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devon7 Big Fish Posts: 475 Kudos: 356 Votes: 4 Registered: 31-Aug-2004   | how do shrimp affect the bio-load of a tank? like do they add very little? or what? |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27 |      |
sirbooks        Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004   | Most shrimp don't affect a tank's bio-load very much, especially since they tend to help clean a tank. That helps to offset the load the shrimp produce, so the total bioload from the shrimp is almost negligible. Ghost shrimp weigh less on the bioload than tetras do, which says quite a lot. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27 |   |
| devon7 Big Fish Posts: 475 Kudos: 356 Votes: 4 Registered: 31-Aug-2004 | good to hear. thats kind of what I figured... i'm guessing the cleaning they do probably basically makes up for any waste they contribute  this means, more shrimp   |
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