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Cleaner Shrimp?

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matthew

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Im having a hard time finding glass shrimp in Aus; how do brine shrimp fair at removing debris and waste? I hear they also serve as a good live feeding stock?
 
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moon!

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I KNOW THAT THEY ARE A GOOD FOOD BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE DEBRIS THING
 
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annmarie

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brine shrimp are very tiny and will eventually die in a freshwater environment.

You ever hear about SeaMonkies? Its just a marketing scam to sell brine shrimp to kids.
 
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reid

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They are not good for cleaning. They only make more of a mess because they die and rot in the water. I kept brine shrimp for a month in the fridge. they eat fish food and bread.
 
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amber

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Agrees with the rest. Brineshrimp are brackish to saltwater - not at all ideal for your 'lotl tank.
Good food for baby 'lotls though.

Try asking your aquatic stores for dealer pricelists - see if they have amano, caridina or Paleomontes on it. Cherry shrimp are also good.
 
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jennifer

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Moon, please turn off the CAPS-LOCK, and please use punctuation. This will make your posts much easier and more pleasant to read. Thanks!

Matthew, I agree about the shrimp - you just have to keep looking for glass shrimp. I'm trying to remember if there are other common names for them.
 
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matthew

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I'm not even sure if you can get shrimp (other than brine) in australia - very frustrating. We have various forms of crayfish though, but they arent ideal.
 
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glen

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I tried to pick up some glass shrimp today, but the place i went to stopped doing them just last week... bummer huh?
 
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amber

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Put a private order in then.
I did with one of my smaller LFSs, and he got me 10 in just a couple of days later!
 
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matthew

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turns out the pet store *can* order me in some glass shrimp...and by "some" i mean a box of 100 >.< What the hell am I going to do with 95 extra shrimp?!
 
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glen

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Shrimp cocktail? Its always difficult ordering stuff in bulk unless you have some serious tank space - i think i am going to have the same problem - my local supplier used to get shipments of 1000 - i dont think they will be happy if i only want half a dozen of them...
 
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matthew

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ive got a smaller 2ft tank; but i dont want to be arsed caring for a colony of shrimp ontop of a few axies, lol
 
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natashja

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hey if you are "lucky" your axies might eat the surplus and leave only the strongest and fastest
 
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greta

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hehe I'll take some if you get them matthew and pay you for them, but i'm in newcastle.. maybe they are postable?
 
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matthew

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Ive heard of people posting shrimps in the states - if I can only get a large bulk amount ill definately mail them in turn out to fellow sydney-siders (and newcastle; seeing as you asked so nicely Greta :p)
 
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annmarie

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hey- if you get extra shrimp make great pets, fun to watch. It is exciting watching your baby shrimp grow only to discovered a lot more of the fry survived then you originally thought. plus if there is not a lot where you live, you can sell them off.

I have had shrimp as pets and as feeders, they sure are great and interesting to watch as pets. I recently just witnessed shrimp mating. Can you believe that?
 
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