bamboo shrimp

[wheresmyloach]

If I was to get one, would it be sensitive to a nitrite spike? And do they eat plants?

 

[RTR]

Most shrimp are quite sensitive to ammonia and nitrite, so if the tank is not mature you should wait until it is fully cycled.

Wood shrimp are filter feeders, not algae eaters. None of the common in the trade shrimp are plant eaters.

 

[wheresmyloach]

thank you for your advice. I have a 29 gallon tank with 2 bala sharks, 2 blue gouramis, 3 algae eater and a RC crab. Would that shrimp go?

 

[RTR]

To me, that tank is already overstotocked and I would not pair wood shrimp with those fish in any case - as filter feeders they are poor competitors.

 

[wheresmyloach]

It will be overstocked when I put a 2 pound yellow fin tuna in it.