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hembo666 Big Fish Posts: 350 Kudos: 288 Votes: 3 Registered: 01-Apr-2005	can anyone tell me what sort of bioload shrimp and snails carry in comparison to fish, i am thinking or adding some inverts to some of my tanks. thanks Last edited by hembo666 at 15-May-2005 17:08
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
illustrae Fish Addict Posts: 820 Kudos: 876 Registered: 04-May-2005	Supposedly, you can have 1 shrimp (of the small cherry/amano variety) per 1/4 gallon of water. I personally don't stock that hevily, but I havn't had a problem having a dozen shrimp as well as a few otocinclus' in a 10 gallon tank. Hoping that there must be a word for everything I mean...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
tankie Fish Addict Posts: 857 Kudos: 848 Votes: 230 Registered: 15-Mar-2005	yup..i agree...u can have like 4 shrimps (small variety) per say.... an inch of fish.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	Shrimp add very little to the bioload and usually I just pay attention to how much space and food is available for them. With snails it depends on the type but they do produce quite a bit of waste. My applesnails only get about 2" and when breeding them I put about 4 or 5 in a 10g. So around 1 small applesnail per 2 gallons of water.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27


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