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Now, I'm not one for battling people on the internet, but the other day I found myself
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on a shrimp forum offering some advice to a new shrimp keeper, when another forum member
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hijacks the conversation with the words, Red Cherry Shrimp Do Not Eat Fish Poop, written
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all in caps. Okay I thought, so I asked him, what makes you say that
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Where's your evidence they don't? He came back with the epic response, oh I don't need evidence, I know they don't
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hello friends welcome back to the channel if you're new here my name is richard and i'm pleased
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to say i'm able to give away free copies of my new ebook on neocardina shrimp to the first 100
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people who click the link in the description the question i'm answering today is do red cherry
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shrimp eat fish poop based on the thousands of red cherry shrimp that have passed through my
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fish room over the years i would say yes red cherry shrimp do eat fish poop how do i know this
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I watch them do it. On an almost daily basis, one of the red cherry shrimp in one of my
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tanks can be seen eating fish poop. Now I'm certainly not saying you don't need to feed your red cherry shrimp because they
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can sustain themselves on fish poop. I'm merely saying, from my own personal observations
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red cherry shrimp do eat fish poop. Red cherry shrimp are opportunistic detrivores. They can and will eat fish poop, dead and
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syndicane plant leaves, leftover fish food and even other inhabitants of the aquarium
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that have passed away including fish and other shrimp. One of the main reasons we add red cherry shrimp to our aquariums is because they form part of an effective clean up crew If I shine a flashlight into my fancy goldfish tank after lights out the goldfish will typically be relaxing some will even say sleeping
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and the red cherry shrimp come out to feed on the small sausage-like poops
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the fancy goldfish have passed during the day. Fish poop contains some goodness still, and the red cherry shrimp, along with the ram swan snails
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Malaysian trumpet snails, mystery snails, they're all well aware of this. The poop also contains some undigested fish food
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And again, this makes perfectly good food for the red cherry shrimp Nature doesn't like to let anything go to waste
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And red cherry shrimp do not turn their noses up at a good meal One of the major advantages to adding red cherry shrimp to our aquariums
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Is the fact that they will break down fish poop Making it easier for the filter to deal with
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Red cherry shrimp are not the answer to all our aquarium maintenance problems
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and having red cherry shrimp doesn't mean we will never have to gravel vac
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or carry out routine water changes but having them in the aquarium does help reduce the maintenance tasks
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and does help keep the water cleaner after you've watched this video
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why not take a few minutes to check out all the shrimp related articles I have on my website fishkeepinganswers.com
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so if my misguided friend from the forums is watching this video
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I hope he feels enlightened another question I'm frequently asked is Do red cherry shrimp need a light
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And I answer that question in the video linked on screen
