When it comes to breeding/keeping experience in the shrimp hobby, that's where scientists are not of much help. There are really no papers about what the optimal aquarium environment for shrimp is. That's why we have to be scientists ourselves and conduct experiments, put up theories/hypotheses and prove/disprove them. I have experimental proof that a tank stuffed with Najas outcompetes algae and other microorganisms in a closed system (=aquarium) by taking up nutrients and shading out other light-dependent microorganisms, and thus deprives our shrimp of their natural food. If an overwhelming majority of you guys go out and perform your own experiments and find out that a tank full of Najas actually works wonders for your shrimp and their population explodes (and stays there instead of crashing), then my hypotheses will have been proven wrong and I will have to go back to drawing board and find out what other factors might have contributed to the lack of breeding/keeping success in the Najas tank.badflash wrote: He hasn't presented any scientific proof of this, but when I've gone contrary to his advice the results have been less then optimal... actually pretty disastererous.
That's how peer review works in the scientific world, too. It's called peer review. Proof, disproof, thesis, antithesis...etc...etc. Scientists can give us information about species names, habitat, mode of reproduction etc..etc...but it's up to all of us to research the best way to keep these creatures in captivity over several generations.
