Ghost shrimp in 10 gallon!?!?!?

[Fishandmusic81]

Ok so I'm planning on getting ghost shrimp in my 10 gallon my tank is pretty well planted so plenty of hiding spots anything I should do to prepare for them to survive? Last time I had ghost shrimp they slowly died

 

[jameswoodall]

Well a sponge filter and no heater is what my ten is

 

[janky]

I bought two from petsmart and just tossed em in my first tank ever, knowing nothing about cycling or water conditions or anything
In fact, one jumped out and blended into the carpet... took us like 2 minutes to find him and get him back in.

Both of them are alive and doing great as we speak

They definitely like to hide around my plant, so I think you're on the right track there...

 

[jameswoodall]

Look at my shrimp tank pics I have so many I feed them to my fish

 

[Fishandmusic81]

Hopefully they'll live
And I can't see any photos when I go to your profile and choose photos

 

[jameswoodall]

Weird does it show the boxes where pictures would be if not go to my 10 gallon shrimp tank thread

 

[maxwellag]

What is your pH?

 

[jameswoodall]

7.4-7.6 on my ph

 

[maxwellag]

7.4-7.6 on my ph

What are the rest of your water parameters? I think something in the water caused the shrimp to die the first time you tried...

 

[jameswoodall]

0 ammonia 35 nitrate 0 nitrite

 

[maxwellag]

0 ammonia 35 nitrate 0 nitrite

I would do a PWC to get the nitrate down. Is there any copper in your water?

 

[GodFan]

Water hardness is very important to some shrimp! Check into that! My shrimp all died the first 2 tries (amanos, cherries, and sakuras) because of water hardness not being right.

 

[jameswoodall]

Mine are doing great

 

[Fishandmusic81]

Ok I'll try to find it
Hmm I think it might have been something well one survived and it's doing great in my tank my parameters were good according to the pet store when I bought the neon tetras