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Post by easttex on Apr 8, 2015 13:54:33 GMT -5
Sorry about both of them, Siobhan. I am filing away your experiences for if/when I start planning my own aquarium. I will be looking for hardy creatures.
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Post by siobhan on Apr 8, 2015 15:12:06 GMT -5
I'm tempted to get more ghost shrimp but the fact is, it was really hard to clean Freckles' tank properly with Spooky in there because I was so terrified I would injure him accidentally. Freckles is nosy about the siphon -- all the fish are -- but at least he's easily visible and I won't suck him up in it and mangle him. His ramshorn snail spends the majority of his/her time in the hidey, so I just spot the snail and avoid him when cleaning.
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Post by aaron on Apr 8, 2015 15:18:14 GMT -5
If I am not actively vacuuming with the siphon, I always position it so it is in a plant so nobody will accidentally swim into it's path... namely the school of tetras. It is definitely easier to just opt for creatures that are less fragile, so I can understand not wanting to get more ghost shrimp. They sure are cool though.
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Post by siobhan on Apr 8, 2015 16:35:58 GMT -5
Yes, they are. Maybe I'll get a couple and put them in with the female betta, Belle, whose tank has a bare floor. It's easier to clean that way (it's a 2.5 gallon, so I have to do some minor cleaning in between major cleanings). I use a turkey baster to clean her tank and it's lots easier to avoid delicate creatures with that than it is with a siphon. Also, Freckles has that black gravel with the neon mixed in (I bought it because it was groovy and different, without realizing it would also be a huge pain in other ways) and that also makes it hard to spot tiny and transparent creatures. Belle is small and probably would pose no threat to ghost shrimp if Freckles didn't. He was curious but not aggressive.
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