TROPICAL SHRIMPS - ALGAE EATERS AND FILTER FEEDERS

Video showing current stock of tropical freshwater shrimps at Tyne Valley Aquatics. Species are as follows: Blue Dwarf Shrimp, Green Dwarf Shrimp, Orange Dwarf Shrimp, Amano / Yamatoa Shrimp, Red Crystal Dwarf Shrimp, Red Cherry Dwarf Shrimp, Bamboo / Wood Shrimp and Pinnochio / Long Nose Shrimp. All of our tanks are individually filtered so we do not have the problems of other shops with ammonia spikes and fish treatments killing the shrimps - as you can see they are very happy and healthy. Please view the downloadable fish list on our website http://www.tynevalleyaquatics.co.uk for prices and availability.
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[mctravish107]

Help! There's algae on my driftwood and I tried scrubbing it but it won't come off. Any suggestions?

[pondguru]

You could boil it in a big pan or pour boiling water over it.

[mctravish107]

@pondguru For how long? Cause I only boiled mine for 30mins

[pondguru]

Just enough to kill it should be fine - a short exposure. It should scrub off alot easier then.

[Gritzaable]

@pondguru okay thanks for all your help, and yes the shrimp is very much bigger than the cardinals, it has killed 2 already :/ so i might have to take him back.

[pondguru]

That doesn't sound like a normal algae eating shrimp, man. More likely from the Macropodus family, which get much larger than Caridina and can tackle small fish.

I find the glass catfish need a flow in the tank, plants to hide in and do prefer soft, frozen or live food as opposed to prepared dry foods.

[Gritzaable]

@pondguru yes it is the arms are pretty long, and its around 10cm long and the width of a pencil. if u can picture that it jumps up and started to attack my small neon tetra's, btw i bough 6 glass catfish the other day and it does not seem to be feeding, im feeding them dried bloodworms and tropical fish flakes but i never see them come up and eat it, what is another food i can try to get thm to eat it or do they eat wihout me knowing?

[pondguru]

Sounds like it may be a long arm shrimp. Some will have a go at fish but usually the fish are too large for them to wrestle, although some long arm shrimp get large enough to eat small fish.

If you've got some caridina Sp. shrimp (dwarf algae eating types) they won't have the armour to capture a fish but they may still swim up and have a go at them on rare occasions.

[Gritzaable]

my shrimp keeps attacking my fish that swims pass! i've only got him today will this stop because he has grabbed hold of one of the smaller fish but it got away. is he meaning harm or what?