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>>270771 >What kind of shrimp you had?
I forget, it's been years since I had him.
> Most shrimp (exluding some fairly rare macroshrimps) do not attack fish - they will only eat dead fish.
True, however the shrimps I had were approx 6 inches long when I got rid of them, (they were like 2 inches when I got them), and were from asia. I do not remember which kind they were but they were mean little fuckers and did go after any fish that went near the bottom 1/3rd of the aquarium. I lost catfish and flounder to them.
>Also, they rarely need any trace elements. IIRC, iodine is not very beneficial at all - it forces them to molt, thus causing stress and death.
Let me restate what I was trying to say about the iodine because true, adding an iodine supplement to the water will kill most crustaceans, and that is totally not the advice I was going for. They do require iodine in the water to molt, it is absolutely essential for molting, however the amount that they need is very very small, it is a trace element, which is why I recommend using a saltwater mixed very dilute, approx 1.002 or so. Since saltwater mix contains trace iodine they will have the iodine they need, but it wont be so much that it forces them into molting and therefore killing them.
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