Biological Load Of A Cherry Shrimp

[Cossie1111]

Im about to go out and buy 4-5 cherry shrimp for my 60L, and am curious as to what their biological load is.

Will they contribute to my bio load?

Hopefully not.

 

[Fishy friend2]

Their bio load is almost neglebtible. 4 shimp will make very very very little difference in the tank, you won't even notice

 

[Primous]

I came across an interesting article/blog thing while researching the compatibility of shrimp a while back. I was trying to make sure the species I was adding didn't interbreed and create hybrids. Anyways from memory, the article argues that while a shrimps bio load can be minuscule, it depends on what you're feeding them. If you allow your shrimp (in a planted tank) to do their jobs and just scavenge/feed of algae and other naturally occurring food such as plant break down etc their bio load remains tiny.

However, if you "feed" your shrimps (pellets/fish food etc) their bio load can have an impact.

 

[Cossie1111]

I came across an interesting article/blog thing while researching the compatibility of shrimp a while back. I was trying to make sure the species I was adding didn't interbreed and create hybrids. Anyways from memory, the article argues that while a shrimps bio load can be minuscule, it depends on what you're feeding them. If you allow your shrimp (in a planted tank) to do their jobs and just scavenge/feed of algae and other naturally occurring food such as plant break down etc their bio load remains tiny.

However, if you "feed" your shrimps (pellets/fish food etc) their bio load can have an impact.

Interesting, I have silk plants so they wont be feeding off plant breakdown, more likely left over food and the odd algae growth.