Freakgecko91
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Just remember that if the pleco does eat them right away, or whatever fish it may be, that shrimp will still have salt in its body...salt will kill fw fish if ingested like that
Just remember that if the pleco does eat them right away, or whatever fish it may be, that shrimp will still have salt in its body...salt will kill fw fish if ingested like that
TenaciousTriggerFish said:I don't know how to take care of shrimp... Idk what to feed em... Idk what RCS look like! And idk how to keep tank clean with them... I use sand what if I had some of it put of water and kept a fidler crab? But again idk what to feed or anything else...
If a shrimp were to live its whole live in salty water, it would indeed retain a higher sodium content within its body, at least in theory...I may certainly be completely wrong and I'm more than willing to admit that, just meant to throw it out there as an idea more than anything
aqua_chem said:Freshwater fish fight their environment to retain salt and expel water. Saltwater fish fight their environment to expel salt and retain water. Feeding a fish salty meals would help it by giving it a leg up on its environment.
LyndaB said:Did you cycle it before putting the shrimp in?
LyndaB said:Did you cycle it before putting the shrimp in?
Freakgecko91 said:Yes because beneficial bacteria (BB) will still reside in gravel and on plants, decorations, etc. as well as on the glass itself, so you don't exactly need a filter to cycle a tank, which cycling is just building up bacterial colonies that convert ammonia into nitrite, and nitrite into nitrate