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Hi All,

I have no experience but would like to try keep shrimps. i would like to setup a small tank in office and would like ask bros/sis here if this is possible to be kept in office?

what size tank is suitable? (cannot be those 1ft/2ft kind, have to be small)


thanks in advance

[Ningning]

Cannot. unless u want them to die. i think u saw a small tank in petmart and they are torturing the poor sakura inside the tiny tank. give the shrimp 1 month, sure die.

get a apple snail. they come in many colours, white, red, yellow, blue or purple.. they are smart.. get fish flakes to feed them.. the cheap type. soon, they can eat the flakes when u handfeed them.

[bettafantastic]

Would suggest you get a big tank, min 2 feet.
Can control water parameters easier.
Btw, you plan to get a fan or your office has aircon?

[lucas_1957]

Hey bro, i think neither shrimp nor apple snail is suitable.

Shrimp very very minimum should have 1 ft tank, if the tank too small, the water parameters will be very unstable, your shrimp will not survive. Furthermore, shrimps breed quite fast, your tank will be overloaded very fast, and will crash.

For snail, apple snail grows huge, and the way they shit is, it will pollute the water in your tank very quickly, and it will die, then the whole tank will stink like mad.

I suggest a fighting fish. However, fighting fish will need regular water changes, and they cant tolerate cold temperatures very well (if your office has aircon). Afterall they are true tropical fishes, if you keep them in cool waters like 23, 24 deg for a long time, it will make the fish vulnerable to illnesses.

Thanks for all the advice from bros.
I saw some nano tank setup for shrimps so thought i could set 1 up in office.
Yes office has aircon and i have a portable fan too.
the only period i'm worried is over the weekend, dunno if they can survive.

Originally Posted by maverick08

Thanks for all the advice from bros.
I saw some nano tank setup for shrimps so thought i could set 1 up in office.
Yes office has aircon and i have a portable fan too.
the only period i'm worried is over the weekend, dunno if they can survive.

crs after your weekend u come back office see all change colour....... nano not very stable like all the bro and sis say. I have nano too end up murdering them. So now change to 2 ft at home i don't want to setup nano in office use to have one behind my sit like fengshui but i have decomm it liao.

Originally Posted by avex30

crs after your weekend u come back office see all change colour....... nano not very stable like all the bro and sis say. I have nano too end up murdering them. So now change to 2 ft at home i don't want to setup nano in office use to have one behind my sit like fengshui but i have decomm it liao.

Thanks for the advice bro, guess i have to cast this idea away

Originally Posted by maverick08

Thanks for the advice bro, guess i have to cast this idea away

Yes, you should if not will kill the shrimps sooner or later...

If your office have aircon and you are just keeping Cherry shrimp in a nano tank it should be ok... even without filter. I personally have a 1/2 ft tank in my office and there are no pump, just top up water once in a while, only keep cherry... they breed like rabbits... at the end colleagues all start to set up the same and get free cherry from me... and same breed and breed. till the management came out with a notice, "No Tank in Office".

What you need is some moss inside and dun over feed them. But CRS will never survive without filters.