Will Enough Algae Grow

[sona98765]

I want to set up a planted shrimp tank(separate from the 5.5 gallon) in a 40 gallon.
I will add about 10 plants and 10 shrimp
Will there be enough algae to grow?
Also will ghost shrimp eat algae if starved

 

[Cazgar]

You'll need to feed them in a new tank until it's established.

 

[Fishy friend2]

Ghost shrimp will eat algae if starved but I've never heard of them surviving on just algae, I have some in my tank and there is no algae at all and I feed them algae wafers, and they also wait in the water Coluum and eat the fish food flakes that come down there, they also eat decaying plant matter. But for your real question. What do you mean by will enough algae grow, will enough algae grow for what? the shrimp? If so I doubt that they would last long in that tank, on just algae. And one more thing.., if I may ask why are you setting up the shrimp tank in the 40 gallon and not the 5.5 gallon, you want Plecos for the 5.5 gallon and you could possibly get some BN's for the 40 gallon and put the shrimp in the 5 gallon as that is the perfect size shrimp tank IMO

 

[fluttermoth]

if I may ask why are you setting up the shrimp tank in the 40 gallon and not the 5.5 gallon, you want Plecos for the 5.5 gallon and you could possibly get some BN's for the 40 gallon and out the shrimp in the 5 gallon as that is the perfect size shrimp tank IMo

Agreed!

 

[Fishy friend2]

Yes, also the OP will have more choices for fish other than like 5-8 choices, which is probably what the OP has with the 5 gallon

 

[sona98765]

Ghost shrimp will eat algae if starved but I've never heard of them surviving on just algae, I have some in my tank and there is no algae at all and I feed them algae wafers, and they also wait in the water Coluum and eat the fish food flakes that come down there, they also eat decaying plant matter. But for your real question. What do you mean by will enough algae grow, will enough algae grow for what? the shrimp? If so I doubt that they would last long in that tank, on just algae. And one more thing.., if I may ask why are you setting up the shrimp tank in the 40 gallon and not the 5.5 gallon, you want Plecos for the 5.5 gallon and you could possibly get some BN's for the 40 gallon and put the shrimp in the 5 gallon as that is the perfect size shrimp tank IMO

Ure right it is just that I need a large number of shrimp(100-500)
So ghost shrimp can't survive on algae?

 

[sheffieldlad]

Why would you 'need' 100 - 500 shrimp just out of interest...

 

[Fishy friend2]

Why would you want to Starve them to the point of when they would need to take to jurrastic measures and eat only one thing, that they should only have a small diet of, and IMO if you are atleast going to try to grow enough algae to sustain the shrimps small diet of it, the algae would be really unappealing for the tank

 

[Fishy friend2]

I want to set up a planted shrimp tank(separate from the 5.5 gallon) in a 40 gallon.
I will add about 10 plants and 10shrimp
Will there be enough algae to grow?
Also will ghost shrimp eat algae if starved

I thought that you wanted 100-500 not just 10 if you really do want 10 then the 5 gallon could do

 

[fluttermoth]

Ure right it is just that I need a large number of shrimp(100-500)
So ghost shrimp can't survive on algae?

Just feed them on some standard catfish pellets, crushed to a fine powder; they'll only need a little bit and it won't be expensive at all.

 

[sona98765]

Why would you 'need' 100 - 500 shrimp just out of interest...

they look really cool plus I need to give my fish a varied diet

I want to set up a planted shrimp tank(separate from the 5.5 gallon) in a 40 gallon.
I will add about 10 plants and 10shrimp
Will there be enough algae to grow?
Also will ghost shrimp eat algae if starved

I thought that you wanted 100-500 not just 10 if you really do want 10 then the 5 gallon could do

They will breed

How about Amano Shrimp
Where can I get those from?

 

[Fishy friend2]

I got mine from a miss shipment that was sent to Petco, thy were 49 cents, and I don't think that fish that will live in a 5 gallon tank will devour our any shrimp other than a Betta might possibly eat small ghost shrimp and small cherry shrimp. The only shrimp that even small shrimp will readily eat easily will be brine shrimp, and my neons had a little trouble eating the adults so I would just use the 40 gallon as a fish tank instead of a shrimp tank! I don't think that 10 ghost shrimp will breed into 100-500 as they usually only have babies that survive in brackish water, and plus IME I've had my ghosts for 6 months and only have had 2-3 babies Actually survive into adulthood

 

[Fishy friend2]

IMO its just not even worth making that a shrimp tank, maybe you could use the 5 gallons as a shrimp breeding tank if you wanted to, but ghosts don't have a high survival rate in freshwater