Re: [GSAS-Member] SAE's and shrimp

[Kathy Olson <kathy@thekrib.com>]

Thanks!

I would love to add shrimp to erik's heavily planted 75 gal.  But we have 
some SAE monsters in there.  I have been meaning to catch and move them, 
this may just put me over the edge.

K


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Kathy
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On Mon, 7 Dec 2009, Shango Los wrote:

> While herbivore community fish indeed eat their vegetables, they test 
> everything in their mouth to see if it is food. While they might not actually 
> eat the young shrimp, they do tend to give them a good chew.  I think alot of 
> it will depend on the personality of your particular SAE however. With how 
> large an SAE's mouth gets in comparison to a baby shrimp, I think you ought 
> be prepared for losing some if you put an adult SAE with young shrimp.  Add 
> more dense plants for sure!
>
>
> On Dec 6, 2009, at 9:52 PM, Kathy Olson wrote:
>
>>
>> Do you guys think SAE's would eat cherry shrimp and other's like it??
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Kathy
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