Shrimp (Questions & Advice)

Red Cherry Shrimp (Compatibility and Advice)

Red Cherry Shrimp (Compatibility and Advice)

So after i added the endlers and shrimp, the tetras were literally hunting them so the 4 endlers were hiding under the moss, i took the tetras back to petco(i realized i didnt have enough of them to school happily) and i was able to trade them for 6 Neon tetras. As of now the Endlers and neons are swimming together in a pretty tight group, Very happy. =)

also the shrimp look like there doing good, mostly hanging around on the wood picking at the algae i presume.


Thank you for the help

 

Re: Red Cherry Shrimp (Compatibility and Advice)

Your welcome. I know when I had mine they loved hiding in the Moss balls you can get at petco for like $6...those things grew beasty under my high lighting and were the size of softballs in less than 2 months!

Glad to hear all is working out well for you. Neons are really gorgeous in large groups!

 

Re: Red Cherry Shrimp (Compatibility and Advice)

but you'll never find babaies the'll keep eating each others

 

Re: Red Cherry Shrimp (Compatibility and Advice)

not true..I always saw juvi's in the tank. Yes, I know most were possibly eaten..but it was still easy to ascertain the juvis from the adults.

 

Re: Red Cherry Shrimp (Compatibility and Advice)

yea POSSIBLE but needs tons of small hiding places and sinking food since tetras are fast and small it can out swim a small shrimp fry

 

Re: Red Cherry Shrimp (Compatibility and Advice)

oh defin tetras are super fast. hence I had moss balloon balls that were the size of softballs for them to hide in..not including bottom plants at the time..right now I'm re-building the plant status due to the hubby cleaning mishap. I have barely any shrimp left now as a result!

Once everything is good to go, hopefully this summer I'll contact the guy I deal with for more.

 

Re: Red Cherry Shrimp (Compatibility and Advice)

well i got all Male endlers from the breeder because i dont want to be overrun in a month with them =p, but im not sure about the neons sex's ill look it up tonight, might be fun to have some fry =).

 

Re: Red Cherry Shrimp (Compatibility and Advice)

very interesting, informative thread. it's gotten me to think about tetras and shrimp when i redo my 38. we hit some tough financial bs, so my tanks won't be satisfactory for a while. but it also gives me more research time and planning, which is always fun! the platy fry are growing nicely. we have 12 survivors and they are adorable!

 

Re: Red Cherry Shrimp (Compatibility and Advice)

congrats on the platy fry! I get my cherries really cheap. Pm me when your ready if your looking for a source (I believe mine won't mind me putting people in touch with him).

 

Re: can shrimp bee keep with my corycat?

Yep...shrimp and cories will do just fine together.

 

Re: can shrimp bee keep with my corycat?

i don't see why not, i have an albino cory with ghost shrimp, nvr see issues

 

Re: can shrimp bee keep with my corycat?

yup, no compatiblity issues there Leslie!

 

Re: can shrimp bee keep with my corycat?

Cories are one of the most peacefull species of fish, They barely do anything too

It wont be any problem

 

question about ghost shrimp as feeders

We have a brackish tank with a goby eel, knight goby, and figure eight puffer, will these guys eat the ghost shrimp? We are hoping they will.
Anyone know of any other live things any of these guys will eat?

 

Re: question about ghost shrimp as feeders

The Puffer likely will and maybe the Knight Goby.

 

Re: question about ghost shrimp as feeders

My cichlids destroyed a few ghost shrimp I dropped in, I imagine anything will eat them haha.