Neocaridina heteropoda (wild cherry)

[vt_snowman87]

have anyone tried using them to battle green hair algae?

i caught all my yamatos out after spotting them bullying my CRS..

this species, Neocaridina Heteropoda, looks smaller and less aggressive, and i remembered it was called algae shrimp, and my dad used to use them to take care of algae..

any experiences with this? i might be adding them in large quantities to my CRS tank to take care of hair algae..

cheers,
vincent


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[beetroot]

Hi, not sure if Cherry shrimps can battle green hair algae. Have you tried?

I have Sakuras in my tank, and they didn't really help with the hair algae.

But Cherries are pretty good at battling some types algae, though not all. Think they like the softer (more slimy) type of algae.... am not sure of the algae name (i think it's beard algae), but the kind that grows inside the filter pipe. I tried it once between Cherries, Sakuras, and Greens (just wanted them to clean the pipes, haha). Winner was Cherries. Hmm... not sure why Sakuras weren't that keen - they are the same species.

[vt_snowman87]

possibly through the series of 'evolution' their natural diet changed from scavenging algae in the wild, to eating mosura algae wafers.. haha..

which could possible explain why sakuras (most evolved) only eats wafers, cherries MAY eat some forms of algaes, and which leads to my hypothesis of Wild Cherries more useful against algaes..

haha just my warped theory, will be adding them soon, shall monitor to see the results..

[beetroot]

i actually thought so too!

so if my normal cherries are already fantastic cleaners, then maybe your wild cherries would be hunger-striken little creatures .

even comparing a piece of boiled zucchini, cherries always finish first as compared to sakuras.

...hmm.... how sure are you, they are really wild??

well, let us know the results. but most websites suggest amano shrimps (still) for hair algae. good luck!

[lucasjiang]

pls dont mix wild cherries with cherries. your cherries will also become brown colour like the wild type. BTW, i think malayan shrimp is the one that eats algae, not wild cherries.

[vt_snowman87]

yes point noted about the crossing.. because they are same genus of neocaridina het.

if i am not wrong, malayan shrimps require slight alkali water? as compared to our CRS tank which is acidic.

[lucasjiang]

i think both cherries and malayans can live in pH between 6.5-8.

i have some cherries kept in a tank with driftwood. driftwood lowered the pH to 6, they still ok. in another tank, there was coral chips inside, pH 8.5, they still ok.