In my experience, they're not that useful for algae but are great for cleaning up uneaten food. I think the general consensus is that Amano shrimp are the best at cleaning up some algae, particularly BBA. As far as ph, I've never kept them in anything higher than 6.2 so, I don't know how they'd do in harder water...> From: laurelthequeen@gmail.com> To: gsas-member@thekrib.com> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:38:23 -0700> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Cherry shrimp> > Do cherry shrimp clean up algae? I've been unable to get a good > answer online. Can they survive in high ph hard water? Thanks!> > Laurel> On Mar 14, 2008, at 3:17 PM, Tara Hirjak wrote:> > >> > I know someone at the meeting mentioned that they had more cherry > > shrimp but don't know the name of the person. Anybody have a dozen > > or so they'd be willing to sell? I live in Shoreline and would > > prefer to pick up something from the general northend area, if > > possible.> >> > Thanks,> >> > Tara> >> >> > _________________________________________________________________> > Need to know the score, the latest news, or you need your Hotmail®- > > get your "fix".> > http://www.msnmobilefix.com/Default.aspx> > _______________________________________________> > GSAS-Member mailing list> > GSAS-Member@thekrib.com> > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member> > _______________________________________________> GSAS-Member mailing list> GSAS-Member@thekrib.com> http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member _________________________________________________________________ Helping your favorite cause is as easy as instant messaging. You IM, we give. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/?source=text_hotmail_join _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member