Thinking About Getting A Biube For Shrimp

[jimbooboo]

Hey they, been quite some time now since i last had a fish tank but I used to have a tank. But had one about 20 gal and plenty of shrimp, guppies, tetras etc. I recently saw a biube 35l and it looked pretty nice and was about the right size.

In my previous tank I used that really fine pea gravel as my substrate. Im not sure if that would work in the biube.

What sort fo filtatrion does the Biube use?

Would it be suitable for red cherry shrimp?

Thanks, james

 

[oliesminis]

most tanks would be suitable for shrimp imo

i would have a sand substrate for shrimp tanks

i think if you did it right a tank like that would look very nice

 

[azzaknight]

dito.
your tank would look awsome!!!

 

[jimbooboo]

Thanks, What filtration system would I need to use if I were to go with sand. I tried sand before and it looked really dull. Does it look better with light. I think I tried it without a light.

Also, would it look natural with that realy bushy plant that grows in strands (cant remember what its called). Also thinking about putting some neon tetras in there. Possibly get some bogwood in there.

james

I wouldn't mind having about 20-30 cherry shimp, a couple of banana shrimp and some neon tetras.

 

[azzaknight]

have a look at the these
there similar to neons but are much smaller and are only blue and green. you could get away with more of these than neons.

 

[jimbooboo]

What about filtration?

 

[Truck]

What about filtration?

you cant use sand fo filtration in a biorb without modification

 

[jimbooboo]

I was thinking more along the lines of an internal filter that i just stick to the side?

 

[oliesminis]

you can get one to stick to the side, just make sure it can cope with the right amount of water

 

[jimbooboo]

Does anyone know of an external canister filter pretty small for like 10-15 gal? I'd prefer one of those as you only have pipes in the tank not a big filter box.

 

[3ndl3r]

i don't know of any externals. But a Fluval+1 internal will do the trick.

 

[vinylman]

You can get an Aquacube 40l complete with everything for half the price of a BiOrb. BiOrbs are monstrously overpriced for what you get.