[i'm a ninja]

I have just started up a ten gallon and I have some Flourish Excel left over from another tank. Will it harm the red cherry shrimp or amano shrimp in the tank, I'm setting up the co2 this weekend, but i would like to maximize growth.

 

[Darkblade48]

It is not bad per se, but shrimp are more sensitive to Excel (i.e. I would not recommend overdosing Excel in an attempt to get rid of algae if shrimp are present)

 

[leaf]

I'm pretty sure I've seen excel only tanks with shrimp. I know I mega dosed my 35 that houses a few cherries, excel totally obliterated the hydra, now the shrimp seem even happier.

 

[cole99v]

Im not sure on execl or the other flourish products, but just look out for anything with copper in it.

 

[sewingalot]

I have safely used 2.5 times the amount of excel in a RCS and Yellow shrimp tank with no ill effects. However, I pretty much stopped dosing at this point. After all, algae is free food.

 

[i'm a ninja]

Allright cool, thanks for the advice, I'm only going to dose it per instructions on the bottle anyways.