Reply With Quotewhat kind of algae did you clear using tiger shrimps?
nice pictures!
Here's some shots of my newly acquired algae crew. they finished up the hair algae in my tank, so today i dropped half an algae wafer in for them. they're cute when they swarm for food like that!
At first, just 2 came:
Then more showed up:
The swarm:
Poor Axelrodia riesei watching forlornly behind because he has no food:
why drink and drive when one can smoke and fly.
what kind of algae did you clear using tiger shrimps?
nice pictures!
Last edited by Quixotic; 6th Dec 2007 at 21:57. Reason: SMS lingo: 'u'
hair algae as mentioned in my first post =)
why drink and drive when one can smoke and fly.
wow. do they do a good job? because most people would use yamatos.
first time heard of using tiger shrimps.
would you be keeping them after they clear your hair algae?
Last edited by Quixotic; 6th Dec 2007 at 22:40. Reason: SMS lingo: 'u'
yup they do a very good job. 12 hours and all my hair algae was gone.
i didn't want to use yamatos as this tank is very small (25 cm cube) and thus every fauna that goes in will be something that contributes to the aesthetics. it's why i chose tiger shrimp as they're currently the only shrimp that i like the look of. i wanted a tiger oto in there as well, but by the time the tank finished cycling, everywhere has sold out. and that answers your next question about whether i'll be keeping them: yes! haha...the hair algae was gone half a week ago since i introduced them on saturday, it's why i'm feeding them algae wafers now
Never create what you can't control
gwabbie, please kindly refrain from using SMS shortforms for the benefit of all members. Thanks.
Bro illumnae is tiger shrimp the only shrimp that take out hair algae? my cherrys and sae not doing their jobyamato kind of plain jane will grow big and maybe might attack crs?
i'm pretty sure cherries and malayans eat hair algae too. in fact, i was told tiger shrimp weren't very effective in eating hair algae, but i bought them anyway as i liked the look and didn't mind them taking longer to eat the hair algae...but it seems that contrary to popular belief, they finished the hair algae really fast
Growing old with this forum.. :)
nice tiger shrimps you have there, some tigers sold in lfs have very poor striped lines. Yours is good.
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why drink and drive when one can smoke and fly.
sorry about that. will check before i post next time.Originally Posted by Quixotic
does your tiger shrimps turn bluish?
my previous batch of tiger shrimps was bluish with stripes and yellow tail.
Wow bro, very nice tiger shrimps....
Mind to share your water parameter? Heard that tigers are very hard to breed in tank...
Bro Illumnae,
Did i see a female apisto in the background? Was thinking of throwing in a few shrimpys with my apistos but am afraid they become Fish Food.
Last edited by Titus; 8th Dec 2007 at 12:31.
don't put shrimp with your apistos. they won't necessarily become fish food but they'll be torn apart for fun.
the only other fauna in this tank are 5 Axelrodia riesei and some ramshorn snail contaminants that i'm slowly getting rid of. hopefully i can find a tiger oto to add into this tank
Thanks for the advice. Was thinking may look nice having them together. Guess is a bad idea.
I will enjoy these shrimps on forum in the time being. No capacity for new entries.
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