Saturday, August 20, 2011

Why You Need Cleaner Shrimps in Marine Aquariums

Adding cleaner shrimps not only enhances the beauty and aesthetic value of your marine aquariums but also these little creatures will act as an effective cleanup crew. It is often fascinating to watch them go about with their daily activities as they chew and tear apart the unwanted build-up of algae at the coral reef surfaces and sometimes certain species can also play the role to attract the aquarium fish to get closer to them so that dead skins and parasites are removed by these shrimps from the fishes’ body. Taking into consideration on how useful they can be, it doesn’t come as a surprise that if you ask any aquarist, they will sure tell you that these small crustaceans are perhaps the best addition one can choose to have in any saltwater tank. 

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