Shrimp in a 2.5 gallon planted?

[Cys aquatics]

I have a 2.5 gallon tank that has a bit of java moss and some bacopa carolinia (the bacopa isn't doing very well) and i was wondering if i could put one ghost shrimp in there?

[Andy's Fish Den]

Sure thing. I keep several kinds of neocaridina and caridina shrimp in 2.5 gallon tanks. Just keep an eye on parameters, being only 2.5 gallons a little evaporation can change the parameters a lot. 

[Cys aquatics]

@Andy's Fish Den thanks for the response i just was curious since my 2.5 is getting some algae growth.

[Patrick_G]

Yeah, I keep Neocaridina in my two 3g tanks. I don’t do water changes, just top ups to keep the parameters stable. 

[NanoNano]

Just joined,  so apologies for the zombie thread revival.  Agree with Patrick_G - I also have multiple strains of Neos in different Fluval Spec IIIs.  Totally doable.  You want to look at your filtering in a tank this small and insure that the flow isn't going to be buffeting your shrimp around  (EDIT- or sucking them into the intake).  You also absolutely need to have a plan for offspring with tanks this small.  One of my tanks that had a single pair of what I *thought* were "old maid" blue dreams cranked out 16 little ones unexpectedly earlier this week.  16 kids in the fish equivalent of a one room studio isn't going to work out well long term.

Edited May 24, 2021 by NanoNano