Soothing Shrimp Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 The poll has started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGardenofEder Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 I have both.. if it grows it grows if not I just scrape it off the front so I can see Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpinista Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 I only scrape for the purpose of photographs. sarah, TheGardenofEder, Soothing Shrimp and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuri Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 how do you guys get glas algea? i never clean/scrap the surface and my some of my 3+ years running tanks still does not have a single algea on glas? (maybe due to snails i have in the tanks?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGardenofEder Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 I have 5 tanks set up identical and algae only grew on the sides of one. It's one of the better of the 5 tanks running. But two of the ones with out the shrimp are breeding just the same. Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty703 Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 I have algae on all 3 sides and only scrape the front so I can see inside. My shrimps are always on the glass sides eating. I believe its the light that makes it grow. I have just a regular bulb in my tank hood and the algae grows fast with this light, which is on for 10 hours a day. Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svetilda Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 I had algae when my tank was young. I used a scrubber and cleaned it. Then nerites started to do their job better or my tank just got mature and everything went to a balance. I don't have the algae now and stopped cleaning the tank since last september or October. But I'm not sure how well my shrimpets are doing even though I said they're doing well. I have red neo's in there and I think they're fine (but slow down during winter). But now that my TB's started breeding I don't think their babies doing that well. I don't see many shrimplets. Or maybe my expectationg are too high? But really, I think it comes to 10 survived babies to a TB mama. (The water parameters in the tank are for TB's not for neo's) Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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