I converted a quarantine tank I was not using to a shrimp tank, have 5 Red Cherry shrimp doing fine in there (30 G tank).
I have a community tank with plecos and had a cave and babies. They were being eaten as fast as they came out (Barbs I think, maybe SAE, maybe Angels but I never saw them down there).
So I grabbed the cave and move the few reaming to the shrimp tank which I figured they would be safe. There were only 5 left.
However... one of the shrimp is about to release her eggs I think.
So will small plecos (maybe 2 weeks since eggs hatched) eat baby Red Cherry Shrimp?
This will be a one time problem, I think -- I'll move them back to the community tank (or to auction) once they get a month or so old, but right now...
Frankly I'd rather have the shrimp babies if I have to choose so...?
I have a community tank with plecos and had a cave and babies. They were being eaten as fast as they came out (Barbs I think, maybe SAE, maybe Angels but I never saw them down there).
So I grabbed the cave and move the few reaming to the shrimp tank which I figured they would be safe. There were only 5 left.
However... one of the shrimp is about to release her eggs I think.
So will small plecos (maybe 2 weeks since eggs hatched) eat baby Red Cherry Shrimp?
This will be a one time problem, I think -- I'll move them back to the community tank (or to auction) once they get a month or so old, but right now...
Frankly I'd rather have the shrimp babies if I have to choose so...?