First frog tank ever. Probably need help

[UltraMagnus]

Freshwater shrimp would not do well in that setup. Besides the fact that they'd be eaten, it's far from optimal for them. They will need more water and prefer planted tanks.

[Colorblizzle]

That's what I figured. I tired establishing a shrimp colony once before in a betta tank, 4 days....that's how long it took before I lost all 12 shrimp.

[Colorblizzle]

The tank will be planted but probably only floating plants such as duckweed (which I have too much of already)

[UltraMagnus]

Shrimp are very low on the food chain, keeping them with predators just means they are food I've been keeping red cherry shrimp for about three years, they are pretty neat and really love plants.

[Colorblizzle]

That's what I tried startin a colony of. So you know how expensive I a meal 12 if them is to a betta lol

[deranged chipmunk]

Shrimp will live in a puddle if given the opportunity lol I have raised them in the weirdest ways, but they most likely would end up as food. You could always toss ghost shrimp in there. They are cheap and used for food anyway. Besides, they won't breed in an aquarium anyway.

[UltraMagnus]

That's what I tried startin a colony of. So you know how expensive I a meal 12 if them is to a betta lol

That's some very fine dining you treated your betta to. He must have been very happy!

[deranged chipmunk]

The key to keeping shrimp with predators is space, hiding spots, and keep the predators well fed.

[UltraMagnus]

Shrimp will live in a puddle if given the opportunity lol I have raised them in the weirdest ways, but they most likely would end up as food. You could always toss ghost shrimp in there. They are cheap and used for food anyway. Besides, they won't breed in an aquarium anyway.

What species are you saying won't breed in an aquarium? Red Cherry Shrimp (neocaridina) Breed like rabbits!

[deranged chipmunk]

Ghost shrimp. I have bred neos in mason jars on a windowsill with tiny amounts of Java moss.

[Colorblizzle]

My LFS has cleaner shrimp for $1 almost all the

[Colorblizzle]

Almost all the time*

[deranged chipmunk]

Yeah, those are probably ghost shrimp. Most likely clear exoskeletons? They'll live in very little water and won't breed. Cheap food. I sure as heck wouldn't throw in some of the shrimp I had in the past in there lol I was keeping tiger shrimp in my mantella paludarium for a while. But those frogs are much smaller and terrestrial.

[Colorblizzle]

It was kinda see through but more if a light brown like a wall in a smokers house

[deranged chipmunk]

Brown striations could be a wild type neocaridina. Their natural color is brownish. The reds, yellows, blues, ect are from selective breeding.

[Colorblizzle]

Yeah I know, read an article about it in TFH magazine

[Colorblizzle]

I will have to look at what stays small and what's available locally but what plans will work in his setup? The only one I can remember reading was pothos

[deranged chipmunk]

Plants for this tank? Pretty much anything that is listed as "tropical" will work fine. Fittonias and peperomias will stay relatively small, with some trimming.

[deranged chipmunk]

If you need trailing plants for a higher planter, look into hoyas or dischidias.

[Colorblizzle]

Well I was just told some plants don't go so well with some amphibians/reptiles. Irk whether that's because they are poisonous or if they eat them or what but just wanted to get a. Feel for what others put with their FBT.

also I'm just about done puttin the moss on as the background. Just takin a break cuz the silicone fumes are driving me nuts haha