Shrimp and HC

[Greenview]

I am about to plant some HC in the next week or two, but I also want to get some shrimp into my tank to help deal with the fuzz algae on some of my plant leaves. I have heard that the HC is likely to be uprooted by the shrimp—is that true with all shrimp species? Would I be OK if I introduced the shrimp after I have given the HC a couple of weeks to root?
Thanks

 

[andyh]

give the HC some time to root and it will be fine! albeit if you plant it well shouldn't be a problem
This was my nano day 1 with a dozen cherries

no real problems

 

[Dincho]

I have HC in a few of my shrimp tanks and i have had no trouble with uprooting. I don't inject c02 so its slow growing and takes a while to root and spread, i have never had the shrimp cause issues.

 

[Greenview]

Thanks.
I have never had shrimp before, which shrimp would you recommend for eating fuzz on leaves?

 

[mitchelllawson]

Amano shrimps, if your still looking.

 

[skeletonw00t]

Does anyone else find that shrimps add more mess than clean it up? With their poos etc

 

[mitchelllawson]

RCS do i have noticed that aswell, Amanos are excellent and keeping algae minimal.

 

[Mark Evans]

Shrimp wont bother your HC. Get them in ASAP. Keep on top of algae and HC.

Ottos and shrimp would be at the top of my list in a new set up.

 

[MrLarner]

yeah i agree with mark, get some otto's and shrimp in asap, they do amazing amount of work in the tanks.

 

[Greenview]

Thanks for the input, but a lot of time has passed since I posted this thread. I have had Amanos for almost 4 months and they are doing a good job; I also had to replace the HC as it was failing, prob through a lack of ferts (though I did not realise that at the time).