Ideal Tank Size For Neocardinia

[RyanR]

With the Petco dollar per gallon sale, I want to get a tank strictly for Neocardinia (and maybe some otis or cleanup crew).  What do you think is the ideal Tank size?

[Streetwise]

You can run Neocaridina in tiny tanks and large tanks. It is fun to observe shrimp from multiple angles, so that might be something to think about for your tank choice.

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[RyanR]

Thanks.  I was thinking of a 10 gallon but I'm wondering if I should get something a little bigger or is a bigger tank a waste for small shrimp?

[ange]

Shrimp generally make poor use of vertical space. My dream setup for shrimp is having a shallow tank with a very large footprint (like the touch pools in aquariums).

[Streetwise]

Because I plant very heavily, I actually see more of my shrimp (per-tank), in my smallest tanks. However the smallest tanks are the hardest to photograph the inhabitants.

Edited November 3, 2020 by Streetwise

[Andy's Fish Den]

I keep and breed my shrimp, both neocaridina and caridina in 10 gallon tanks. 

[Ben Ellison]

I keep my RCS in a 8 gallon tank. They are alone in it and thriving. I use floating stem plants and frogbit and they use all heights of the tank.

[Alexa]

I’ve kept them in a 6, 10, and 29 and they all did well. I will say the benefit of a larger tank is that it’s easier to keep the water parameters stable, which neos appreciate.

[NordernAquariums]

I have held them in a 20 long and thought it worked out great. Plenty of room to spread out and increase numbers. It is also short enough that with plants or hardscape they can utilize that and go vertical. Like others have mentioned, you can get away with about anything for shrimp.

[Ben Ellison]

Here is feeding time in the 6or 8 gallon whatever it is tank 

[varanidguy]

If you want to potentially have a sizeable colony you can sell from to make a little hobby cash, I'd say a 20 long. Plus it's a great tank for a little bit of aquascaping too, so you get a twofer.

[Maggie]

Hi Ryan, I have shrimp in my 10 gallon and there's plenty of room! I'm adding my eleven juvenile dwarf emerald rasboras (danio erythromicron) next week after they're done with quarantine. If things get crowded ill just have to make room for another 10 gallon, or 20-L maybe...

[RyanR]

I think I'm going to stick with the 10 gallon.  It's going to fit on the wire shelf good next to another 10 gal I have.  I just wanted to make sure I wasn't getting something too small.  It sounds like the 10 gallon will be perfect. 

[FrostiesFishes]

I wish I could figure out how to upload videos I’d show you a 10 gallon tank that went crazy with cherry shrimp. 

[Daniel]

13 hours ago, FrostiesFishes said:

I wish I could figure out how to upload videos I’d show you a 10 gallon tank that went crazy with cherry shrimp. 

Lizzie Block had a good post explaining how to upload a video to the forum. Spoiler alert: upload the video to YouTube and then link it in your post.