• Diogenes_Barrel [love/loves]
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    3 years ago

    its part of the treatment. they're completely harmless & used in several water systems to eat bad things

    • MerryChristmas [any]
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      3 years ago

      Is it to control for algae or something? Because I can't think of a use for shrimp here besides eating algea without shitting out too much nitrogen, but I also have no idea if the shrimp at that scale are even comparable to the freshwater shrimp I'm familiar with.

        • MerryChristmas [any]
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          3 years ago

          Interesting, I'm surprised that something so small could feed on the mosquito eggs - I'd expect the mosquito larva to feed on the shrimp instead. I might have to actually read this article.