Kainej Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Setting up a 3ft tank planning to put lots of plants and shrimp in, but what about fish what fish are acceptable to live with shrimp? Are neon, and most other tetras ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smicko Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Hillstream and reticulated loaches, Otto's and not much else. My bristledone and endlers eat shrimp fry. Cheers mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kainej Posted March 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Aww ok. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigPete86 Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 (edited) Rasbora maculata, "Pygmy Rasbora" go well with shrimp. They stay too small to eat em. I've got a peacock goby female (still looking for a male) in with my cherries & whilst I'm sure she'd snack on a few baby shrimp, she pays no mind to adults & juvies. Haven't noticed any drop in population either. I know there's a couple other fish I've kept with shrimp (without shrimp "disappearing") but I can't think of them atm... Edit: thought of another type of fish I kept with shrimp; Sparkling Gourami. Like the peacock goby I'm sure they knocked off a few babies but I never noticed a drop in population with them either Edited March 25, 2014 by BigPete86 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kainej Posted March 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Ahh nice little fish indeed thanks pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainbowrunner Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 I had ornate rainbowfish in a tank with breeding cherries for over a year before they realized they could eat them and they were all gone in a day, Came home to a heap of really fat fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betta-Cray_z Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 First of all... What kind of shrimp Sent from my phone with a 5 min battery life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isee Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 One or two of these: Slight "issues" with roid abuse in the past, but considered nice enough otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kainej Posted March 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 I was planning on some yellows, chocolates and maybe some others i have riffles in with my barbs, nothing touches the riffles there big as the barbs haha . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smicko Posted March 26, 2014 Report Share Posted March 26, 2014 (edited) If you have enough cover most shrimp will survive small fish, there is some dwarf cories that only grow to 3cm that would work. Cherry shrimp are the bottom of the food chain so the adults could be ok but fry will be picked off. Don't put any two colours of cherries together as they will crosbreed and revert back to wild type. I have a couple of shrimp tanks, maybe more lol One has endlers and bristlenose and the shrimp numbers sustain but don't grow. One has yellow cherries, crystal reds, riffles and native caridina shrimp and they all breed like crazy. Another has choc cherries and snow white crystals. It depends if your after a display tank or a breeding tank. Feel free to send me a pm and you can come look at some of the setups. Cheers mick Edited March 26, 2014 by smicko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
