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slylittlei wrote:
I'm tempted by the idea of adding some small freshwater shrimp to my 25g
tank, currently home to 6 red eyed tetra, 6 peppered Corys, 3 elderly
cardinals & an Otocinclus haroldoi (plus a jungle of bogwood & Java fern),
but I'm not sure how they'll affect my stocking level - should I stock them
in the same way as fish ( I try & stick to 1"/gallon), or can I get away
with more?
I don't have an algae problem, but the Oto is fat & well, so evidently
there's enough, & I can always add spirulina tablets as a supplement if
needed...
(pH 7.2, NO3 0, NO2 0, GH 10, KH 0, temp 26deg C.)

Shrimp ar amazingly intolerant of ammonia. If your water is very clean and
you change a lot of it you can get away with it but your margin of error
is pretty slim.

Shrimp are way cool through and frankly it's worth setting up
a tank of moss and rocks just for them.



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