Algae Eating Race

[@kilrkitty0818]

Thanks!

[@TheNanoAquariumGuy]

In the defense of the Florida Flag Fish, no one wants to fill in on salad when there is other food 😂

[@Finkeldinken]

They're like "finally, some substrate to spawn in! Wait, we supposed to EAT that!? Dude, grossss!"😅

[@aquapuncture]

Well, those shrimp should sell great now 🎯 The Flag fish didn't even run in this race, it's like they never heard the gun. They sat it out waiting for something better, like cats staring at a dish, "You want me to eat what?" I think everyone would like a sequel to this one 👍

[@garageaquatics2023]

Interesting. So teh Amano shrimp are a very close second and I'm guessing much more affordable? Just a thought. Thanks for the share. I just saw @SimplyBetta's video and came here. Subscribed too. Cheers! ~Ron

[@markvonwisco7369]

Scuds are also great at eating algae in my experience. On top of that, they're a great live food for cichlids, larger killifish and bettas.

[@scottnichols7029]

Hey Dan! I bought the green leaf shrimp this summer on the hunch that they were the reason for the periodic claims of amano shrimp breeding in community tanks. They look similar to amanos when young and I suspected that they had been misidentified and sold as amanos. I just saw my first baby green leaf in the tank so they are definitely breeding in fresh water. Another cool characteristic of mine is that they can change color to better blend in with the background. They are dark brown when sitting on driftwood and turn olive/beige when on the lighter substrate.

[@JPNoelPhD]

I attended my first meeting of the C.O.A.S.T. Fish Club in Fountain Valley, CA where Dan was the featured speaker. He is as good in person as on KZbin. What a dedicated fish monger with an unbelievable breath of knowledge and care for the hobby. I can't wait to order my first batch of fish from him. Joseph Noel

[@greenthumbaquariums1185]

If you find a BBA-eating shrimp, you can launch your first division of Dans Fish because I'm sure that'd be a million-dollar business :-)

[@DansFish]

I would bet the Green Leaf Shrimp would eat it. They eat everything else without issue.

[@BentleyPascoe]

Absolutely love this!

[@aTurney03]

I like to think of the flag fish as the goalie from Miracle. Didn't take the test.

[@DriftaholiC]

Keep this tournament going, all the other common suggestions please. I heard Black Mollys will

[@Finkeldinken]

Yeah, I'd love to see black mollies too!

[@laurabustos6560]

I put guppy and platy fry in a tank that had hair and staghorn/bba and holy guacamole did they clean that tank quick! ✌️

[@Seven7ails]

I bet all creatures featured are sold out 😂👍🏽

[@remhk6672]

I have my algae maintenance crew of American flag fish, amano shrimp, nerite snail, and otocinclus. My tanks don't really get black beard algae. Only hair green algae, diatom, and green spot algae. Nerite snails are good for ridding those green spot algae off the glass. Both American flag fish and amanos will take care of the hair green algae. My otos will work on the diatom. And then I have my dwarf chain loaches for snail pest control.

[@MegaMindyLou]

Look at all those green bellies! This might a good series - who are you teaming up next week?

[@achilles_heel07]

Amano shrimp for me is still the best all rounder algae eater. They're not picky and would even consume different kinds of algae but boy those green leaf shrimp algae eaters have a voracious appetite!

[@ajspado4285]

Very cool video, love the little experiment/data collection setup. Hope to see more like this!

[@Finkeldinken]

Oooh, do a bracket style tournament with different critters and different kinds of algae! No, joke, I know that's way too much work and space to do when you're running that shop. But I'd absolutely watch if someone did a series like that! 😊 What latin name am I looking for re the green leaf shrimp? I'm in Northern Europe, so the English popular name may not be useful for me when searching for them. Thanks, Dan & Co. You're doing great work.

[@RoboGoby]

I always thought green leaf algae eating shrimp were nocturnal. But they did awesome in daylight... but Im betting they went nuts after the lights went out.

[@joealyjim3029]

My bets are on the green leaf algae shrimp, my amanos wont touch hair algae for love nor money

[@tonydeleeuw3712]

Sold! I will be trying those guys

[@pelhamsaquatics]

My money is on my black mollies😂 I think they would smoke all three of the contestants. Epic race for sure Dan thanks it was fascinating!

[@kenjiro2676]

I would definitely get black mollies if they were linebred to handle being unheated. Their jet black coloration is to die for.

[@pelhamsaquatics]

@@kenjiro2676 depending on room temperature it might be possible if the room is warm enough. I love my black mollies so very hardy, and yes the pitch black just pops with contrast😍

[@markfranklin8831]

On the truth the shrimp love hair algae and for the flag fish there more of a black beard algea eater so it depends on what type of algae there is in the tank imo. Thanks for sharing 💗👍✌️💯

[@SpeikobraRote]

Just saw the 3hour walk through the fish hall from Steenfott Aquatics and I already said it under his video but I felt the need to also write this here: Those licorice gourami you have arent Parosphromenus deissneri. They are always sold as that cause sellers just .. either dont care of think this name sells the best. As long as they dont color up a bit, the males in breeding dress, those could be anything BUT deissneri My guess would be "Parosphromenus harveyi" if those are indeed deissneri, they have been renamed to Parosphromenus bintan since the real deissneri has never even been exported. Every single of these Parosphromenus that has been caught since 1946 and even before, has been named deissneri but now we know, that there are way more species that look alike, when not colored up. So you might want to look into that. :)

[@mingbritson]

Very fun and informative video. super cool stuff, Dan and the team!

