Getting rid of seed shrimp?

886 Views 4 Replies 2 Participants Last post by knuggs, Oct 1, 2007

knuggs

Discussion Starter · Oct 1, 2007

What would be the best way to get rid of these critters? They are chewing up my plants.

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wood

· #2 · Oct 1, 2007

Seed Shrimp a.k.a. Ostracoda will not eat your plants, they instead clean them.

You may have misidentified the critter you are looking at...

-Ryan

knuggs

Discussion Starter · #3 · Oct 1, 2007

That's what they are. I was looking around the holes on my anubias and java fern and there they were. I even saw one swim like a drunken bee.

wood

· #4 · Oct 1, 2007

The holes on your anubias and java fern are not from the seed shrimps, I promise. It is most likely a nutrient deficiency or too much light for the anubias...

-Ryan

knuggs

Discussion Starter · #5 · Oct 1, 2007

Thanks I need not to worry now. They do get alot of lights. Hey when are you going to have more blue tigers for sale?

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