Caprichoso Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 I never knew how well dwarf shrimp ate algae! Ok, so when you go to the LFS they always advertise Amano as algae eating shrimp. I have to say that I've seen my cherry red's, green's and CRS do a much better job at eating algae than my amano's. I had some grasses in my community tank that were doing poorly. They were covered in this crazy hair algae that I couldn't pull off and the plant was having difficulty growing. I have amano in that tank and they never touched it. I put a piece of it in each of my dwarf shrimp tanks and they ATTACKED it with such a fury and had all the algae stripped off it in 3 hours! I also recently got an anubias that had a very stubborn brush algae on it. Like, there was no way I had a hope in heck of scratching it off without damaging the plant and I refuse to do bleach dips. I put it in my green shrimps tank and they stripped all the brush algae off! I am amazed! I plan on putting any algae ridden plants in my shrimp tanks from now on for a quick clean up:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Funny, my Cherry and Greens have never been good algae crew for me - guess they've figured out that it's only a day or so to hold out for some NLS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 My nerite snails do a way better job than my RCS do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Funny, my Cherry and Greens have never been good algae crew for me - guess they've figured out that it's only a day or so to hold out for some NLS. Me too, my cherries don't do anything for my algae. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caprichoso Posted April 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 So far, they devour hair algae and brush algae but I still see that thin film algae on the glass. Must just be certain types they like....cause I don't think I have special shrimp. I can only tell you what I experienced first hand. I'll have to do some before and after pics next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingin' It Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 My Cherries do eat algae, but not the black bush stuff...I enjoy my shrimp too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvianAquatics Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 I treat my shrimps like Kings and Queens - they have a feeding schedual and can practically eat the same food every 2 weeks So they NEVER bother to touch anything else, they're just there for decoration lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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