A Stupid Question

[sarah40011]

i bought one of those kids starter tanks to breed pest snails in. (no thanks, i wont take a goldfish too!) so i collected all my assassins from two tanks and popped them in with the pests i'd bred. they have now eaten most of them and im ready to give them away/take them back to the shop. breeding and selling isnt for me ive decided. the question is im left with an unlit unheated 30cm long, 8cm width and 21 cm height. is this actually good for anything?

 

[Tizer]

probably suitable for breeding pest snails in.

 

[Box]

 

[sarah40011]

yeah ive done and dusted that one lol

 

[Jenste]

Shrimp tank?

 

[smokeyjo]

Sorry to asked what is probally a silly question but if u were trying to breed pest snails why did u put assasins in with them?

 

[sarah40011]

oh i bred them to feed the assassins while i collected them from my other tanks, takes a while to get them all so this was a nice place for them to live while they were being sorted. so now i have them all in one place ive decided against breeding the actual assassins and will rehome or prob take to my local and very good fish store. so what to do with the tank its just too tiny i think.

 

[KittyKat]

Only if you add a heater, a filter and keep tropicals, in which case there are a few species which can live in a tank that small.

 

[sarah40011]

yes has a filter, quite a good little one actually. have a small heater somewhere but thought it might be too much... really something can be kept in there? happily? its like, 1 gallon or something lol

 

[KittyKat]

Shrimp and/or pico-sized fish, such as a trio of Neoheterandria elegans, could work in a tank that size. The females don't grow over 25 mm, and the males are even smaller. Lovely little fish, I actually used to keep them

Dimensions are much more important than volume. Given that the tank is 30 cm long, that gives you quite a few option for anything which remains tiny as it will still have the swimming space regardless of the volume.

 

[moochy13]

im really liking all these tiny little shrimp tanks that people are doing now. putting serious thought into the decor without worrying about fish eating/uprooting/moving stuff about. and substrate and water being very clean because shrimp dont really poo much i guess. it seems a lot easier to have a really nice looking (and keep it nice looking) shrimp tank than it is with fish.

i just know i couldnt resist putting fish in it.................

 

[sarah40011]

so how about i try a tiny microscaped tank really get the plants and everything pefect and add some yellow cherry shrimp ive seen on ebay. ive also seen various small interesting little shrimp in my lfs. if i add different shrimp will they mate and merge into just a plain brown shrimp? i already have a million red cherry shrimp so didnt want to waste money on getting yellows if they are just going to merge with the reds and couldnt find any answers online. i will look up the tiny fish, maybe once im established as a shrimp tank id be brave enough, small tanks can crash easy cant they...

hmmm they look like male mollys with that thing poking out lol, do they easily breed?

 

[KittyKat]

Your tank is too small for all mollies.

Shrimp of the same species, but of different colours, can cross breed. Some shrimp of different species, but the same genus, are also likely to be able to cross breed.

Yes, small tanks can crash easily, but the most common causes of crashes is equipment malfunction and overstocking.

 

[sarah40011]

yeah i didnt say i wanted mollys. the fish you mentioned, they look like they have the same thing male mollys have. anyway, shrimp wise, i really like the yellows maybe just stick to the one type. keep it simple

 

[KittyKat]

yeah i didnt say i wanted mollys. the fish you mentioned, they look like they have the same thing male mollys have.

That's the gonopodium

N. elegans are as easy to breed as any average livebearer: place a male together with a female in a hard water environment and that's it! The biggest difference is that females drop a few fry per day for some days instead of all in one go.