.

[R_sustaita]

isn't there a rule show pics or this isnt really happening?

go with cardinals. so when Tim doesnt have in stock you can have some.

[DoubleT]

Sorry didn't know about that rule, here's a picture of my tank.

[R_sustaita]

i didnt made the rule!

[eklikewhoa]

R_HFBruleMaker.

[R_sustaita]

Nice start. keep us updated on it.

[DoubleT]

http://www.theshrimpfarm.com/article...lity-chart.php

Thanks for that link!

[Totenkampf]

i HAVE THE SAME LIGHT OVER MY 10 GALLON TANK AND IT GROWS MEDIUM LIGHT PLANTS PRETTY WELL, ALTHOUGH MINE WAS THE PLANT GROW VERSION THAT COMES WITH A 6500K AND A 580NM ROSEATE BULB. I DOSE ONLY EXCEL ON CITY WATER AND HAVE WILD N. HETROPODA AND SNOBALL SHRIMP TOGETHER. THEY ARENT BREEDING SO MY WATER PARAMETERS PROLLY ARENT IDEAL OR ELSE THE SCHOOL OF RASBORAS AND CPDS ARE GETTING THE SHRIMPLETS.

[eklikewhoa]

i HAVE THE SAME LIGHT OVER MY 10 GALLON TANK AND IT GROWS MEDIUM LIGHT PLANTS PRETTY WELL, ALTHOUGH MINE WAS THE PLANT GROW VERSION THAT COMES WITH A 6500K AND A 580NM ROSEATE BULB. I DOSE ONLY EXCEL ON CITY WATER AND HAVE WILD N. HETROPODA AND SNOBALL SHRIMP TOGETHER. THEY ARENT BREEDING SO MY WATER PARAMETERS PROLLY ARENT IDEAL OR ELSE THE SCHOOL OF RASBORAS AND CPDS ARE GETTING THE SHRIMPLETS.

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