Guppys And Ghost Shrimp

[Gytas]

hi,
i have a male guppy, a female guppy ( should have fry soon ) and a small tiger pleco in a 15 gallon tank could i have a ghost shrimp in there too?


any info about the shrimp would be great and would the shrimp eat the pleco food ?

 

[KittyKat]

You should get another female guppy. If the tank is well planted, Ghost Shrimp should fit. Yes, the shrimp would eat pleco food and any other food which makes it to the bottom, but do not expect them to go for algae unless you keep them always hungry.

 

[Gytas]

alri thanks

ye i went to get onather female last night but all the pet store had was females with orange tails and my other male and female have the same color tails so i decidet to wait another week or 2

well the tank does not have many plants in only has 3 small fake plants i will prob get a real one dont know what should i get could you recomend any real plants that look good and dont grow too big ?

does it make any diffrance if the plants real or plastic?

 

[KittyKat]

What is the tank size? Usual candidates are Amazon swords, Java moss, Java ferns, any easy Hygrophila species.

Real plants will affect the water chemistry slightly, I also think they look much nicer.

p.s. Also Anubias species are good, but expensive.

 

[Gytas]

it is 60 liters/ 15 gllons

 

[KittyKat]

I would go for Hygrophila corymbosa, Hygrophila difformis and/or Hygrophila polysperma for the background, Anubias for mid-ground, Java fern-covered rocks for front.

 

[Gytas]

thanks

 

[KittyKat]

Sorry, I mean Java moss, not Java fern!

 

[OldMan47]

Guppy grass or java moss make good fry cover for your tank Gytas. This is some java moss in one of my tanks.

It is a great plant to add for fry cover because it is totally undemanding as a plant. I have actually grown java moss in a tank with no artificial light. I brought home some unexpected fish from an auction and set up a new tank in the middle of my fish room. I had no light for the tank so accepted the fact that any plants would die, but a female in the group looked ready to drop so I added some java moss from an existing tank. After about 6 months, I finally had things arranged to move the fish to a new tank and I was surprised to find that the java moss had not only survived but was growing with only the light that managed to reach the tank from a north facing window in the room. That tank had only the room overhead light, which I turned on when feeding my fish, and some minimal light from that window. The fact that the java moss was growing without any sign of algae attests to the fact that light was very low in that tank. Any decent amount of lighting would have resulted in algae growth along with the java moss growth.

 

[Gytas]

my guppy gave birth to 25 fry on tuesday have not lost any