Favorite Baby Shrimp Hideaways?

[Fishinfreak]

I'm just wondering what everybody's favorite plants are for keeping baby shrimp out of the mouths of fish. Although I'm planning to have fish that are rcs "safe", I know the shrimplets may fit in their mouths. I'm looking for something other than basic mosses too.

 

[bgmann12]

Everyone has recommended java moss to me.

 

[Fishinfreak]

I have plenty of it, so I may go with it, but I just worry it will get out of control and all over my other plants

 

[azmodan]

Flame, Christmas, peacock moss will all stay more under control and works very well tied down to cholla wood (one of the best structures for keeping shrimp safe). A thick forest of HM (regular baby tears) was a favorite of my baby RCS too.

 

[Fishinfreak]

The HM grows more like a tall stem (like rotala), right? And i may try to get some flame moss.

Sent from my SCH-S738C using Aquarium Advice mobile app

 

[azmodan]

The HM grows more like a tall stem (like rotala), right? And i may try to get some flame moss.

Sent from my SCH-S738C using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Yup. You can trim it to keep it lower or more bush-like but I typically would let it go wild for a bit.

 

[Coursair]

I have driftwood , lots of stem plants, Crypts and Mosses. I have Süsswassertang aka freshwater seaweed also. Never grew well and one day I had a huge ball of it.


Smoke signals from my iPhone using Tapatalk