Caprella amphipod good or bad?

[Mike Ordner]

I was out fishing in the Laguna Madre of Texas today and grabbed some macro algae. It is full of copepods and amphipds. There are a lot of amphipods in the genus Caprella. The common name is skeleton shrimp. They look crazy but seems like they would be great fish food. Any concerns before I put them in the tank?

Thanks,
Mike

 

[peasofme]

none that i've heard of. note that putting anything in your tank could have diseases or parasites.

 

[Mike Ordner]

none that i've heard of. note that putting anything in your tank could have diseases or parasites.

This is true. I use natural salt water and local critters to help feed the tank. I my not be on the same level as PaulB, but think the more natural the environment, the better it is.

Thanks for the reply.

 

[Betta132]

Skeleton shrimp are harmless and might actually be pretty cool inhabitants for a nano tank. Your fish will go nuts at the opportunity to snack on those.
Just be sure to check the algae for anything less harmless. There might be baby fish-eating crabs, for one thing.