Hermit question?
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Calappidae
Harlequin Shrimp
I don't think anything could live in a quarter gallon. Too big of a swing in water quality.
MesmatePipe
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yeah only betas and baby goldfish can live in 1/4 gallon (once the goldfish get to be over an inch send them to a 10 and once they get to 4-5 send them to a 30+) but this may not be relevant considering this is ReefCentral not LakeCentral. You could keep brine shrimp or triops.
Calappidae
Harlequin Shrimp
#triopsneedbiggerandbrineshrimponlyliveaweekor2
You fit some saltwater things in 1/4 gallon (like 1 hermit crab) but the biggest issue is the fact saltwater is more fragile than fresh.. and in a smaller tank they're not as noob proof and very hard to keep running compared to a large system.. most people who own 125's never atempt even 10 gallons because of the major difficulty difference (the 10 being the worst)..
You have to relize.. a .25 gallon is less than what most fish are shipped in.. and if they have a risk of DOA (and never from lack of oxygen there's always plenty), imagine a setup like that for life.. you're trying to keep a bag alive.
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Actually both statements in your hashtag are wrong, I have hatched and kept both triops and brine shrimp (For more than a week, and if you can't keep those why are you into reef keeping?) in 1/4 gallon and less for the brine shrimp. I have kept both species happy and healthy for extended periods of time.
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BTW brine shrimp have a life span of about a year
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Besides isn't there some rule that it's 1 hermit to 2 gallons, what you're suggesting is eliminating 7/8 of it's space, that more than a little stretch.
Calappidae
Harlequin Shrimp
Why am I into reefkeeping? I guess the same can be said why anybody is as this is pretty common sense, brine shrimp actually have relatively short life spans (one year is not an adverage life span.. 3 months is the longest and that's believed to be just a new generation of breeding brines rather than an individgual maximum life cycle). They're bullet proof in hardiness and can take any swings which is an excellant perk. (They can live in space believe it or not!) They're also saltwater unlike many suggest, but they do not live very long in captivity..
Unless you have a complicated breeding station to keep an endless supply, it's actually recommended to REFRIGDERATE live brine to get them to last long enough for feeding (the cold stunts their growth, lengthing their live span)
Tadpole shrimp/shield shrimp as their more appropriatly refered to (triops) can reach up to 4 inches in length, that's double the size of a 2" cleaner shrimp.. WHO NEEDS A 20 LONG! Ignoring the fact one is freshwater, that's just space alone. Tadpole shrimp are pretty acrobatic as all those "toy" aquariums suggest and do move alot.. needing the room.. I wouldn't put a full grown tadpole shrimp in anything smaller than a 10 personally. Especially with how messy they are.
I don't know exactly what systems you're running but honestly this is what I'm aware of and the experience of several other researchers rather than personal opinion or open minded thought of my own.
I do know some kits for brine shrimp that claim to be full freshwater.. I don't believe those are true brine shrimp, I'm not too sure I personally don't get involved with that kind of stuff (I had tadpole shrimp when I was really young I remember..)
Brine shrimp can only live a few hours in freshwater I know for a fact using them as feeders.
