Allan Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Is this infurosa? Is it going to hurt my shrimp? Small video https://photos.app.goo.gl/CHL45beGmKGR7gjN8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revaria Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 It's hard to tell, but they look big for infusoria as you can see them on the foreground as well as on the plants and the background. By chance do you have daphnia? The infusoria in my tank are generally super tiny. You can really only notice them due to their movement and I don't think you would be able to spot them in the background. Regardless if you had infusoria or daphnia in your tanks, I doubt it would hurt them unless the population spiked really heavily in which case you should feed less. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 There's two ways to view this..... Maybe three. 1. The shrimp eat things like that, but the video shows them in the water column, not really shrimp friendly food! 2. The colony of whatever it is can crash and spike ammonia and nitrates which is very unhealthy for a shrimp colony 3. Adding something like white clouds or nano rasboras would eat that (hopefully) and then go ahead and help to control the population. That gives you the ability to keep micro crustaceans in check and that can ensure nothing is taking away food from the shrimp. Essentially, this can happen a lot when you're not doing enough cleaning on a tank. As mentioned in #2 it is a concern from some perspectives and shrimp keepers. @modified lungdo you know what this little critter might be? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted December 6, 2023 Author Share Posted December 6, 2023 I was hoping to put rice fish fry in the tank. But they aren’t breeding yet. Maybe it’ll sort itself out once I get eggs on the mop. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revaria Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 On 12/5/2023 at 10:10 PM, Allan said: I was hoping to put rice fish fry in the tank. But they aren’t breeding yet. Good luck with the breeding, once they start they don't seem to start. I've been finding 1-3 fry everyday for the last few weeks. It's been interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 @Allan based on the movement and size I’m going to say they look like some type of daphnia. I can video one of my daphnia cultures if you would like. Or simply check out you tube. EDIT ADD My Moina (daphnia relative) culture If they are present in those numbers for a duration of time they probably need to be there for the health of your tank. Just as snails and shrimp clean up excess on surfaces, daphnia clean up excess nutrients in the water column. Once their food source runs out they die off. If you would like then gone sooner increase water change percentage and frequency as well as cleanup of excess debris. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted December 6, 2023 Author Share Posted December 6, 2023 thanks @Guppysnail I agree they look like daphnia. I'll start off by feeding less, it's only 5 shrimp and a crayfish in the tank. Not counting the snails and daphnia. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 On 12/6/2023 at 11:49 AM, Allan said: thanks @Guppysnail I agree they look like daphnia. I'll start off by feeding less, it's only 5 shrimp and a crayfish in the tank. Not counting the snails and daphnia. If you have any other tanks with fish when you do water changes run that water through a fine shrimp net. Don’t waste the daphnia. It’s terrific fish food Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modified lung Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 On 12/5/2023 at 4:21 PM, nabokovfan87 said: @modified lungdo you know what this little critter might be? IDK what they are. Looks like they swim too smoothly to be daphnia but could definitely be something related to daphnia. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted December 13, 2023 Author Share Posted December 13, 2023 I put in less food over the last week and surprise, surprise, there's less of them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now