spencypoo1

Howdy folks!
It's been a handful of months since I took a stroll through this forum. And with what help I have gotten before, I thought it worth checking out again.
I have my same 18gal and 10gal tanks, both with happy, healthy, looking communities.

My question deals with the real whispy green algae on the walls of my 10gal tank.
Fortunately, my neighborhood has a small LFS that seems to be doing well and seems VERY educated with this hobby

The owner, who I chit chat with when I am looking for more critters, says Ammano Shrimp have the best appetite and means for this kind of algae. Anyone else find this to be accurate? I recently got one into the tank, however, I am thinking he might be out-numbered against the latest bloom of algae. I was considering getting him a partner.Do these shrimp have any specific needs?, they seem to be real troopers and will survive on anything.

Just curious, thanks for any help!!

Spencer

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18 Gallon (Moor, Gourami, Gold Loach, 2 Ottos, Pleco)
10 Gallon (Guppy, Ammano Shrimp, 2 Tetras, 2 Peppermint Platys, 4 Neons, African Frog, Otto)

hfriedrich

We had hair algae (stringy green) all over our tank and our pleco wasn't doing much at all to get rid of it. Then we went to our favorite Pet Store when it comes to fish ( Petland), the manager Adam said to use the same shrimp you mentioned and we now have 12 in our 75 gallan tank and now we just have the regular algae on the tank glass. Our shrimp are voracious eaters and they will even eat the shrimp pellets that our clown loach eats. How ironic that the shrimp are eating shrimp pellets. They have even gone to the top where our fish eat when we feed the other fish. Hope this helps, our shrimp only needed 4 weeks to rid all the stringy algae from a 75 gallon tank!

Heather F.
75 gallon freshwater aquarium - neon tetra, columbian tetra, zebra danio, taillight tetra, lemon tetra, clown loach, bristlenose pleco.