Before buying the prawns check if they have elongated nippers "out front" -
if so they are probably Machrobrachium sp and could harm your Rainbows
especially at night. Most of the others smaller shrimp don't get as big as
these may and are usually useful scavengers in the Atyid family. Some even
eat algae
Regards,
Bruce.
Bruce Hansen, ANGFA, caring for our aquatic ecosystems.
Please visit us at http://www.ozemail.com.au/~fisher/angfa.htm
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> From: Red <rborrow at loom.com.au>
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: [RML] Freshwater prawns
> Date: Saturday, 4 April 1998 21:29
>
> I saw some freshwater prawns in a Randwick shop today, they had them in
> with a bunch of rainbows. I thought it might be fun to buy some. Then
> I wondered if my rainbows might make a meal of them. Any
> recommendations.
>
>
> Red