Tank Height

[Mumu Pipet]

Howdy there,
I am new in taking care of shrimp,
this is my first post.(I guess everyone can see that though ^^)
i need to know,
what is it with tank height?
Do we need such height? 12inches? (1Ft)
cause for all we care.. shrimp doesnt even swim that much,

More water, the water chemical would be more stabil?
Lets say that i'm making a 4Ft shrimp tank with only 6inch of water level.
I'd say that is enough no?
Plus, less water level, would mean more light to the plant.
Then we can supply enough wattage to feed the plant.

I have looked tru the forum for answer, but somehow i couldnt found any,
please redirect me to the answer if i've overlooked. Thanks

[Navanod]

Howdy there,
I am new in taking care of shrimp,
this is my first post.(I guess everyone can see that though ^^)
i need to know,
what is it with tank height?
Do we need such height? 12inches? (1Ft)
cause for all we care.. shrimp doesnt even swim that much,

More water, the water chemical would be more stabil?
Lets say that i'm making a 4Ft shrimp tank with only 6inch of water level.
I'd say that is enough no?
Plus, less water level, would mean more light to the plant.
Then we can supply enough wattage to feed the plant.

I have looked tru the forum for answer, but somehow i couldnt found any,
please redirect me to the answer if i've overlooked. Thanks

You are right technically. There's no advantage to having a very deep shrimp tank other than to increase the water volume but at the same time, plants will need stronger lighting.

However, do note that a very shallow tank will make filter options very very limited. You cannot fit many rain bars and inlets for canisters into such a shallow tank. Air sponges will also have to be really flat and small in order to remain underwater. Even hang on filters intakes needs a certain depth to work properly.

If you're using soil in that 6 inch height tank, then your water height decreases even more, further limiting filter options.

Lastly, even if you managed to fit some form of filter (other than air sponges) in, you'll face the problem of having air being sucked in when doing waterchange when water levels falls during siphoning.
Unless you have some innovative filtration in mind, I would still suggest a minimum height of 1ft to be safe.

[Summit MicroFarm]

This can be simply accomplished by creating a flow through tank. a spray bar or whatver pushes water into one end and at the other water flows out the other...basically a "raceway" design. Standpipes are common in this design type. Good Luck. Keep us posted on what you decide to do!

[Mumu Pipet]

aaaa.. finally i am able to log into this forum,
it was under construction or something for the past few days.

Thanks for the answer.. basically its for the technical side
that wont allow us to do the shallow tanks right?
but in terms of the shrimp keeping or the well being of the
tiny little beauty, its not much of a disturbance is'nt it?
Understood.

But will it berries and having babies after?
Anything about the pressure that relates to this?
(Deeper water.. more water pressure..)

[GDP]

aaaa.. finally i am able to log into this forum,
it was under construction or something for the past few days.

Thanks for the answer.. basically its for the technical side
that wont allow us to do the shallow tanks right?
but in terms of the shrimp keeping or the well being of the
tiny little beauty, its not much of a disturbance is'nt it?
Understood.

But will it berries and having babies after?
Anything about the pressure that relates to this?
(Deeper water.. more water pressure..)

Water preassure is something very interesting to me now that you mention it. I wonder what affect it has on shrimp. I wonder if possibly in a deeper tank they feel more safe? Considering they might believe they are in a nice deep pool that isnt likely to dry up, compared to a shallow one.

[Summit MicroFarm]

In truth I know for sure that it does matter in certain species...for example, halibut. I know that the Americans, Canadians, Norwegians and prolly several others are aquaculturing/breeding halibut in hyperbaric chambers under intense pressure. Despite the fact that halibut can be caught on dry fly at the surface (meaning they flourish at all depths) they must be bred at extreme pressures. Now, this may be the case for some species of shrimp out there, but I would highly doubt it would affect any of our aquarium shrimp or any freshwater shrimp for that matter. It is an interesting topic.