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Re: Ghost SHrimp ID
- To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com (Aquatic-Plants)
- Subject: Re: Ghost SHrimp ID
- From: "David W. Webb" <dwebb at ti_com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 13:22:24 -0600
- Conversation-Id: <BMSMTP88195448135a0206807 at dsks52_itg.ti.com>
>Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 11:34:48 -0700 (MST)
>From: Michael D Nielsen <mnielsen at U_Arizona.EDU>
>
>I have also gotten these same shrimp at 8 for $1 and while they do eat my
>algae very well, they always die after a few weeks in my tanks, no matter
>which tank they are in. No one picks on them and they really clean up on
>the algae. I was wondering if very low KH and GH might be causing
>problems with their exoskeleton formation?
This is a possibility. Generally, they're at the end of their lifespan
when they're in the feeder tanks at the pet stores, though. They just
don't live very long.
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