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Are amanos avid plant eaters?
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 8:43 pm
by ronin
In my own tank I have 2 amano shrimp with a slew of sword, Java fern, Java moss, and moss balls and have never had a problem with them taking chunks out of the plants.
But my mother recently purchased 2 Sagittaria platyphyllia for her tank and one of her amano's is just decimating them. Anyone know if this is normal? She also has a sword plant and some Java moss in the tank and they don't seem to be bothered.
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 6:25 am
by Bradimus
Is the Sag healthy?
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 6:54 am
by ronin
Bradimus wrote:Is the Sag healthy?
They looked healthy when we got them. They don't look too good anymore after the shrimp got to 'em.
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 7:46 am
by Bradimus
I don't remember reading about amanos eating healthy leaves before. One possibilty is that the sag had arial leaves when you bought it. After submerging it, the sag started to shed the arial leaves to make room for aquatic leaves. The decaying leaves (even before they look like they are decaying) would be attractive to many shrimp.
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 10:01 am
by theshrimp_123
The plants probably werernt healthy. My amanos ignore my plant, but eat the dead leaves.
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 9:28 pm
by cich
I'm in a planted tank forum, wich much discussion about shrimp, and I've never heard of anything like amanos eating plants... I'd assume I would have if it's common at all.
Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2004 6:21 am
by rs79
cich wrote:I'm in a planted tank forum, wich much discussion about shrimp, and I've never heard of anything like amanos eating plants... I'd assume I would have if it's common at all.
Long nosed/red-nosed shrimp will utterly deciment Egeria najas if there's no other food but I've never seen an Ammano eat live/healthy plant tissue.
This sag has always died back badly when I plant it, I think they're eating dead plant matter.