Live Brine Shrimp in pool

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Ameretat
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Live Brine Shrimp in pool

Post by Ameretat »

I was wondering, with the saltwater pool that I am making for my tank, could I put live brine shrimp in when it gets close to the time I have to change the saltwater for the crabs to feed on?
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ladybug15057
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Re: Live Brine Shrimp in pool

Post by ladybug15057 »

You possibly could, but hermies are scavengers and rarely if ever will kill prey for food.
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Re: Live Brine Shrimp in pool

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What would that do to the quality of the water? Improve it? Or pollute it?
It is an interesting idea--for sure!
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