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devon7 Big Fish Posts: 475 Kudos: 356 Votes: 4 Registered: 31-Aug-2004	I have but a wee 10 gallon tank and I was wondering if anyone could give me some quick basic answers about shrimp, because, if possible, I would like to have a lot of them. How do they affect the ecology of the tank? I know they are good for eating leftovers and algae, but are they heavy waste-producers? How will this affect stocking? Are amano shrimp and ghost shrimp compatible tankmates? Will they really ruin my cabomba?
Posted 17-Oct-2009 00:36
Delenn Hobbyist Posts: 139 Kudos: 63 Votes: 10 Registered: 07-Sep-2009	I don't know about their bioload, but if you check the profiles section under invertebrates, it will tell you about each shrimp species, and at the bottom of the page is a link you can click to see some of the compatable species.
Posted 17-Oct-2009 02:49
FRANK Moderator Posts: 5108 Kudos: 5263 Votes: 1690 Registered: 28-Dec-2002	Hi, Here are a couple of sites that specialize in shrimp: http://www.shrimpcrabsandcrayfish.co.uk/Shrimp.htm?Crabs.htm~mainframe http://www.petshrimp.com/ Frank -->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<--
Posted 17-Oct-2009 06:18
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	They are low waste producers. You can stock about 3 shrimp instead of every 1 fish, depending on filtration & floorspace & tank size (and the type of shrimp ) To be honest, in most tanks I don't count the shrimp as stock in the inch-per-gallon sense, but it really does depend on the tank. I'm curious, why are you thinking of both ghost and amano? For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 19-Oct-2009 08:48
devon7 Big Fish Posts: 475 Kudos: 356 Votes: 4 Registered: 31-Aug-2004	It's just fun to have lots of kinds of shrimp! I have cherries and ghosts and amano shrimp, and they all seem to get along just fine. They also don't seem to pay too much attention to the cabomba at all!
Posted 25-Oct-2009 02:37


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