Theoretically, if I had a 7.7US gallon...

[StripySnailGirl04]

Theoretically, if I had a 29 litre/7.7US gallon, what could I stock it?
I like cherry shrimps, both wild and really red ones. In a 29 litre tank, how much could I keep?
I won't forget nerites! I think I'll allow 2(I don't listen to the 1 snail per 5 gallons rule).
For fish, this might be silly, could I have a few male Endler's Livebearers? If yes, how much.
I just like drawing dream tanks

 

[itiwhetu]

Chilli Rasboras, Clown killifish, pygmy cats etc. etc.

 

[StripySnailGirl04]

Chilli Rasboras, Clown killifish, pygmy cats etc. etc.

Oh yes, I forgot to add, I have REALLY hard water.
But I love the colours of Chili Rasboras and Pygmy Corydoras are so cute!

 

[StripySnailGirl04]

I just found somewhere where they sell Red Rill cherry shrimps too!

 

[itiwhetu]

Bumble bee gobies are cool. They like hard water

 

[StripySnailGirl04]

Bumble bee gobies are cool. They like hard water

Yes! But they need a minimum of 10 gallon (which I have but I have other plans for it) and I'm aiming for freshwater but have definitely considered bumblebee gobies before. I belive they need long tanks and the tank I've found is slightly taller than short.
It might be just me but when I do tank designs, I base it on reality and only draw things that I know are relatively easy to get, in stock and not made up.

 

[StripySnailGirl04]

In a 29 litre, could I have 5 male Endlers?

 

[GaryE]

Not 5 happy ones. I know the fashion is to say male only tanks, but if you are interested in watching fish behaviour at all, all you'll see is desperate fish, 24/7. With endlers, that can be all you see with a mixed sex group too, but at least the females behave with a degree of sanity....
I know we all have space and budget limits, but a 29L is a very small tank. I would stick with shrimp and if you don't dread them, the dreaded snails. With plants, you can have a good thing. Crowding a tiny tank makes for a lot of hobby killing work.

 

[StripySnailGirl04]

Not 5 happy ones. I know the fashion is to say male only tanks, but if you are interested in watching fish behaviour at all, all you'll see is desperate fish, 24/7. With endlers, that can be all you see with a mixed sex group too, but at least the females behave with a degree of sanity....
I know we all have space and budget limits, but a 29L is a very small tank. I would stick with shrimp and if you don't dread them, the dreaded snails. With plants, you can have a good thing. Crowding a tiny tank makes for a lot of hobby killing work.

Ok. Then would 12 Cherry Shrimp and 2 or 3 nerite snails work?

 

[StripySnailGirl04]

but if you are interested in watching fish behaviour at all,

What do you mean by this? Breeding?
I certainly don't want there to be breeding, at least for now.

 

[Essjay]

I have a slightly smaller tank (a 30 cm cube) with red cherry shrimps and live plants (a lot of Java fern, anubias bonsai and Schismatoglottis prietoi). I did have a nerite in there but I have just moved into my main tank as it was still a lot smaller than the ones I bought at the same time so I wondered if it had enough to eat with the shrimps competing for algae. There are still pest snails in there though

The shrimp population didn't seem to increase for a while, then I changed their food and there are now a lot more of them. Co-incidence? Perhaps.

 

[StripySnailGirl04]

I have a slightly smaller tank (a 30 cm cube) with red cherry shrimps and live plants (a lot of Java fern, anubias bonsai and Schismatoglottis prietoi). I did have a nerite in there but I have just moved into my main tank as it was still a lot smaller than the ones I bought at the same time so I wondered if it had enough to eat with the shrimps competing for algae. There are still pest snails in there though

The shrimp population didn't seem to increase for a while, then I changed their food and there are now a lot more of them. Co-incidence? Perhaps.

I've seen many articles say that Cherry Shrimps breed readily. How often would that be? If I get too much baby shrimps, is it possible to cycle a large plastic container and transfer them there until they find a new home?

 

[Essjay]

They do breed readily but not like, say, guppies. Once they have reached a certain limit, which seems to be related to the amount of food, the population stabilises.
Cherry shrimps, particularly high grade or interesting colours, are always in demand if you do end up with too many.

 

[StripySnailGirl04]

They do breed readily but not like, say, guppies. Once they have reached a certain limit, which seems to be related to the amount of food, the population stabilises.
Cherry shrimps, particularly high grade or interesting colours, are always in demand if you do end up with too many.

Thank. I would get 4 low grades, 4 high grades and 4 red Rill.
What should I do with shrimp to keep them alive when I go on a 2 week holiday? It might not be the same with invertebrates but every time I return from a relaxing holiday, I am greeted with at least 1 dead fish.

 

[GaryE]

I think that if you get into watching what fish do, and how they act, you want to make that possible. male endlers and guppies are absolute jerks, but that's part of what they are. We can keep them as ornaments, but they are driven to act in certain ways.
Researchers in Trinidad discovered a female guppy being bugged by a group of males will often do a sudden dive right in front of the mouth of a predator. It takes the big fish a second to react, and by then, a posse of colourful males are right in front of its jaws. Problem solved for the female.
Fish do things - not just breeding - and I like observing all that. Male only tanks get really neurotic to watch.