cyanobacteria as food?
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cyanobacteria as food?
I have been keeping a clean tank for my Vocano Shrimp feeding Spirialina but I know many of you say you can put an algae covered rock from another tank for them to munch on. Just wondering, if I do indroduce a rock, the one I have has some red slime (cyanobacteria) would this be ok for them to eat?
Hi,
good question...
What I did once, I took a piece of blue algae (also cyano bacteria) covered rock an put it in a quarantain tank for new cardinia japonica.
Begin:
http://www.aquarienforum.de/forum/attac ... 1112897994
1 hour later:
http://www.aquarienforum.de/forum/attac ... 1112898004
Guess you can't compare it as the rock was already dried...
Br.,
Dirk
good question...
What I did once, I took a piece of blue algae (also cyano bacteria) covered rock an put it in a quarantain tank for new cardinia japonica.
Begin:
http://www.aquarienforum.de/forum/attac ... 1112897994
1 hour later:
http://www.aquarienforum.de/forum/attac ... 1112898004
Guess you can't compare it as the rock was already dried...
Br.,
Dirk
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Whatever you had on the rock was eaten clean off, very dramatic difference Just supports the claims that amano shrimp are one of the more active shrimp when eating algae.What I did once, I took a piece of blue algae (also cyano bacteria) covered rock an put it in a quarantain tank for new cardinia japonica.
yeahNeonshrimp wrote:Whatever you had on the rock was eaten clean off, very dramatic difference Just supports the claims that amano shrimp are one of the more active shrimp when eating algae.What I did once, I took a piece of blue algae (also cyano bacteria) covered rock an put it in a quarantain tank for new cardinia japonica.
mo doubt on that, look like the rock get clean very well better than a human can do
Hi,
guess we are talking about different types of cyano.
Mine were blue algae and the stone was dried after empty a blue algae contaminated tank. As ucanbyteme wrote about "red algae" - which I think are sea or brakish water bacteria - you can not compare it...
Sorry - I just read cyano...
Btw. did you notice the plant som post lower...
Br.,
Dirk
guess we are talking about different types of cyano.
Mine were blue algae and the stone was dried after empty a blue algae contaminated tank. As ucanbyteme wrote about "red algae" - which I think are sea or brakish water bacteria - you can not compare it...
Sorry - I just read cyano...
Btw. did you notice the plant som post lower...
Br.,
Dirk
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I believe you can safely feed them from this algae covered rock. As I have read from the Shrimp Varieties section, these shrimp feed of of "algae and aufwuchs". Aufwuchs is a term meaning plants and animals adhering to parts of rooted aquatic plants and other open surfaces, also organisms and detritus coating rocks and plants in an aquatic environment often fed on by fish specialised as scrapers. Hope this helps .