Planted srimp tank

[Shanetweedz]

What would I need

 

[Mebbid]

Light, tank, filter, substrate, water, dechlorinator, test kits, plants, and depending on lights you might need ferts and a carbon source.

 

[Brilliant_Barbs_21]

And a heater depending on the shrimp!

 

[Shanetweedz]

What type of lights I don't use lights on my 10 gal fresh water

 

[Mebbid]

It all depends. How much of a budget do you have for lights and what plants do you want to grow?

 

[Brilliant_Barbs_21]

Check Drsfosterandsmith.com and look at lights for planted tanks. My favorites are LEDs.

 

[Shanetweedz]

Planning it to be 5 gal

 

[Shanetweedz]

Thought about this sand substrate and some low light carpet plants

 

[Shanetweedz]

These are the shrimp i want to get

 

[Jkeating8]

If you're going to be keeping Bee shrimp, I suggest getting RO water and a remineralizer so you adjust your params to their needs.

 

[Sillyfishies]

Thought about this sand substrate and some low light carpet plants

There are no low light carpet plants...

The second shrimp would be more doable then the first one

 

[Shanetweedz]

Ok any lighting suggestions also may add a few neon tetras

 

[Dallascowboys16]

The second shrimp looks like blue rili shrimp. I have some and they breed very readily in a 50/50 ro tap water mix. I would say get them because they have very good blue color and are a good begining shrimp.

 

[Mebbid]

The second shrimp looks like blue rili shrimp. I have some and they breed very readily in a 50/50 ro tap water mix. I would say get them because they have very good blue color and are a good begining shrimp.

The blue rili are basically the exact same as a Red Cherry shrimp. Mixing ro water should be unnecessary with that particular species.

As for what light to get check out this website for some good options.
Freshwater - Build My LED, LLC

 

[Sillyfishies]

The blue rili are basically the exact same as a Red Cherry shrimp. Mixing ro water should be unnecessary with that particular species.

As for what light to get check out this website for some good options.
Freshwater - Build My LED, LLC

Blue till ARE the same thing as red cherry shrimp. They look like blue velvet which are not. Still neos but different species.

 

[Shanetweedz]

Any cheap lighting??

 

[Brilliant_Barbs_21]

Any cheap lighting??

If you're looking for quality lighting there's no such thing as cheap. Anything that will grow plants worth a darn are never cheap, but there are some that are less expensive. I know Drsfosterandsmith.com has some good ones.

 

[Mebbid]

You could probably get away with a dual t5 normal output light over a 10g tank to give you a good light rating. But Brilliant is right, the lighting is sadly a large investment. High tech planted tanks can be just as expensive to set up as a reef tank.

 

[Shanetweedz]

How bout these

 

[Shanetweedz]

Sry forgot to add light on last pic