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	Algae Eating Shrimp
C6R Fingerling Posts: 38 Kudos: 22 Votes: 0 Registered: 18-Aug-2004	Got him in a tank with one betta. Does he need lots of oxygen in the tank? Bubbles? or no? Curious? Currently I have no oxygen bubbles in the tank.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
victimizati0n Banned Posts: 1217 Kudos: 1105 Votes: 31 Registered: 29-Apr-2004	do you have a filter? if you dont, then yes it needs a "bubbler"
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
terranova Fish Master Posts: 1984 Kudos: 1889 Votes: 229 Registered: 09-Jul-2003	Algae Eating Shrimp are fairly hardy. Though I've never kept them myself, we have them at work. They get to be bigger than ghost shrimp and love to eat sinking foods. A small airstone would probably be appreciated, but I don't think that a lack of one would kill it, unless you don't keep up with maintance. I'm assuming you do weekly WC's. HTH Last edited by Fallout at 04-Dec-2004 14:51 -Formerly known as the Ferretfish
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C6R Fingerling Posts: 38 Kudos: 22 Votes: 0 Registered: 18-Aug-2004	Thanks! I put the bubble stone back in. I didn't mention I had a fairly large live plant in there anyway. I still decided to put the bubble stone back on, and hopefully the plant will survive with it on.
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fish1 Banned Posts: 1727 Kudos: 1910 Votes: 58 Registered: 09-May-2004	I still decided to put the bubble stone back on, and hopefully the plant will survive with it on. Yes the plant will do just fine with or without the "bubble stone" i think plants seem to thrive with it in there because there is more oxygen in the tank and and in the night plants use some oxygen. So with a bubbler there is little chance that your fish or plants will suffocate
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
littlemousling Conchiform Posts: 5230 Registered: 23-Aug-2003	There's argument on the side of excessive aeration actually increasing CO2 - not a ton, but a bit. So (given the amount of air any airstone will give out relative to the size of a bowl) you're probably helping more than hurting the plant by running the airstone. -Molly Visit shelldwellers.com!
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jenbabe256 Big Fish Posts: 316 Kudos: 312 Votes: 10 Registered: 21-Jul-2004	Hey...I have the exact same setup in my apartment... Oh wait...We live together!! hahahahaha Jen
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
fish1 Banned Posts: 1727 Kudos: 1910 Votes: 58 Registered: 09-May-2004
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switchbladeclownloach Hobbyist Posts: 96 Kudos: 114 Votes: 0 Registered: 07-Dec-2004	yeah bubbler would be nice they will even climb on it and try to cut the bubbles well atleast mine does
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sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	My plants died when they were near the air stone.
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jake Fish Addict Posts: 594 Kudos: 875 Votes: 2 Registered: 21-Mar-2004	Not all plants enjoy turbulence, but it wasn't a co2 thing that caused the problem I'm sure. Adding an airstone to a planted tank if you're not injecting co2 isn't going to make a difference to the plants. On another note, as soon as that shrimp molts it's going to be supper anyway unless it knows of a good hiding spot in a tank that small, I'm thinking. It depends on the betta's personality I guess, but my betta killed 6 ghost shrimp out of curiosity.. didn't even eat them.
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