Red Nose Shrimps

**Fran09** · 14th Oct 2014, 16:12

Hi all bros,
May I know where got sell red nose shrimps? Need to buy some to clear my green hair algae growing on my fissiden moss.

Anyone had kept them with no issue with CRS shrimps?

Cheers,
Fran....

**markus92** · 14th Oct 2014, 16:24

Bro OT, fissden dont need alot of light once they are stable(semi mature) so reduce the photo period to prevent algae from coming back. Just something to note after you get rid of the current algae

**mkz** · 15th Oct 2014, 02:28

C328 sells red nose shrimps. Look for them at the back. No issues with CRS, they may go for the same food though and tend to be jumpers when they get startled.

**atasp** · 15th Oct 2014, 10:46

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if you are around North Yishun area, you can go tat aquarium Y618
they have Red Nose Shrimp available.....mi 2 hard-working troop

**Ingen** · 15th Oct 2014, 10:49

I saw a packet at c328 yesterday at the back tank with all the rilli, fire etc. Are they better in algae cleaning than fire red?

**Urban Aquaria** · 15th Oct 2014, 14:44

Originally Posted by Ingen

I saw a packet at c328 yesterday at the back tank with all the rilli, fire etc. Are they better in algae cleaning than fire red?

From my experience with red nose shrimps and cherry shrimps so far, they both seem to be equally effective at clearing the common hair/thread/fuzzy algae tangled amongst plants (i've used them in separate tanks to observe and compare their algae clearing abilities).

The benefit of red nose shrimps is they have a unique look and wouldn't interbreed with RCS or CRS, so you can have them all live alongside each other without messing with offspring quality.

**Fran09** · 15th Oct 2014, 15:48

Hi all,
Thanks for the kind advice.....

Just bought a package of 10pcs from Y618 during lunch time.

Will try out tonight on their cleaning ability....

Cheers,
Fran.....