When following 'per gallon' guidelines is wrong

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Kurama

Discussion Starter · 15 d ago

Do you ever see those '[x] amount of [insert lifeform] per gallon' guidelines and wonder if they actually did it or they are just making stuff up?

For instance, guide says you can have 10 dwarf shrimp per gallon, but if you put 300 dwarf shrimp in a 30 gallon that might be crazy 🤪

Does anyone have a picture of 300 dwarf shrimp in a 30 gallon tank? I need a point of reference

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Emeraldtarpon

· #2 · 14 d ago

Hi Kurama
i copied these numbers off the internet a while back.
Dont know about 300 to 30 gallon though lol.

Number of Amano shrimp Tank size
2-3 5 gallon (19 liter)
5 10 gallon (38 liter)
10 20 gallon (76 liter)
20 40 gallon (151 liter)
Number of Cherry shrimp Tank size
5-10 2 gallon (7 liter)
10-15 3 gallon (11 liter)
15-25 5 gallon (19 liter)
30-50 10 gallon (38 liter)
70-100 20 gallon (76 liter)
Number of Ghost shrimp Tank size
3-6 2.5 gallon (9 liter)
6-9 3 gallon (11 liter)
10-15 5 gallon (19 liter)
20-30 10 gallon (38 liter)
40-60 20 gallon (76 liter)
60-90 30 gallon (114 liter)
100-120 40 gallon (151 liter)
140-165 55 gallon (208 liter)
Number of Vampire Shrimp Tank size
4-5 15 gallon (57 liter)
5-7 20 gallon (76 liter)
7-10 30 gallon (114 liter)
13-17 40 gallon (151 liter)
17-20 55 gallon (208 liter)
Number of Bee shrimp Tank size
6-15 3 gallon (11 liter)
15-25 5 gallon (19 liter)
30-50 10 gallon (38 liter)
60-100 20 gallon (76 liter)
Number of Blue dream shrimp Tank size
30-50 5 gallon (19 liter)
70-100 10 gallon (38 liter)
150-200 20 gallon (76 liter)
250-300 30 gallon (114 liter).

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Emeraldtarpon

· #3 · 14 d ago

😆 there it is right at the bottom.

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Whistler

· #4 · 13 d ago

So with a 350 litre tank on the way I could have an awful lot of shrimp if I wanted! Not that I would of course but interesting to know that I shouldn't have to worry too much about fitting a dozen or so in 🙂

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Gamegurl

· #5 · 10 d ago

It could help you guesstimate how many adults and how many offspring they produce so to have room for them to breed which is what all shrimp owners want isn't it?
I really could have at least 10 tanks to accommodate all the different species with a Shrimp tank for sure, they come in so many colors, how cool for you

Having 300 piled on top of themselves would be quite the sight

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susankat

· #6 · 10 d ago

One inch per gal is wrong in so many cases, some people will put a 3 inch oscar in a ten gal tank , thinking 8 10 10 inch fish will fit into a 10 gal tank, When buying fish, always look into ffull grown size. length and overall width.

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