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After hearing a few rumors that camel shrimp will clean coral of any parasites, I decided that I am going to test this hypothesis out.
I have a 4.4g acrylic tank that I had built for my wife back in December, but she lost interest after a few months and I shut it down. I plan on having a few pounds of sand and a pound or two of rock (just enough for the shrimp to cling to). I'll use a small hang on filter that will hold polyester filter floss and a small amount of carbon to remove some organics. I won't use a skimmer, and normally wouldn't advocate this, but the size of the tank is going to cause limitations on what skimmer would work. This tank will not be plumbed into my main tank, but I will use water from the main tank when doing water changes. I plan on stocking the tank with 6-8 camel shrimp.
Once the tank is set up and the shrimp have been introduced, I'll be ready to test. If anyone has any infested corals that they would like to put through trial and tribulation let me know!
I'll be using this as a dip for any new corals coming into my tank. I have had mixed results from using reef dip, coral rx, and melafix marine as a dip and decided it might be fun to try a more natural route. The Europeans have been using this method for a while. They recommend keeping the shrimp hungry and allowing the coral to dip anywhere from 10-30mins depending on amount of shrimp and size of coral. Most importantly, I will sit there and watch the shrimp and make sure they don't pull off polyps.
Comments? Opinions? Questions?
I have a 4.4g acrylic tank that I had built for my wife back in December, but she lost interest after a few months and I shut it down. I plan on having a few pounds of sand and a pound or two of rock (just enough for the shrimp to cling to). I'll use a small hang on filter that will hold polyester filter floss and a small amount of carbon to remove some organics. I won't use a skimmer, and normally wouldn't advocate this, but the size of the tank is going to cause limitations on what skimmer would work. This tank will not be plumbed into my main tank, but I will use water from the main tank when doing water changes. I plan on stocking the tank with 6-8 camel shrimp.
Once the tank is set up and the shrimp have been introduced, I'll be ready to test. If anyone has any infested corals that they would like to put through trial and tribulation let me know!
I'll be using this as a dip for any new corals coming into my tank. I have had mixed results from using reef dip, coral rx, and melafix marine as a dip and decided it might be fun to try a more natural route. The Europeans have been using this method for a while. They recommend keeping the shrimp hungry and allowing the coral to dip anywhere from 10-30mins depending on amount of shrimp and size of coral. Most importantly, I will sit there and watch the shrimp and make sure they don't pull off polyps.
Comments? Opinions? Questions?
im pretty sure it will work...did you read anything else about it? ill look back and see if i can find the website i found it on.
, BUT, I have enough faith in your research that I am going to test it out. Got the shrimp acclimated this evening... no pics yet, its pretty boring anyways: shrimp and sand. The neat thing is all the weird little critters that popped out of the bag of live sand. With out introducing ANY live rock or established water, I have seen about a dozen mysis shrimp zipping around the tank and a bunch of pods. Pretty impressive considering that bag had to have been sealed for 6 months or so. I wonder if there were just dormant eggs that hatched once appropriate conditions came about, or if they have actually been SURVIVING in there...
