Filter for Bamboo shrimp setup

[milalic]

Hi there. What type of filter would you recommend for bamboo shrimp?

THanks!

[YuccaPatrol]

I would recommend anything that can produce a significant current for the shirmp to use while filter feeding.

I am a fan of AquaClear HOB filters because they are relatively cheap and have very large media baskets that don't require a lot of long term purchases of expensive filter cartridges.

Because you are keeping the bamboo shrimp, I'd make sure to oversize your filter to ensure that you have the current that your shrimp will prefer.

[Ecir]

Because you are keeping the bamboo shrimp, I'd make sure to oversize your filter to ensure that you have the current that your shrimp will prefer.

Wouldn't oversizing it filter too much out of the water? I've never really understood that about how they eat... once it's filtered whats left?

Ecir

[YuccaPatrol]

I feed my bamboo shrimp a powdered food made from a combination of freeze dried brine shrimp and Omega-One flakes. Just a tiny pinch every other day or so is enough.

My shrimp are kept with small fish and there is always enough particles in the water for them to do just fine.

If you wanted to maximize the amount of particles in the water, a sponge filter for filtration and a powerhead for current would be a good system.

[Mustafa]

In my experience, if the tank is adequately sized, a large, mature canister filter will provide all the food these shrimp need. I had three in my 55 gallon with a large canister filter. I never fed them, but they grew rapidly and were happy and healthy. They eat the microscopic life that gets flushed out of the canister filter constantly (as we all know the filter media is full of bacteria). It does not have to be visible particles for them, their fans are perfect for microscopic food.