Hi everyone. Was looking for advice on when to introduce shrimp to my new aquarium?
I have a 55 litre tank that has 8 green neon tetra and one neon tetra due to a mix up at the fish shop (seems to be doing ok though) the fish have been in about 3 or 4 weeks now and the tank had been cycling for 8 weeks prior. I went to the fish shop to buy some shrimp and start the cleanup crew but they advised against it. And said shrimp are sensitive and I need to have the tank running longer.
Was wondering at what point I should add shrimp as I have some diatoms on my plants and no clean up crew yet.
Was planning on otto's but have read the tank needs to be at least 6 months old before you add them.
Weekly water tests are not showing any ammonia and doing 2 20% water changes a week.
Any advice is appreciated cheers.
I have a 55 litre tank that has 8 green neon tetra and one neon tetra due to a mix up at the fish shop (seems to be doing ok though) the fish have been in about 3 or 4 weeks now and the tank had been cycling for 8 weeks prior. I went to the fish shop to buy some shrimp and start the cleanup crew but they advised against it. And said shrimp are sensitive and I need to have the tank running longer.
Was wondering at what point I should add shrimp as I have some diatoms on my plants and no clean up crew yet.
Was planning on otto's but have read the tank needs to be at least 6 months old before you add them.
Weekly water tests are not showing any ammonia and doing 2 20% water changes a week.
Any advice is appreciated cheers.