Re: Ghost shrimp and red algae

To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com (Aquatic-Plants)
Subject: Re: Ghost shrimp and red algae
From: "David W. Webb" <dwebb at ti_com>
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 15:24:32 -0800
Conversation-Id: <BMSMTP82900211319a0206807 at dlep1_itg.ti.com>

I think I may have gottem off-subject on my last post.  

Anyways, I also noticed that my the stomachs on my ghost shrimp are purple.
Since they are transparent, you can see what they are eating, and since
concentrated red algae is a dark purple, I have a feeling that they enjoy
eating red algae, even if you need a lot of them to do a really good job.

I've also seen them eating the algae off of my lilaeopsis.  They kind-of do
push-ups, bending down and getting a mouthful and then pushing up to break it
off.

David W. Webb
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