dwarf cichlids in Tucson
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Favorite Fish: Apitogramas as well as South American Dwarf cichlids cory cats and tetras discus and angelfish
 |  Subject: algae eating shrimp Sat Jan 02, 2010 8:34 am | |
| I want to add some shrip to my tanks I also kepp apitogrmmas and some other cichlids. My question is will my cichlids eat them. My tnaks are all heavely planted with live plants and lots of driftwood so the shrimp have lots of places to hide .   |
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dirtydawg10
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| | Subject: Re: algae eating shrimp Sat Jan 02, 2010 10:35 am | |
| The shrimp will be a delicious little snack for your cichlids  Some will probably be able to hide for a while but they will eventually get picked off. |
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| | Subject: Re: algae eating shrimp Sat Jan 02, 2010 10:52 am | |
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| | Subject: Re: algae eating shrimp Sat Jan 02, 2010 8:34 pm | |
|  Strike three, shrimp are out!  I want to supply a steady supply of live food to the dwarf cichlids I get, so I built a small tank that I'm gonna use as a refugium. Still haven't totally worked out the mechanics of connecting it to the other tanks, but I want to have daphnia, copepods, shrimp and maybe gammarus in there, with connections to allow the inverts to travel to the other tanks but not allow the fish to get into the refugium. But if ya want the shrimp for pets, you'll need a separate tank. WYite
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Mostlycichlids
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| | Subject: Re: algae eating shrimp Sun Jan 03, 2010 1:31 pm | |
| Yep, agreed!
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dwarf cichlids in Tucson
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Posts: 156
Age: 52
Location: Tucson Az
Favorite Fish: Apitogramas as well as South American Dwarf cichlids cory cats and tetras discus and angelfish
| | Subject: Re: algae eating shrimp Mon Jan 04, 2010 9:52 am | |
| OK point taken that is what I figured but I wanted to ask I can always get the anwsers I need from you guys Thanks |
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Mostlycichlids
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Favorite Fish: Jaguar Cichlid
| | Subject: Re: algae eating shrimp Mon Jan 04, 2010 7:19 pm | |
| Our pleasure! 
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