Shrimp
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I WISH shrimp multiplied like those f@*%ing snails.
Snail problems are cleared up by reducing the food supply. I never believed it. I tried it and it didn't seem to work. Turns out I just wasn't trying hard enough because it really does work
Like Happychem said adding a few drops of marine iodine to the tank at water changes has, for me, been the difference between keeping ghost shrimp for a month and keeping them for going on 6 months now. IIRC, there was a parallel drawn between SW crustaceans needing the iodine for their shells and frechwater shrimp using the iodine to promote the molting process. I think the evidence for its benefit in shrimp was anecdotal but that was good enough for me to try and its worked.
I have never noticed my ghost shrimps gravid. They may have been but I didn't see it. My Amanos on the other hand are gravid every other week. I tried once with zero sucess to raise the amanos. Its a pretty involved process, at least by my standards.
Amanos are GREAT cleaners. Ghost shrimp to a lesser extent. I like the amano's hunger for algae.
Tom
Snail problems are cleared up by reducing the food supply. I never believed it. I tried it and it didn't seem to work. Turns out I just wasn't trying hard enough because it really does work
Like Happychem said adding a few drops of marine iodine to the tank at water changes has, for me, been the difference between keeping ghost shrimp for a month and keeping them for going on 6 months now. IIRC, there was a parallel drawn between SW crustaceans needing the iodine for their shells and frechwater shrimp using the iodine to promote the molting process. I think the evidence for its benefit in shrimp was anecdotal but that was good enough for me to try and its worked.
I have never noticed my ghost shrimps gravid. They may have been but I didn't see it. My Amanos on the other hand are gravid every other week. I tried once with zero sucess to raise the amanos. Its a pretty involved process, at least by my standards.
Amanos are GREAT cleaners. Ghost shrimp to a lesser extent. I like the amano's hunger for algae.
Tom
I have a few ghost shrimp in different tanks mainly because I have heard they are good for helping keep a tank clean. My question is what fish are good with them and what arent. I was just about to put some in my goldfish tank but now maybe I wont since I just read this thread? Right now I have one ghost in with 2 red rainbow sharks and some type of a barb but want to add 2 angelfish and maybe a butterfly to that tank. Can I expect to see this ghost shrimp dissappear now... when I add those other fish... or never? I also have one with a beta.... and about 5 others in various tanks with community fish. I dont have any in my cichlid tank (I know better).
Any suggestions on where Ghost Shrimp are safe and not?
Any suggestions on where Ghost Shrimp are safe and not?
Im getting an african butterfly, and i already have a few neons; 6 but hopefully more soon (and a few guppies for food). Would shrimp be better for alge control (lfs has rock shrimp i think, maybe ghost) or would an alge eating catfish (pleco?) be better?
20gal tank, a few potted plants later (duckweed, densa, some other things)
i have a whisper power filter(20)...if that makes any difference
20gal tank, a few potted plants later (duckweed, densa, some other things)
i have a whisper power filter(20)...if that makes any difference
My understanding of shrimp were that they were more of a scavenger that cleaned up "left-overs" at the bottom of the tank. I think catfish or snails would be better for algae control. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
