Bare Bottom or substrate

I have a few shrimp tanks with gravel,and a few with aqua soil.I am trying to breed the shrimp for a "little extra" income.The tanks are planted and some have moss in them.Since I am new to the ins and outs to what really works in breeding tanks,should they have less decorations in the tank or decorated for them to feel at home (secure) to do their natural thing

I'm a fan of live planted tanks for inverts.

it's how ever you want to do. i have a person in my plant club who has a jungle of moss in his shrimp tanks, and they breed like crazy.

bare bottom is easy to clean but a substrate looks better.

can you guys move this thread to the right forum....?

inverts breeding are a must in a plnted tank. the baby shrimp, or whatever theyre called need the micro for food, moss and plants provide that.

I have a bare bottom tank with java moss and two fake jelly fish for my cherry and blue pearl shrimp, then my ghost shrimp are in a planted tank with sand as the substrate and both tanks are breeding!

elfwolfe wrote:

I have a bare bottom tank with java moss and two fake jelly fish for my cherry and blue pearl shrimp, then my ghost shrimp are in a planted tank with sand as the substrate and both tanks are breeding!

lol, that seems to happen to everyone eventually =) im up to 320 ish

bare bottom is; from my own experience, for the "bare-bones business end" and substrate is for tanks that want to be shown off. i suppose its preference on the matter. im setting up a bare bottom 40gal to house marble crays in to use as feeders (if i can ever get any!!!!!) while my 40g breeder tank has Tahitian Moon black sand (bloody expensive at 22$ per 20lb bag ) essentially business and show

I like the substrate, It will complement the biological filtration

All my tanks are bare bottom, much easier to keep clean.
My 3 ponds outside are also bare bottom. My fish load is
very heavy. I guess it's individual preference. I do know that it
hasn't stopped the breeding lol

Madmax0r wrote:

I like the substrate, It will complement the biological filtration

yeah, but in a bare bottom, that can easily solved by using a big sponge filter

i guess both ways work for inverts. just some plant mass or moss and your good to go.

true true,

now days I always stab a big hole in a masonry sponge and put them over any pump intake. its amazing how good they are

For shrimp, I would definately recommend a planted tank.

Snails, you could go either way.