Ghost shrimp or nitrite snail?

[Seasidelover102]

Should I get a ghost shrimp for my 5.5 gallon tank or a nitrite snail?

 

[thing fish]

nitrites are bad for fish tanks. you could consider a nerite snail. shrimp if you prefer.

 

[Seasidelover102]

Yeah, sorry that was a mistype. I meant netrite snail...

 

[thing fish]

i know you did; i was only kidding around. good luck with whichever you choose.

 

[Linwood]

You do not need to choose, they are not mutually exclusive.

Nerite Snails, if you get a female (and I have no idea how to tell) will likely lay eggs everywhere -- they do not degrade, they are just little sesame seed like things all around randomly. Bothers some people, not others; sometimes they don't lay at all. They did for me.

I have both in a 45G. I find the ghost shrimp far more interesting. But both are pretty much zero maintenance.

 

[limnologist]

why not both?

 

[Seasidelover102]

I only have a 5.5 gallon tank and don't want to overstock.

 

[limnologist]

I only have a 5.5 gallon tank and don't want to overstock.

Im pretty sure you wouldnt be overstocking it if you had 6 of each considering all are small creatures....

 

[Fishobsessed7]

Im pretty sure you wouldnt be overstocking it if you had 6 of each considering all are small creatures....

With six nerites they may starve tho


Fishobsessed7