New Nano Tank Ideas Please?

[cs9]

I want to start a new 30L planted nano aquarium with shrimp or some small fish, possibly a mixture of both but have little knowledge about shrimp! Does anyone have any suggestions to what they would put in this?

 

[squidneh]

Personally I would do a betta and some ghost shrimp. There's a chance the betta may eat the shrimp - mine haven't but they are babies.  If that idea interests you though, ghost shrimp are very inexpensive and would be a good way to find out if your betta will eat shrimp or not before you get any more expensive types.  Maybe a couple of snails as well. 

 

[Mamashack]

If you're thinking of breeding shrimp then a dedicated shrimp tank is really a must.
Have a look on Planteinvert.com - there's loads of information about shrimp and their requirements which in some cases are quite exacting and others have quite a wide range of tolerance for things like pH, TDS, temperature, nitrate levels etc. Just make sure you can readily provide what they need before you buy. It would be a huge shame to lose shrimp no matter how inexpensive they are because of lack of adequate preparation. 
If you want to go the betta route - try the larger shrimp like amano/yamato as they are big enough to ping out of the way if the betta isn't too friendly. The cherry types don't tend to do well with bettas in my experience.