filter help for shrimp tank

[joshuashih1]

what is the best size of tank for keeping 16-20 shrimp in at one time and can I use only a spunge filter, if not then what is the cheapest rout I should go

 

[Bifferwine]

What kind of shrimp are they?

 

[joshuashih1]

manley pepermint, scaret skunk cleaner,and corle banded shrimp

 

[ErinCahir]

Coral banded shrimp will probably go after the peppermints and the skunks...

 

[Bifferwine]

Yep, coral bandeds are predators. They will even go after fish.

 

[FishyReef]

Do you want this tank in order to keep shrimp to feed to your hawkfish? Seems odd to just have a shrimp tank...

 

[Kelz88]

I have just a shrimp tank lol. But it is because i have a lion in one tank, and a hawk in another, but i still wanted minty's.

 

[Bifferwine]

Do you want this tank in order to keep shrimp to feed to your hawkfish? Seems odd to just have a shrimp tank...

Peppermints, skunks and coral bandeds are an expensive diet to feed to a hawkfish!

 

[Northstar24]

It is quite possible that a CBS will pick on other types of shrimp

As far as a filter, it would be live rock like any other salt tank. What is the purpose of keeping '16-20' shrimp in a tank?

 

[MikeG]

What is the purpose of keeping '16-20' shrimp in a tank?

Just to start another thread. What else. My head is going to explode soon trying to read his spelling. :frustrat::frustrat::frustrat::frustrat:

 

[Bifferwine]

You can use any type of filter for a shrimp-only tank. Your care and maintenance of the tank would be no different than any other reef tank. You would have to keep the filter clean, and this is especially important for shrimp since they are highly sensitive to nitrates. Nitrates would have to be 10 or less, preferably 0, for a shrimp tank. So you'd still have to do water changes, etc.

 

[joshuashih1]

sorrry for spelling but I will not be keeping the shrimp all at once together specese at a time

 

[joshuashih1]

I love shrimp and want to keep them with a few court jester and hecter gobys