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Cherry shrimp experiment
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By Alisa
from the Alisa department, Section News
Posted on Wed Aug 29, 2007 at 12:33:18 PM PST
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Although not about guppies, it pertains to a guppy tank that I am restarting using cherry shrimp as a clean up crew + small bioload to start cycling.
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I recently purchased a batch of Red Cherry Shrimp to try out as a clean up crew for a restarted tank. I want to try my hand at a planted tank, and considering how difficult siphoning is with plants, I figured shrimp were the way to go for me. I like to keep the water a bit brackish, and from what I hear the mini catfish are sensitive to salt due to being scaleless. Another attractive thing about these shrimp are the small size and the willingness to eat all types of algae.
Unfortunately, even though they seemed lively in the bag, they all look worse for wear at the moment after I dumped them into the tank. As this tank isn't cycled yet (although does have water treatment + stress zyme to kick start the cycle) I wasn't expecting them to crash and burn quite so quickly. I was hoping that with such a small bioload that the cycling would be relatively painless. I wonder if there was some residual cleaner left in the tank, even though I rinsed it thoroughly and liberally.
Luckily I had put a pregnant one aside in a small container with two others that I believe are a male and female, so hopefully those three will survive and propagate until the tank fully cycles.
We'll see if there are any survivors in the tank tomorrow... Lesson learned : Shrimp are not hardy enough cycle a tank. |
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