What Should I Do With This 1 Gallon Tank?

[Teelie]

Sea Monkeys are just Brine Shrimp. I've never kept them but they are a good food for fish.

 

[poopsydrew]

Sea Monkeys are just Brine Shrimp. I've never kept them but they are a good food for fish.

cool, thats what i thought. So would i be able to pick up some sort of hatching kit at my lfs or will this be a little tricky to find? thanks...

Drew

 

[treelo]

im interested in this as well

ive got a little tank(not sure of the size of it) and am looking at using it to breed live food for my fish

so can anyone else recomend types of food to be kept in a small tank that has no heater or filtration although it is in a warm room and the temp isnt much colder than my tropical tank

 

[Lord Spooky]

you could always use it as a house for plants! I mean if you have any planted tanks you could grow tiny plants in there until they grew big enough to put into your real tank.

 

[poopsydrew]

you could always use it as a house for plants! I mean if you have any planted tanks you could grow tiny plants in there until they grew big enough to put into your real tank.

thats a good idea. I am a little worried about the lighting as it just comes with a small little incandsescent light. I am sure it wouldnt be a problem with low light plants...thanks lord spooky. Anyone know anymore about brine shrimp aka "sea monkeys"?

 

[Lord Spooky]

No problamo. Any type of shrimp should be fine in that tank. The debree from the plants would make a great food supply for them.

Edit: Are you talking about feeder shrimp for your fish? In that case than yes they would be fine in there. Only have a bamboo shrimp so sorry if im wrong on what type of shrimp they are.

 

[Danno]

Is this a bowl, semi-flat bowl, square, or retangle tank? When dealing with small tanks the dementions of the tank effect what you can actually do.

 

[poopsydrew]

No problamo. Any type of shrimp should be fine in that tank. The debree from the plants would make a great food supply for them.

Edit: Are you talking about feeder shrimp for your fish? In that case than yes they would be fine in there. Only have a bamboo shrimp so sorry if im wrong on what type of shrimp they are.

I am talking about raising feeder shrimp yes, i have a bamboo shrimp in my 10 gal lol. And to answer the other question my 1 gallon is a square shape. I am thinking a small java fern for the plant. You say they can just feed off of that? Do i buy eggs or what? thanks everyone.

Drew

 

[Lord Spooky]

You could buy eggs or live ones depending on what your LFS has to offer. Feeder shrimp pretty much feed off of things we cant see. A tank that looks crystal clear still houses food for them. So throwing in a plant or two wouldn't hurt anyone.

 

[poopsydrew]

You could buy eggs or live ones depending on what your LFS has to offer. Feeder shrimp pretty much feed off of things we cant see. A tank that looks crystal clear still houses food for them. So throwing in a plant or two wouldn't hurt anyone.

Thanks lord spooky,
Sounds good, i think i have all the info i need for now. Thanks a lot everyone for all your help.

Drew