Johnny Tuttle
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I've got a planted 21 gallon with platties, guppies, and neons. Is it bad that I don't remember the names of all of my plants? I've got Java moss, anubias hastafolia (a fair amount), a free floating banana one, and three others.
Soon, I'll have otos, too.
When I'd been in the hobby ages ago as a youngster, I hadn't heard of adding in ghost shrimp or apple snails to a tank, but now, I'm intrigued, particularly given that I opted not to have cories (even though pigmies are available at a LFS) becaue of overstocking concerns and my having used gravel instead of sand.
What sort of bioload would a pair of shrimp or an apple snail add to the tank? Would the apple snail and otos end up competing for the same algae as food? Woud either the shrimp or the apple snails eat the tiny snails that came in with my plants? Would either of the options end up just eating up all of my plants?
And lastly, I would think that if the shrimp reproduced, the fish would gobble up the youngsters willingly. But would an apple snail end up flooding the tank with offspring?
My water is hard--I would think that with the shells or exoskeletons, both species would need that.
Thanks very much.
Soon, I'll have otos, too.
When I'd been in the hobby ages ago as a youngster, I hadn't heard of adding in ghost shrimp or apple snails to a tank, but now, I'm intrigued, particularly given that I opted not to have cories (even though pigmies are available at a LFS) becaue of overstocking concerns and my having used gravel instead of sand.
What sort of bioload would a pair of shrimp or an apple snail add to the tank? Would the apple snail and otos end up competing for the same algae as food? Woud either the shrimp or the apple snails eat the tiny snails that came in with my plants? Would either of the options end up just eating up all of my plants?
And lastly, I would think that if the shrimp reproduced, the fish would gobble up the youngsters willingly. But would an apple snail end up flooding the tank with offspring?
My water is hard--I would think that with the shells or exoskeletons, both species would need that.
Thanks very much.