Compatibility

[coolali16]

I'd just like to hear some suggestions on what species of shrimp and algae would be beneficial to keep with dwarf seahorses ( H. Zosterae). My tank Is a 55 gallon. Thanks!

 

[Allmost]

55 gallons ?

how many dwarf seahorses ?

how do u keep track of them and find them ? lol I loose my lion fish in my 65 sometimes lol

and to answer the Q, I dont think any shrimp.

 

[rayjay]

Mysid shrimp work well in dwarf tanks.
I've never heard of anyone keeping dwarfs in a 55g tank.
Is it partitioned off in sections?
How many are there?
How do you handle bioload with needing so many bbs to feed in a 55g?
How long have you had them?

 

[namxas]

YIKES!!! Zots in a 55 gal? Keeping the feeding density up in that size tank would be a full time job. Besides, to see them, you'd likely need about 120 of them.

However, to answer your question, red lava shrimp (Halocaridina rubra) are safe for zots.

 

[ctenophors rule]

everything mentioned and, one of my favorite crustaceans, the skeletonshrimp. though not technicaly a shrimp, stil la realy cool animal, and great food.

 

[timinnl]

Mysid shrimp work well in dwarf tanks.
I've never heard of anyone keeping dwarfs in a 55g tank.
Is it partitioned off in sections?
How many are there?
How do you handle bioload with needing so many bbs to feed in a 55g?
How long have you had them?

How goes it with you getting them up there?

 

[timinnl]

YIKES!!! Zots in a 55 gal? Keeping the feeding density up in that size tank would be a full time job. Besides, to see them, you'd likely need about 120 of them.

However, to answer your question, red lava shrimp (Halocaridina rubra) are safe for zots.

I have around that many in a 40 liter & I still cannot see them. Not to worry they are being moved to tank #2 soon, #3 a bit later & #4 in about two months.

 

[coolali16]

Lol! I Noe it sounds crazy But I still don't hav em' lol !!!
And yes it's gonna b divided in 2 sections. One us gonna hav da dwarfs and the other one is gonna b 2 flagtail pipefish wid 2 firefish 1 yellow watchman goby.
As of rite now I only hav da yellow watchman da 2 firefish and the 2 flagtail pipefish. Da tank has like a pound of caulerpa and around 20 pounds of live dats very porous so b4 I put any of the fish I added Copepods (dr.g's) and scuds from my 100 gal tank. So they multiplied like crazy and were everywhere from the filter floss to the sand. Then I put the 2 firefish (they do everything together so im guessing they are a couple) da yellow watchman and lik a month ago the pipefish. By the way they're a pair already.
Haven't mated but I hope they will soon. Wat about algae? Which species are good? Thanks for y'all input!

 

[coolali16]

I'm thinking of getting anything from 15-30 dwarfs

 

[Elysia]

Has this thread been exposed as a punk? Is that why no one responded?

 

[rayjay]

Did you not read post 3 and 4?