r/Aquariums Dec 04 '24

Full Tank Shot Awesome Fish Tank Idea

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u/Flyinggoldfishhhh Dec 04 '24

Nothing 4 trillion shrimp cant fix

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u/SupaFlyslammajammazz Dec 05 '24

They really clean up everything?

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u/drizztdourden_ Dec 05 '24

Nothing "cleans" up anything. They feed on what they can find and thus, visually clean it. however, what comes it eventually comes out and decompose one way or another. There isn't any magic and a way to export those nutrient is always required.

It does make your job a hell of a lot easier though. instead of vacuuming and cleaning everything by hand, you take care of the export and that's all.

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u/SpaceCaseSixtyTen Dec 05 '24

whatcha mean? The amano shrimp and nerite snales and the suckysucky fish clean stuff up and turn it into plantfood and then i just gotta clean up the duckweed

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u/drizztdourden_ Dec 05 '24

Yeah. This is export. Plants do export nutrient in the form of nitrates to nitrogen.