Advice on choice of shrimps and/or fish for a plant tank

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Reel McKoi wrote:

"Skip Hollowell" wrote in message
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I have 6 in my 20 gallon tank, and the little buggers seem to, for the
most part, be content to just hang out on the driftwood all day. It must
have all the eats they need. I'd hate to drop $30 on 6 more just to find
*them* hanging out on the driftwood in one big shrimp ball.
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What are you feeding them? Just curious.

You don't need to feed them. If you have plants they live off dead leaves,
microrganisms that live on the leaves, you name it.

They eat everything though. I fed mine live white worms and was surprised
to even see filter feeding shrimp eat them as well as ammanos and the
smaller colorfull ones.

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Richard Sexton wrote:
In article ,
Reel McKoi wrote:
"Skip Hollowell" wrote in message
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I have 6 in my 20 gallon tank, and the little buggers seem to, for the
most part, be content to just hang out on the driftwood all day. It must
have all the eats they need. I'd hate to drop $30 on 6 more just to find
*them* hanging out on the driftwood in one big shrimp ball.
==========================
What are you feeding them? Just curious.

You don't need to feed them. If you have plants they live off dead leaves,
microrganisms that live on the leaves, you name it.

They eat everything though. I fed mine live white worms and was surprised
to even see filter feeding shrimp eat them as well as ammanos and the
smaller colorfull ones.

I'll second that. They eat it all, from the dry micro pellets I put in
for the tetras and dannios, as well as all green matter, and some of
them even bellied up to to one of the dannios that had shuffled off it's
mortal coil.

I guess I really need to test the water and see where I am at, cycle
wise, to get a better picture of what I need to be looking at for
getting things in balance. I did a 20% change this weekend for the
first time with this tank, more to clear up some of the tannin stains in
the water from the driftwood than anything else.

Skip