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Hi all, I'm from Melbourne and very new to shrimp keeping. I've been keeping discus for 3 years and wanted to try shrimps.. They are soo cute and interesting. I've got a 18 inch cube with a side built-in filter, would that be too small for shrimps? Or I should get a 3ft at least?

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Tony

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Hey Tony welcome to SKF. What sort of shrimp are you into?

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Welcome to the forum dude, definitely a great place to learn about shrimp. Remember to fire away with any questions, there's no such thing as a dumb question here. :encouragement: An 18" cube is any excellent size for shrimp, lots of space for lots of shrimp, but if you want to selectively breed them you will need a larger tank that I'd divided. Just be warned though, this is how the addiction starts & shrimp are very addictive. Hope you have as much fun here as we do. :victorious:

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Hi and welcome to SKF, heaps to see and learn here. We would love to see pictures of your fish and shrimp. Hope you enjoy the forum:encouragement:

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Welcome to the SKF team Lizhe. Please feel free to post up any questions you might have or just share your experience. In my opinion , an 18 inch is possible to breed shrimps but you need to a lot of experience to keep the water stable. A rule of thumb is the bigger the tank, the easier it is to keep shrimps. Cherries are easy to breed in any size tank but if you want to breed crystal or TB, then bigger is better in my experience but members have breed them in nano tanks before.

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Hey Tony welcome to SKF. What sort of shrimp are you into?

I'm thinking just start with some CRS or CBS... But I read somewhere that they will crossbreed.. so I'd better just keep one specie in one tank?

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Welcome to the forum dude' date=' definitely a great place to learn about shrimp. Remember to fire away with any questions, there's no such thing as a dumb question here. :encouragement: An 18" cube is any excellent size for shrimp, lots of space for lots of shrimp, but if you want to selectively breed them you will need a larger tank that I'd divided. Just be warned though, this is how the addiction starts & shrimp are very addictive. Hope you have as much fun here as we do. :victorious:

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Thanks for the confirmation of the 18inch cube... I'm a bit concerned with the side filter intake, it might take in some of the newborns, any suggestions on that one?

Also I bought some black earth soil... are they good for shrimps?

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I'm thinking just start with some CRS or CBS... But I read somewhere that they will crossbreed.. so I'd better just keep one specie in one tank?

CRS and CBS are the same species, just different colour variants, and will therefore breed.

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Welcome to the SKF team Lizhe. Please feel free to post up any questions you might have or just share your experience. In my opinion ' date=' an 18 inch is possible to breed shrimps but you need to a lot of experience to keep the water stable. A rule of thumb is the bigger the tank, the easier it is to keep shrimps. Cherries are easy to breed in any size tank but if you want to breed crystal or TB, then bigger is better in my experience but members have breed them in nano tanks before.[/quote']

Thanks for the heads up about the water parameter... Before I just do daily water changes for my discus, no overstocking and a matured filtration, any difference in shrimp keeping?

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CRS and CBS are the same species' date=' just different colour variants, and will therefore breed.[/quote']

I see. So I will just stick with one colour variant then. thanks for that info.

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Thanks for the confirmation of the 18inch cube... I'm a bit concerned with the side filter intake' date=' it might take in some of the newborns, any suggestions on that one?

Also I bought some black earth soil... are they good for shrimps?[/quote']

We'd have to see a pic of the tank & inlet to see what would be the best option :encouragement:

I haven't had any experience with that soil so I couldn't tell you, maybe another member has :victorious:

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Hi Tony, welcome to the forum!

My first shrimp tank was 30l, so your cube will be fine to start out with. It wont be long before you'll want a whole rack :D

As for the filter intake, it will suck up your little shrimps. However you can buy mesh filter guards from our sponsors or make one yourself. Or some people use a sponge to cover the intake, but this can slow down the flow.

Please post up some photos of your discus? I love discus, i just recently got my first ones about a month ago :)

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Thanks for the heads up about the water parameter... Before I just do daily water changes for my discus' date=' no overstocking and a matured filtration, any difference in shrimp keeping?[/quote']

Daily water changes are too much for shrimps in my opinion, stability is key. They dont have a big bioload like discus so it's not really necessary. Barring the big guns who have constant water change systems, i think most people do 10% weekly max.

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Welcome to the forum,

definitely would suggest NOT doing daily water changes you would be fine with just doing top ups majority of the time :)

Be sure to let us know what set up you end up doing :)

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Hi Tony,

Welcome to SKF ENJOY!

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My cube is actually a 2ftx18x18, it becomes a 18inch cube after that built in filter, on a double tier, so I will have another tank ready for them once I'm addicted :congratulatory: I have attached a intake of the side filter, what would you suggest for that intake?post-1666-139909852735_thumb.jpg

Hi Tony, welcome to the forum!My first shrimp tank was 30l, so your cube will be fine to start out with. It wont be long before you'll want a whole rack :DAs for the filter intake, it will suck up your little shrimps. However you can buy mesh filter guards from our sponsors or make one yourself. Or some people use a sponge to cover the intake, but this can slow down the flow. Please post up some photos of your discus? I love discus, i just recently got my first ones about a month ago :)

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Very nice pics dude, discus look very cool & I like the setup in the tank, very ingenious :encouragement:

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