Reply With Quotethey are harmless to shrimps and will not even compete for shrimp food pellet.
I was wondering if I could get one of this in my shrimp tank.
they are harmless to shrimps and will not even compete for shrimp food pellet.
will they over populate my tank
not at all, the baby snails from nerite needs blackish water to survive/born.
CRS - CRazy about Shrimps
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haha ok thanks! then what about the unhatched eggs? will they be an eyesore? or will they be eaten?
unhatched eggs can be an eyesore if they lay. They love to lay around the silicon adhesive on the corners of the tanks and sometimes it;s really hard to scrape them off. and also the eggs are scattered around, on glass walls and on driftwoods. But they are tiny, so you have to look up close to see that they are there. No one eggs the eggs also.
hmmm so ottos or nerites? haha. i cannot decide.
I have 8 ottos and 5 Nerite living with my shrimps in a 2ft planted tank.
Perfectly peaceful...
another question sorry, snails leave a slime trail right will it leave ugly markings on the tank wall?
no it will not
Last edited by boxedfish; 18th Jan 2010 at 22:41.
Keep a bit of both lor. None of them will harm shrimp and shrimplets.Originally Posted by eugene_syh
i have 5 ottos, 3 nerites, 15 odd Boraras Brigittae living peacefully together with my cherry shrimps in a 2ft tank.
my experience is that the shrimp tank being slightly acidic might pose a problem to the healthy growth of the snail's shell (i.e. acid will corrode and cause holes to be formed in their shells)... or perhaps it was because I did not supplement the tank water with sufficient minerals?Anyone has similar experience?
yes, the slightly acidic conditions the shrimps like corrodes the shell, and since the shrimp mainly likes soft water too, it is not desirable to overload it with minerals to increase hardness..my experience is that the shrimp tank being slightly acidic might pose a problem to the healthy growth of the snail's shell (i.e. acid will corrode and cause holes to be formed in their shells)... or perhaps it was because I did not supplement the tank water with sufficient minerals?
my own experience is that my 2 adult red ramshorn snails developed holes over time and both died.
The only ones still surviving are the nerite snails with much much sturdier shells, BUT you can observer small white pits and corrosion/holes over time.
What I've read is that to be "nice" to these snails, keep a high hardness more alkaline tank to let the snails "rest and grow" once in a while.
depends on what type of shrimps also. not all shrimps require low PH
Yep true, but most of the shrimps people keep fall under that category. I feel kinda sorry for my snails though. Cuz I did not realisethe Japanese substrate I bought was ph lowering.
Mainly only the CRS, BDS, Snow White and Bee shrimp family prefer lower pH, and even then 6.2 to 6.5 is enough. Cherry/Sakura prefer neutral to slightly alkaline pH.
Your snails should not experience serious problems unless your pH is very very low, like way below 6.0, but your shrimp would probably not be so happy at those levels either.
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