If I'm going to get Bamboo shrimp and maybe other filter feeders, do you think I should invest in a micro food like NLF Reef Micro?
My tank is well established but still...
My tank is well established but still...
This food for filter feeders?
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Personally, I feel that, along with a well established tank, they most need a strong current in the tank to do well. I use a powerhead to do this. HOB filters do create a current, but it's hard to direct and it diffuses quickly.
If you do have a HOB filter, you may want to drop the water level a bit, or but a screen to block the filter output. I've found bamboo shrimp living in them before.
If you do have a HOB filter, you may want to drop the water level a bit, or but a screen to block the filter output. I've found bamboo shrimp living in them before.
They do ok on powdered/crushed foods as wlel. Really the high flow and the established (over a year) tank are best
My tank is over a year. I use a sponge filter in there along with an air stone. It gets a nice current going. It's a 5 gallon but as soon as my 44 is up and running, I'll be taking the fish out of my 15 gallon, planting it densely and putting inverts in.
Right now the filter is about halfway down the tank and facing towards one end so the cherry shrimp have a respite from the current if they want. I'll probably do the same thing with the 15 gallon.
Or I might put them in a 20 gallon long.
Right now the filter is about halfway down the tank and facing towards one end so the cherry shrimp have a respite from the current if they want. I'll probably do the same thing with the 15 gallon.
Or I might put them in a 20 gallon long.