some fish and Red Chery shrimps

oleg · 10-10-2004, 05:15 AM

Hi All,

I am looking for help from experienced shrimps keepers!
Here is the problem:

In the "shrimp" tank I also keep
1. Three Otocinclus Cats. I am going to add 20 more
2. Ancistrus (Bushynose Pleco) - about 7-8 cm
3. Small Plecostomus - about 3 cm - here is the picture

I am afraid that some of these fish will eat my shrimps or their babies.

Please let me know if any of you had any experience with keeping these fish with Red Cherry shrimps.

Thanks a lot!

John P. · 10-10-2004, 05:22 AM

I have 2 Otos & ~8 Cherry Shrimp. No problems at all.

**bharada** · 10-10-2004, 06:28 AM

No problem with any of my sucker mouth algae eaters bothering my Cherry shrimp. Even with Congo, Rummynose, and Cardinal tetras, Rainbowfish, Swordtails, Black Mollies, and a Flame Gourami my Cherries still regularly breed with the babies successfully reaching maturity.

**scolley** · 10-18-2004, 12:12 AM

I made the mistake of buying 8 cherry reds. At 5$ a pop, that was a major mistake! I'm not sure who did the munching, but after a day, I could only find 3. The next day 1. Now none.

Must be tasty. See the fauna list in my signature for a list of likely culprits.

Bonsai · 10-18-2004, 12:41 AM

I've seen my blue rams consume baby mollies .... I imagine they'd munch on shrimp too.

amanda huggenkiss · 10-18-2004, 12:52 AM

My apistos ate my cherries. So my money would be on the dwarf cockatoos or the rams.

Momotaro · 10-19-2004, 12:43 AM

Quote:

Cockatoo Dwarfs, Blue Rams

Case closed!

Mike

ming · 10-19-2004, 12:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by amanda huggenkiss

My apistos ate my cherries. So my money would be on the dwarf cockatoos or the rams.

Same here!
I removed the apistos as soon as I saw it, but they already had babies in the tank so I left the babies in. Still saw at least 1 cherry though.
The babies are so far about 1cm long and all over, but no sign of the cherries, feared dead but I never know since theres so many hiding spots

**scolley** · 11-18-2004, 12:28 PM

I saw a Cherry Red today! Staying out of site all this time - still swimming around, avoiding the munching jaws my dwarf cockatoos and rams! That's one resourceful little shrimp. I wonder if there are more...

**scolley** · 11-18-2004, 04:43 PM

There are more, two more! Thats three out of the original four that have been unseen for months. Today they were aparently driven to the top of the tank by a temporary high CO2 count (28ppm). Do these guys just dissapear when they hit a planted tank - and get a possibly undeservered reputation for getting eaten?

mrk442 · 11-18-2004, 04:44 PM

Rams look so nice and sweet until you see them rip into an earth worm or a fish that is the right size. Mine devoured the ghost shrimp i had in the tank quite quickly and i know it was them because i did not have anything else in the tank.

Still my favorite fish though i won't trust them with shrimp again "well maybe as a treat

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10-10-2004, 05:15 AM	#1 (permalink)
oleg Newbie (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 1	some fish and Red Chery shrimps Hi All, I am looking for help from experienced shrimps keepers! Here is the problem: In the "shrimp" tank I also keep 1. Three Otocinclus Cats. I am going to add 20 more 2. Ancistrus (Bushynose Pleco) - about 7-8 cm 3. Small Plecostomus - about 3 cm - here is the picture I am afraid that some of these fish will eat my shrimps or their babies. Please let me know if any of you had any experience with keeping these fish with Red Cherry shrimps. Thanks a lot!

10-10-2004, 05:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
John P. Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3) Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Laguna Beach, CA Posts: 1,320	I have 2 Otos & ~8 Cherry Shrimp. No problems at all. __________________ John P.

10-10-2004, 06:28 AM	#3 (permalink)
bharada Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (9) Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Fremont, CA Posts: 2,581	No problem with any of my sucker mouth algae eaters bothering my Cherry shrimp. Even with Congo, Rummynose, and Cardinal tetras, Rainbowfish, Swordtails, Black Mollies, and a Flame Gourami my Cherries still regularly breed with the babies successfully reaching maturity. __________________ —Bill sfbaaps \| My site

10-18-2004, 12:12 AM	#4 (permalink)
scolley Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (10) Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: connecticut Posts: 3,190	I made the mistake of buying 8 cherry reds. At 5$ a pop, that was a major mistake! I'm not sure who did the munching, but after a day, I could only find 3. The next day 1. Now none. Must be tasty. See the fauna list in my signature for a list of likely culprits. __________________ steve You wanna know what I really think? You can see at www.wetplantlogic.com. 180g high tech, "generally" low maintenance, planted discus tank

10-18-2004, 12:52 AM	#6 (permalink)
amanda huggenkiss Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 955	My apistos ate my cherries. So my money would be on the dwarf cockatoos or the rams. __________________ 29g Eheim Classic 2213, community, heavily planted, 65W CF, 2x Hagen CO2 20g Fluval 3 Plus, nothin' but shrimp & snails, 65W CF, Hagen CO2 wannacomewith.com

10-18-2004, 12:41 AM	#5 (permalink)
Bonsai Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan Posts: 221	I've seen my blue rams consume baby mollies .... I imagine they'd munch on shrimp too.

11-18-2004, 12:28 PM	#9 (permalink)
scolley Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (10) Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: connecticut Posts: 3,190	I saw a Cherry Red today! Staying out of site all this time - still swimming around, avoiding the munching jaws my dwarf cockatoos and rams! That's one resourceful little shrimp. I wonder if there are more... __________________ steve You wanna know what I really think? You can see at www.wetplantlogic.com. 180g high tech, "generally" low maintenance, planted discus tank

11-18-2004, 04:43 PM	#10 (permalink)
scolley Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (10) Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: connecticut Posts: 3,190	There are more, two more! Thats three out of the original four that have been unseen for months. Today they were aparently driven to the top of the tank by a temporary high CO2 count (28ppm). Do these guys just dissapear when they hit a planted tank - and get a possibly undeservered reputation for getting eaten? __________________ steve You wanna know what I really think? You can see at www.wetplantlogic.com. 180g high tech, "generally" low maintenance, planted discus tank

11-18-2004, 04:44 PM	#11 (permalink)
mrk442 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 123	Rams look so nice and sweet until you see them rip into an earth worm or a fish that is the right size. Mine devoured the ghost shrimp i had in the tank quite quickly and i know it was them because i did not have anything else in the tank. Still my favorite fish though i won't trust them with shrimp again "well maybe as a treat " __________________ 40 Gallon Breeder - 130 watts CF - Mixed gravel, Laterite , and Schultz clay - Eheim Canister with Peat - Pressurized Co2 with diy Reactor - 2 pair Blue Rams "Microgeophagus ramirezi", 2 SAE - Corkscrew Val's,Jungle Val's, assorted crypts, assorted stem bunches, amazon Sword and some hornwart.

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