Algae problem: Amano shrimp or many cherry shrimp

[bennyc]

Haha. Reach home late last night. by the time i am done acclimatise the shrimps it is like 2 am so i did not manage to take any photos. By the time, i woke up most of the green hair algae are gone. The power of the 100 shrimps. However, i noticed they do not quite like staghorn algae.

They have not color up, when they do, time to take photos and spread poison! HAHA!

[wongce]

Haha. Reach home late last night. by the time i am done acclimatise the shrimps it is like 2 am so i did not manage to take any photos. By the time, i woke up most of the green hair algae are gone. The power of the 100 shrimps. However, i noticed they do not quite like staghorn algae.

They have not color up, when they do, time to take photos and spread poison! HAHA!

The power of 100 malayans is not to be under estimated...haha so when are you treating me coffee for recommending you good stuff?? Lol

Enjoy your colour changing shrimps!!!

[bennyc]

The power of 100 malayans is not to be under estimated...haha so when are you treating me coffee for recommending you good stuff?? Lol

Enjoy your colour changing shrimps!!!

Haha. Can, We can organise coffee session with other AQ members as well if others are interested!

[cosmico]

Is it safe to mix malaysn shrimp with cherry and crystal shrimps? Will they attack or bully? I also have shrimplets in my tank. Need malayan to control some green hair algae growth in my tank.

[josephogk]

I usually buy amano and malayan shrimps from seaview. I believe the prices are more reasonable when purchased in bulk.

Add some frogbits to your tank and slowly reduce lighting period. Frogbits will consume the excessive nutrients, leaving the algae to turn brown and consumed by shrimps. No dosing of excel at all. Personally tried that and find it very effective, now my tank has achieved its balance and seldom see any hair algae anymore. Thats unless you dont mind have roots of frogbits floating around your tank.

[erwinx]

After the 100 Malayan shrimp clean up the algae, will there be a shortage of food for them? Do we need to supplement with algae wafer or other food? Can you let me know what sort of food to give them? Thanks!

[wongce]

normal fish food or sinking pellets should be alright for malayan shrimp.. they are not picky eaters...

[josephogk]

I added 100 malayan and 50 yamatos into my 3ft tank. During normal time only the yamatos were seen out in the open area glazing for food. All malayans disappeared in the woods. Everyday when I feed fish food flakes, the yamatos will finish the leftovers. Once they are done with the fish food, they went back to the plants and rocks which I assume they are returning to the cleaning regime.
Algae wafers, yes, once in a while just for fun to see all yamatos/cherry coming out from the bush.

[bennyc]

For planted tank, algae seems to be difficult to avoid. So there is one food source for them. My fishes are a picky bunch. Those fish pellets that have fallen to the substrate, they will not touch and become another source for the malayans.

Malayan tend to be more high ph water, most planted tanks are low ph water. So i do not see the rainbow colors of malayan. They do survive in my tank thou.

[wongwong]

Hi
I have recently bought 5 amano for $5 at Tampines LFS (Blk824)

Brother was say 50 cherry for $8-$10? SO CHEAP!!! is it the market rate or most LFS is this price?
C328 have?

[Urban Aquaria]

I've seen large bags of malayan or cherry shrimps available at those prices from places like C328, Y618, Seaview, NA etc. You'll have to check with those LFS periodically to find such deals though, each time those bulk quantity bags of shrimps are available they usually get snapped up very fast.

[wongce]

Hi wongwong, the trick is to buy in bulk.... hehe... you will be surprised

[mpohlc]

I've seen large bags of malayan or cherry shrimps available at those prices from places like C328, Y618, Seaview, NA etc. You'll have to check with those LFS periodically to find such deals though, each time those bulk quantity bags of shrimps are available they usually get snapped up very fast.

Sorry but where is NA? what's its full name?

[Urban Aquaria]

Sorry but where is NA? what's its full name?

NA = Nature Aquarium (at Thomson Road)

[Dscheng]

Malayan shrimp always out of stock !! I brought from Y618, 50 Cherry for $10.. mainly all shrimplet no colour. Now start to develop nice colour, i think quite good deal for this. Just need a bit patience haha.

[Urban Aquaria]

Malayan shrimp always out of stock !! I brought from Y618, 50 Cherry for $10.. mainly all shrimplet no colour. Now start to develop nice colour, i think quite good deal for this. Just need a bit patience haha.

Yeah, thats one of the bonuses of getting the bulk bags of cherry shrimps, a certain percentage of the younger shrimps might not have developed their actual colors yet (they may have been culled abit too early from breeders tanks), so you can sometimes get a few which will eventually grow to sakura-grade shrimps.