Shrimps in 5 gallon

[myrxn]

Hey, everyone, I'm making a 5 gallon planted tank with shrimp in and I was wondering how many shrimp I should do? I'm doing cherry shrimps

 

[mrsjoannh13]

I think you can do 2-5 shrimp per gallon in general. You might want to start on the lower end as I think they multiply a lot?

 

[myrxn]

I think you can do 2-5 shrimp per gallon in general. You might want to start on the lower end as I think they multiply a lot?

okay awesome, thank u very much

 

[StevenF]

I have a 5 gallon with blue Dream shrimp. They are closely related to cherry shrimp. I estimate Ihat I have at least 20 shrimp in the tank. There are a lot of hiding places in my tank so I would not be surprised if there are 30 or more in the tank (adults and juveniles).

 

[Essjay]

If you have as many as 1 male and 1 female, you will end up with many shrimps. But I do suggest buying a few more than 2.

When you clean the tank, always check the bucket for babies. They are very small and a sort of off white colour when first hatched. I empty the bucket with a jug to check. Yes it does take a while but I don't want to throw any shrimps down the drain.
I've also sucked up adult shrimps........