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You can certainly start with a tank that size, I did! You would be best starting off with Neocaridina (cherry) shrimps as you haven't kept much before and these shrimp are cheaper and easier to keep than the bee shrimps so a good place to start. You can use gravel substrate which is a lot cheaper and straightforward as it won't alter the water parameters, and it is possible to keep them in tap water (I do) and I expect you have good tap water up there! They don't have much of a bio load but it is best to get a small filter and for that size of tank something like this as it is shrimp safe being sponge, and fairly cheap - I use this type. You can get everything you may want from pro-shrimp and they give top service and good prices, they even sell shrimps to whet your appetite. https://www.pro-shrimp.co.uk/internal-filters/1826-superfish-aqua-flow-50-8715897041747.html You may need a heater as it gets quite cold where you are and a 25W would normally be sufficient but when I used a 15L I used a 50W and as they are probably the same price it is probably better value to go for a 50W (and at some stage it will also be useable in a bigger tank should you catch the bug!!!!!). I recommend you watch this video as a beginner as it is very thorough: https://skfaquatics.com/forum/forums/topic/14161-basics-for-shrimp-keeping-video/ It is better to see them if you have a light but they don't have to have one so that is down to your budget and preference. You are best to pick one colour as cross breeding with different colours usually produces brown wild type shrimp. Even with just the one colour this can happen over time as I know. You probably wouldn't want more than 10 AT MOST as, if it works they reproduce rapidly. If you have any specific questions do ask (I'm going offline in a while, but will be on here tomorrow morning, so you have plenty of time to think, but there will be others on here anyway). I hope you decide to give shrimps a go, but beware, they get very addictive! Simon

214TDS is not ideal. The intention here is to let the shrimp settle into the new tank parameters without a water change for a while. As long as the TDS does not exceed 300, it should be okay for a week or two. After that time, start water changes to bring TDS back to ideal Crystal parameters. The short time frame where TDS is between 200- 300 won't harm the shrimp (since they are already in water that is in this range). But the stability in parameters during this timeframe will do them good. Hope that makes sense.

Agreed! Seeing a Betta in a jar to me is just wrong! Apparently love being in larger tanks with little flow and plenty of swimming room.

I agree with this, i used to keep bettas many a year ago and its a common misconception that they will live a long life in a jar. I was naive at first and kept 3 in a betta barracks all ended up getting diseases even with constant water changes. Once i started keeping them like normal fish in a filtered tank they thrived like nothing else. Just dont put two males together cause they will fight to the death.

yeah they're hardy but just because they can be kept in jars doesnt mean they should be...