Filter shrimps and babies...

gr81 · Post by **gr81** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 5:12 am

Hello I have tanks with CRS & RCS. I like very much A. gabonesis and A. molucensis. Can I put some of them to tanks with RCS/CRS? Will not "filters" catch and eat newly hatched shrimps?

badflash · Post by **badflash** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 7:25 am

Read http://www.petshrimp.com/bambooshrimp.html

Caridina sp. · Post by **Caridina sp.** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 3:08 pm

This shrimp should be kept in community tanks with small, peaceful fish and/or shrimp and sufficient current. This is preferable to a species tank as its tank mates produce the detritus necessary for the microorganisms in the filter to thrive and reproduce. The microorganisms, in turn, are carried by the current to the filter shrimp and filtered out of the water as food. This way, the filter shrimp does not need to be specifically fed. Targeted feeding might actually deteriorate water parameters and harm the tank inhabitants, as it's very hard to gauge how much this shrimp actually needs to be fed.

Filter feeders eat microscopic organisms from the water, baby RCS although tiny to our eyes are hardly microscopic and will be safe. I keep Atya gabonensis with RCS and always have a surplus of RCS.