Don't be afraid of my duck!
Is this species (aka red-nose shrimp) rather less hardy than Malayans and Cherries? I bought a bag from Petmart yesterday and added them (with the usual settling in process) to a 2 ft tank (non-CO2, 25-26 degrees C, lots of moss) containing cherries. This morning, quite a few mosquitos were dead. Or maybe they had been in the shop for wee too long??
my guess is that their stock may be in stress conditions.(in bags)
i got my from lfs' tank where they are pretty much settled(had to net them). Usually I buy the left overs....they can be as hardy as malayans and so far, mine died only by jumping out of the tank.
What da fish!
btw imo, always choose those with clear transparent bodies. never the cloudy ones.
What da fish!
Don't be afraid of my duck!
Ok, thanks for the tip. Next time, I will probably get fresh ones (Tuesday's fresh stock) or individual pickings.
Marcus,Originally Posted by budak
interested in the wild specimen ones?
Nicholas
Newbie en el cichlid enano
Marcus, if the shrimps are not over-stressed, they can be tough buggers and helluva good algae eater (including the stringy, bushy and staghorn types)
Nicholas, how would the wild types differ from those that are available from LFS?? Bigger, longer and bite harder??
I'm back & keeping 'em fingers wet,
Ronnie Lee
I have about 20 of them and have found them to be very hardy, some are carrying eggs and have considered trying to raise the lava.
Don't be afraid of my duck!
ok, some are 'still' alive, though their bodies look cloudy to me. Nicholas, I should be dropping by later this week.
Cant' keep quiet about this...right?
Yes they are more sensitive than malayans and cherries...but better than bees and tigers.
btw...they are also known as rocketshrimps.
Hey guys,
This shrimp eats plants!
Should not have too many in a planted tank.
My Java fern was stripped bare within 2-3 weeks in a tank only with this fellow.
Regards
Ron,Marcus, if the shrimps are not over-stressed, they can be tough buggers and helluva good algae eater (including the stringy, bushy and staghorn types)
Nicholas, how would the wild types differ from those that are available from LFS?? Bigger, longer and bite harder??
The colour and the nose of the shirmps is much different from the farm bred one.
Nose very red and long once they settle down
Nicholas
Newbie en el cichlid enano
that's strange, never seen it happen. and certainly the stature of this little guy doesn't look like it can strip any plant beyond some moss.Hey guys,
This shrimp eats plants!
Should not have too many in a planted tank.
My Java fern was stripped bare within 2-3 weeks in a tank only with this fellow.
Regards
why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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in my experience some do eat plants..... mine likes hornwort.
What da fish!
Yippie!! Reptiles and Fishies!
They stripped my E. stellata till the leaf all hole hole everywhere... have to put in some hygro for them to eat and divert attention from the stellata
I suspect that the leaves are already suffering from some kind deficiency and are not healthy. I rarely see shrimps eating up healthy leaves of a plant, especially tough plants like Java ferns.
BC
Yippie!! Reptiles and Fishies!
actually...i sold them and now e leaves are coming back..
Don't be afraid of my duck!
When I tried growing Rotala wallichi, shrimp would crawl all over the stem, processing bits of rotala into shrimp poo.
Nature's Chan(very honest) will warn you that this shrimp will eat up some plants if he knows you are into planted tanks.
Luckily, took his advise and bought only 2 at that time.
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