African Filter Shrimp

[owlstreak]

Wow amazing tank!! Looks so natur!

[TheBlasthockey]

just bought one cant wait till he comes

[schtals]

that was huuge!

[pishposh9090]

u shud get some neon tetras......they will compliment the tank nicely

[cal1112333]

You know; this shrimp not only needs an active current in the tank to feel safe, but they need it to gather food. I'm not saying you don't have one just that I don't see it and if you don't or if you are someone who wants one and don't have one then you need to buy a power head to make a current or not get the shrimp. A lack of this current will mean stress at the very least, and starvation over a long time is expected.

[Barcode711]

While it isn't the best way to eat, these shrimp can also pick stuff up off the gravel. Algae wafers (the copper sulfate is not harmful, at least not in those proportions) therefore make a decent supplement.

If you're going to, for whatever reason, not just buy a power filter and let your biological filter grow/present the shrimp the preferred microfoods, you could always try to buy them/grow them outside your tank.

[cal1112333]

If you plan on keeping one of these shrimp long term you must minimize wear and tear on those fans, a sinking pellet will help them survive without PROPER conditions, but fish keeping is about keeping fish thriving, not just surviving.

My comment is a guideline for keeping healthy happy bamboo shrimp long term, of course it'll live, for awhile, point and case, put a 10"Oscar in a 10 gallon tank, they're 12"+ long, and the Oscar will survive. Same as making a filter feeder scavenge for its food.

[Barcode711]

Thanks for the reply, albeit 7 months late. :P

I have two of them and I think they compete for food. I'm going to have to start growing micro-organisms myself, I think, if I want to sustain them. Have any ideas?

Also, I have Rainbowfish in the tank. I'm worried that I saw one bothering he larger shrimp, but I think he was just eating the pellet I dropped near him (once again, concern that he wasn't getting enough food).

[Barcode711]

Well, of course, aside from not getting enough food.

[cal1112333]

take a syrenge and mix some crushed flakes with water and squirt it in front of him.

[Barcode711]

Thanks for the reinforcement of that idea. I've gone that route until I can get a hold of some yeast - I crush flakes and then throw them in the tank. How long are they good for? I've kept this canister closed tight when I'm not using it, and I have another sealed baggie. However, that can (because I feed frozen foods to the free-swimmers) has been around for probably the better part of a year.

But yeah, I'd like to get some better nutrition into them, and I'm working on that.

[Barcode711]

Today I saw his shell laying about and he was still in his hiding place. Perhaps he was hiding because he was preparing to moult?

[xbeckieboox]

nice :)

[Huskeyfrog]

how big is it, and how large is the aquarium?

[clmosk]

HEY, I am looking into buying a vampire shrimp soon. Do you know what type of fish they get a long with?

[Barcode711]

They can't eat fish. They might be able to eat shrimp fry (since they're micro-organisms?), though. As for fish, anything that doesn't eat shrimps/isn't aggressive shouldn't pick at him.

[killinut]

It's huge...

[maximofreridr]

thats what she said

[jOyCeT4u]

very nice!!

[maximofreridr]

thats what she said

[DragontamerXD]

your an idiot