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wayne6442

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wayne6442 Shrimp Master

wayne6442

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Hi,

I have been running a small two ft tank as a brackish water tank for the last four months (1 part sea water, 2 parts fresh water) after a myrid of algae and diaton blooms the tank has now settled down and is wonderfully clear and sparkling. It is at present stocked with about a dozen glass shrimp, 4 mullet fry ( caught around the pilons on my jetty) and two DAS. Filtration is provided by two small Eden 501 filters with just filter wool as the medium, plus 1 airstone. Substrate is river sand ,sea shells.A piece of driftwood and some mangrove seedlings( nurtured from seed) provide the eye candy. lighting is natural day light as the tank is in the open.

I am now trying to find some more suitable live stock to add to my tank but I want something that will not harrass the shrimp, I have thought of some small natives possibly blueeyes of the various kinds but I don't know if they will survive in brackish conditions. Any advice would be appreciated!

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Heard some blue eyes will tolerate brackish water. Probably your best bet for shrimp safe fish as all the others i can think of would eat your shrimp. If you want non-natives you could try bumblebee gobies.

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what about some mudskippers? dont know about them being shrimp safe tho and you would need a land platform for them.

any pics of this tank?

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Blue eyes are OK so long as they are from down your way, the ones up here get to big and will eat your shrimp.

What about Bug Eyed Gobies, Ps cynodisilius = neon Blue eyes (spelling), Other shrimp coastal forms, Spotted Blue eyes = Ps Gertrude, there will be others but I have drawn a blank

Bob

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