[@craigquinn8225]

be good to see how sae do. with that hair algea

[@navancognac3227]

Where are green leaf algae shrimp available?

[@Tampa_tom]

In my experience flag fish mow down hair algae at a unbelievable rate

[@remhk6672]

I agree!

[@gk9417]

If the fork on the Amano was placed the same maybe the would of won lol😂✌️🇨🇦🙏

[@sulfurcitynews]

6:51 well. Not sure if you meant to say that, but WAP means something way different these days lol

[@janemarriott3389]

Greenies in my future 😜

[@fishandfloral]

My flag fish just arrived. After acclimating for 30 min, I released them. Everyone looked extremely stressed for the first 30 min (one was on his side) but they are perking up now. I’ll let you know if there are issues. The orange Venezuelans are looking good.

[@laurabustos6560]

I have an aprx 5 inch ball of hair algae in my CPD and snowball colony breeding tank. I just trim off any "fly away hair" on maintenance day and both the fry and bebe shrimp love hanging out in it! I wonder if more microfauna grow in it... Thanks for another great vid Dan and co.🙏😎✌️

[@matthewganun1247]

I cant find much info on those green leaf shrimp, are they as difficult to breed as amano are?

[@denzilandrews965]

Nice video, bro.

[@NguyenQuang08]

Thank Dans for a great video :d so funny to watch

[@vikkirountoit497]

Pretty cool test. I only get a bit of hair algae here and there - I cut off the plant parts with algae as if propagating, and float it in my scud live culture tank. They eat all the algae and leave me a clean plant to put back in my tank. Will have to look into the green leaf shrimp - totally new to me. Thanks!

[@DuxDad1]

Who eats black beard the best?

[@clintbaker736]

Mbuna.

[@pobster88j94]

I want a few of these.

[@AL_EVOz]

Hey Dan! hows it going! always nice to see your fish videos! I remember you saying you ship to canada? Is it only certain parts of Canada? =)

[@Midraj]

Are the Green leaf algea eating shrimp strictly herbivores? or are they omnivorous like the amanos are?

[@Finkeldinken]

Good question!

[@kelleyforeman]

My Amano shrimp are orange from eating krill flakes. 😑

[@kilrkitty0818]

Love this video mind blown I was pulling for the Flag Fish lol oh well still #1 in my heart

[@fistofthenorthstar9010]

i don't think these green leaf shrimp are real. i think he just rebranded amino shrimp. What spices are they? were are the from ?

[@drockingfish]

Amano winners

[@nabokovfan87]

@Dan do both shrimp tanks also have snails? I am not surprised at all the amanos did well. They are awesome little creatures!

[@TheSimmpleTruth]

But you need tons of shrimp to make a difference.

[@DansFish]

Yep...the more shrimp, the quicker the clean up. I think a dozen shrimp is enough to make a real difference in lots of tanks.

[@TheSimmpleTruth]

@@DansFish I have a 40 with hair algae. I bought 13, pretty much all the store had: Amano, yellow, blue, orange, black and Ghost. I hope they work as well too because the 6 SAE I bought don’t do anything at all except entertaining. The shrimp started nibbling on the algae as soon as they entered the aquarium, the SAE were looking for flakes and eating them instead.

[@RoboGoby]

I came back to this video as its the only spot on the web that has any info on green leaf algae eating shrimp vs Amano shrimp. Does anyone out there know if this species requires salt or brackish water to breed?

[@DansFish]

The Green Leaf Shrimp are most likely Caridina typus, the Australian Amano Shrimp. They have a larval stage that requires salt water.

[@tsun2yan913]

Do you know the scientific name of these green leaf algae eating shrimp? Or have they not been formally classified?

[@-AndrewR]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@azraelairsoft]

I wonder what the scientific name of the green leaf shrimps are. I’m in Japan so can’t get Florida flag fish and my amanos really don’t touch the algae growing in my tank which is green hair algae and bba as well as staghorn. I’ve tried lowering the ph, kh, and gh so that the algae gets soft enough for them to eat but no dice. Tank is a 17gal/65l so don’t really want to use Siamese algae eaters or plecos as they’d prolly get too big for me.

[@azraelairsoft]

I hope these are sold here in Japan.

[@onlywei]

My flag fish is a real bully and is constantly aggressive towards my other fish.

[@kenjiro2676]

The flag fish made a liar out of Johnny

[@SpeikobraRote]

Hmm over her we call those smaller algea eating shrimp Sulawesi Shrimp unless Im blind and those are an entirely new species.