So after teetering back and forth on the idea I've finally decided to set up a shrimp tank. I'm more of a SW person but love the aquascaping aspect of nano planted tanks.
For the shrimp I am still deciding but it will for sure be a colony from the family that is easier to care for (neo's?) as far as equipment goes I have a few questions.
First I am going to use the fluval shrimp stratum but I was wondering if it would be ok/if it would be beneficial to do a layer of organic top soil underneath. I've done this before in a larger planted tank but was wondering if it was a good idea in the nano and if it would be ok for the shrimp.
As for the light I was wondering if the finnex mighty ray clamp on light would be powerful enough to grow dwarf baby tears or if I should just go with the fugeray 2 fixture to stretch across the entire tank as it is 16" long (normal 5.5g tank). I plan to use minimal co2 as I know the shrimp can be sensitive to it.
If anyone has any other suggestions I would love to hear as this will be my first stab at keeping shrimp
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For the shrimp I am still deciding but it will for sure be a colony from the family that is easier to care for (neo's?) as far as equipment goes I have a few questions.
First I am going to use the fluval shrimp stratum but I was wondering if it would be ok/if it would be beneficial to do a layer of organic top soil underneath. I've done this before in a larger planted tank but was wondering if it was a good idea in the nano and if it would be ok for the shrimp.
As for the light I was wondering if the finnex mighty ray clamp on light would be powerful enough to grow dwarf baby tears or if I should just go with the fugeray 2 fixture to stretch across the entire tank as it is 16" long (normal 5.5g tank). I plan to use minimal co2 as I know the shrimp can be sensitive to it.
If anyone has any other suggestions I would love to hear as this will be my first stab at keeping shrimp
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