Rule of Thumb for Shrimps (Volume of water)

**biljas** · 25th Jan 2012, 17:21

Is there a rule of thumb as to volume of water per shrimp?

For fishes it is roughly 1 inch per gallon. For shrimps??

I assume would be much lesser as bio load of shrimps are lower right?

Eg. 5 gallon tank can keep how many shrimps?

**eviltrain** · 25th Jan 2012, 17:29

That will still depends on how much your filtration can handle. Followed by area for your tank as shrimps does not swim around like fish do. They tend to stay on the gravel more then swim around.

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**stormhawk** · 26th Jan 2012, 07:08

The bio load from shrimps may seem lesser, but they are more sensitive to changes in the water parameters as compared to fish. While the rough guide is 1 inch of fish to 1 gallon, I would double that to 1 inch of shrimp to 2 gallons instead. Simply because of their sensitivity, the bigger the tank the better.

On the web, at least on an entry in Wikipedia, in a 5 gallon tank you can keep up to 10 Cherry Shrimp in such a size. However, this depends pretty much on the filtration capability as what Alan mentioned.

**cheetf** · 26th Jan 2012, 08:03

I believe TS is trying to go filterless.

**avex30** · 27th Jan 2012, 12:33

Originally Posted by cheetf

I believe TS is trying to go filterless.

Agree on that one hahaha shrimp are like bottom dweller.

**silane** · 27th Jan 2012, 12:37

Originally Posted by biljas

Is there a rule of thumb as to volume of water per shrimp?

For fishes it is roughly 1 inch per gallon. For shrimps??

I assume would be much lesser as bio load of shrimps are lower right?

Eg. 5 gallon tank can keep how many shrimps?

Which species of shrimp?

Afterall not all shrimps have same level of hardiness.

**biljas** · 27th Jan 2012, 17:02

Originally Posted by silane

Which species of shrimp?

Afterall not all shrimps have same level of hardiness.

1) Sakura
2) CRS

I guess Sakura wud be hardier and therefore can keep more compared to CRS.

**Navanod** · 27th Jan 2012, 17:55

Don't waste life and money on the CRS. Even with top tier equipments, CRS sometimes still do not do very well.
There's no reliable rule of thumb for shrimps, a good filter, a bunch of nitrate absorbing plants, cold water, slightly acidic pH and a good waterchange regime can double if not triple the population one can otherwise keep in a set volume of water.

**lucasjiang** · 27th Jan 2012, 19:10

Hi bro, as long as you can maintain good water parameters, there is little limit to the number of shrimps you can keep. I suggest you start with at least a 1.5ft tank, preferably 2ft tank, any tank too small and fluctuations will be quite great.

**lucasjiang** · 27th Jan 2012, 19:13

By the way, you can refer to the thread below by Silane to see that you can keep many shrimps in a tank if you maintain water quality.

http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...hlight=density