Soothing Shrimp Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 Has anyone tried to keep shrimp in a hardscape tank? I'm thinking of switching from moss to hardscape for my neos. I'm just not responsible enough with lighting to keep hair algae away from consuming my moss. Seems to me with biofilm/feeding, hardscape should be fine. Opinions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamashack Posted September 4, 2014 Report Share Posted September 4, 2014 Just found this thread - what did you decide to go for in the end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted September 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2014 I chickened out and added some moss. I may still try it in one tank that are expendables. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnemenoi Posted September 4, 2014 Report Share Posted September 4, 2014 With Sulawesi its the only real option. I have hardscape in all my neo tanks and some lack plants initially Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesHe Posted September 4, 2014 Report Share Posted September 4, 2014 I can't think about a reason why this won't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chibikaie Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 I was thinking about this the other day ... sometimes people will take a bunch of rocks and put them on a windowsill in old tank water to grow algae to feed otocinclus. Then they just rotate the rocks in and out of the tank. There isn't any reason this wouldn't work for shrimp, is there? They would still develop a coating of biofilm. I suppose it would probably still not be sufficient if the quantity of shrimp to be fed is large enough, but at least it would be something else to add to the rotation of food sources, right? Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High5's Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 What about half substrate half bare bottom with hard scape ? This would give you more horizontal surface to grow bio film, you could also do your feeding on the bare side make's it easer to clean and cull, dose the tank with bacter ae every two day's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtletanks91 Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Half bare bottom is so much easier to work with and its only been like 5-6 days snce I done it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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