Do Shrimp Produce Enough Ammonia?

[bymauldin]

My tank has finally finished cycling! It's been a long three weeks, but the wait is finally over. Unfortunately, because I'm having a hard time locating fish I want it could be another week or possibly two before I finally add some fish. I was wondering if I could go ahead and add some Shrimp to the tank. Do they produce enough ammonia to keep my established bacteria alive? Or am I better off just continuing to add ammonia to my tank until I get my fish?

 

[atmmachine816]

Shrimp produce very little bio-load unless you have a lot, though as far as I'm aware of once you bacteria is established as long it stays in your tank water it's not going to go away.

 

[mark.w.jones]

No, you need to keep up adding you ammonia solution on a daily basis until you are ready to stock. Shrimp produce very little waste and your bacteria will die off quickly if they don't have a regular source of food.

 

[celaeno]

No, you need to keep up adding you ammonia solution on a daily basis until you are ready to stock. Shrimp produce very little waste and your bacteria will die off quickly if they don't have a regular source of food.

agreed