SHRIMP AQUARIUM - WHERE TO START
Nowadays, more and more people are joining the ranks of aquarists. Of course, each of us would like to keep exquisite fish and shrimps in our aquarium. Some aquarists go to distant countries to acquire very rare species of underwater inhabitants. In Australia, New Guinea, Taiwan and Japan has a large number of different fish and shrimp, where actually domestic zoo firms and make their wholesale purchases. A large number of professional aquarists have learned to breed rare fish and shrimp in their aquariums, which made their purchase on the domestic market more affordable.
Those who wish to breed in the aquarium shrimp, if they are properly maintained, it is quite easy to get offspring from them. Of course, to be sure that your underwater inhabitants are well in the aquarium, you need to spend at least a little time to study the issues concerning their habitats in nature, their habits, preferences in feed, etc. All this information can be gleaned from the vastness of the Internet from resources devoted to aquaristics.
The most important rule when populating the aquarium with shrimp is that in the same aquarium with them should not contain fish that eat shrimp. There is a certain rule here, if you see that the mouth of the fish will allow to accommodate the shrimp, then most likely such fish will certainly eat them. Studying information about the life of various fish, you will surely read that the main source of food for them are various small crustaceans.
In an aquarium with fish, it is desirable to contain shrimp of the same color. In this case, shrimp can quickly adapt and camouflage to the color of their surroundings. In this case, the likelihood that they will be eaten by fish significantly reduced. If you want to keep in the same aquarium shrimp of different colors, then in this case it is better to keep them in a separate aquarium, the so-called shrimp tank.
The next step is to determine the necessary volume of the aquarium. Given that the shrimp have a small size, you can stop at a small aquarium of about 20 liters. Of course, in spite of the tiny size of shrimp, you can not populate such an aquarium with hundreds of specimens. In a small aquarium will be easier to take care of shrimp and if necessary, you can quickly fish them all out and change all the water. Those aquarists who still want to keep a large number of shrimp is recommended to purchase a more spacious aquarium.
Now that you have the necessary aquarium, you can purchase various aquarium equipment - a foam water filter, which is the best option for small shrimp and their larvae, as well as an aquarium thermostat and light bulbs.
After the aquarium is equipped with all the necessary equipment in it pour the required substrate, planted plants and various decorations. Immediately after starting a new aquarium, the water in it will turn cloudy, so you need to wait until it establishes a biological equilibrium, as a result of which the water will become crystal clear and only then start there shrimp.
