Re: [GSAS-Member] cuttlebone or not

["Betty Goetz" <haika@drizzle.com>]

I add the cuttlebone to harden the water. I do it for my guppies and
Endler's livebearer's as well. I've never seen the shrimp actually ON the
cuttlebone bit like they are eating it. I also read the suggestion for
shrimp on Frank's yahoogroups list and since it's an easy thing to do, I
tried it. It didn't hurt anything but I don't know if it's NECESSARY. I'm
not a chemist type....I'm doing really good to halfway understand the
nitrogenous waste cycle (wink). I also feed the shrimp Crab Cuisine at
least once a week. I also stopped adding salt to the shrimp tank water and
also stopped the Kent Marine Iodine...and boosted the tank population to
10+ shrimp and that's when they started breeding. Who knows which variable
tipped the scale to the breeding side (shrug).

Betty Goetz

>
> So Betty, once and for all.
>
> It isn't that the shrimp eat the Cuttlebone which helps the shell, it is
> that the water is harder and THAT helps the shell?
>
>
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> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 6:47 AM
> To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] cuttlebone or not
>
> I use cuttlebone bits in my red cherry shrimp tanks. They breed (wink).
>
> Yes, raising hardness requires adding stuff to my water because it's very
> soft. If you don't add cuttlebone bits or crushed coral (I've done both),
> you add something else (shrug).
>
> Betty Goetz
>
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