zenster Posted January 27, 2018 Report Share Posted January 27, 2018 The bigger the better but is there such thing as too big that it won't make a difference at the end (but hurt your wallet)? What are your experiences like? Do you wish your tanks are bigger/smaller or just perfect in what you are trying to achieve? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClownPlanted Posted January 27, 2018 Report Share Posted January 27, 2018 You can have too big. The reason being is a sickness/disease breakout could wipe out entire tank. Would be bad to have thousands lost instead of hundreds. That is the only drawback I can see. Single point of failure/wipe out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenster Posted January 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2018 2 hours ago, ClownPlanted said: You can have too big. The reason being is a sickness/disease breakout could wipe out entire tank. Would be bad to have thousands lost instead of hundreds. That is the only drawback I can see. Single point of failure/wipe out. Great point. I'll definitely keep this in mind for the future. I'm also wondering if its possible to produce high quality offspring like the Ellen Wang E1's in a small tank between 10 to 20 gallons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimple minded Posted January 27, 2018 Report Share Posted January 27, 2018 1 hour ago, zenster said: I'm also wondering if its possible to produce high quality offspring like the Ellen Wang E1's in a small tank between 10 to 20 gallons. Absolutely. 10-20 gallons is probably best size "range". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClownPlanted Posted January 27, 2018 Report Share Posted January 27, 2018 7 minutes ago, Shrimple minded said: Absolutely. 10-20 gallons is probably best size "range". Agreed. Too small can have large water parameter fluctuations. Too large all eggs in one basket which could be problematic. I stick to 10-20 gallons and think its the perfect range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mishiri Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 The ADA 60p is a great size, 17 gallons, It's what I am using Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mishiri Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 9 hours ago, zenster said: Great point. I'll definitely keep this in mind for the future. I'm also wondering if its possible to produce high quality offspring like the Ellen Wang E1's in a small tank between 10 to 20 gallons. Yes, it's definitely possible, they still have the gene, so it's up to your culling skills oem 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenster Posted January 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 14 hours ago, Mishiri said: The ADA 60p is a great size, 17 gallons, It's what I am using I have an ADA 60P too but contemplating going for something a bit bigger like a 25 gallon 18" cube. The extra 8 gallons isn't that much more but you get more surface area for the shrimp to roam around. If I was housing schooling fish like neons I would stick with the rectangular 60P because of the longer length but do you think the shorter length of the cube would matter to shrimps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy6107 Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 also a tank that is too big could make it hard for the males to find the females after a moult. depending on the size of your colony. Mishiri 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mishiri Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 4 hours ago, chappy6107 said: also a tank that is too big could make it hard for the males to find the females after a moult. depending on the size of your colony. This is also true. For example, if you start out your tank with only 5 shrimp... in a tank this big, it will be quite difficult for them to find each other. This isn't the case, if you purchase a bigger colony though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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