SHRIMP SAFE LIST (was: Is there a list of shrimp predators somewhere?)

[GreenerSideofLIfe]

I have them with endlers... but I think the male endlers are going after the shirmp and harassing the bigger ones. So I would put this in the 'risky' catagory.

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[ja__]

anyone tried Heterandria formosa with shrimps?

Im currently keeping platties and they dont bother the shrimps at all

[TheTeh]

Warning!! Do NOT DWARF GOURAMIS (Sparkling/croaking gouramis) with shrimps, they attacked my tiger shrimps until they die!! Boraras brigittae, endler, Otos, Apple snails, Corydora habrosus are ok in my experience.
Evidence:

[247Plants]

wow its probably because i have a bigger tank but my dwarf gouramis spend most of their time up near the surface of the water and hardly ever come to the bottom of the tank.......I see my dwarf crawdads and their fry all over the place....

[bpm2000]

Originally Posted by GreenerSideofLIfe

I have them with endlers... but I think the male endlers are going after the shirmp and harassing the bigger ones. So I would put this in the 'risky' catagory.

My larger female endler definitely ate a couple of shrimp I housed with them - now I have separate endler and shrimp tanks.

[nicksgirl7705]

Guppies are definitely NOT always shrimp safe.

I added 20 or so shrimp to a heavily planted 10 gallon with just THREE guppies and the guppies hunted down the shrimp. I've never seen guppies so lion-like. I had to remove the guppies to their own 5 gallon.

[TheTeh]

Guppies are larger than Endler which is thought to be a different species. Endlers are ok with adult shrimps in my experience. Not sure about baby shrimps though as Endler's mouth is larger than baby shrimp!

[A Hill]

i think it also depends on what type of shrimp it is... my ghost shrimp dont get bothered by my rummy nose tetras in the 55g, but im going to be taking them out before i put cherries in...

- fish newb

[esarkipato]

Well my photography skills are light years behind "TheTeh"'s, but here's proof that "dojo loaches" can peacefully coexist with cherries:



Yep, they share food!

[NeonShrimp]

Don't be so modest, your pic is always appreciated and helpful to the rest of us. Thanks!

[Hoobahans]

I have endlers, featherfin rainbowfish, kuhli loaches, ottos, true flying foxed, siamese flying foxes, woodshrimp, vampire shrimp, dwarf crayfish, nitrite snails, rasboros (ones with the a black triangle on red bodies), a "twig" catfishand, two dwarf plecos (one full grown at 4 inches and one baby), and neon tetras all living together. They are all together in a 95 gallon tank with a lot of moss and a good amount of plants and the literely hundreds of baby shrimp show that they all get along. I've never seen any agression whatsoever, and the shrimp feel safe enough to swim around in the open middle and upper levels of the tank without harrassment.

[the_noobinator]

my danios don't bother my shrimp at all. keep in mind that i have a tall tank and a fair amount of hiding coverage, so my schoolers don't really have a lot of contact with them.

i have a huge cory, but he's a scaredy-cat (get it?) and swims away from anything that touches him, even shrimp.

the only problem i've had with my shrimp is that they climb up my tall plants on the side where current is low, and then if a fish touches them they shoot away backwards and get stuck on the glass above the waterline, where they promptly fry from the heat of my lamps and then are a pain to clean off.

also keep in mind that i just have ghost shrimp, which are 12 cents a piece at my LFS. i bought them for my claw frog to eat, but i got 2 big egg-laden ghost shrimp in that batch. when the first one laid its eggs, mr. claw frog stuffed himself with the eggs and hasn't eaten a shrimp since. now my shrimp have no enemies in the tank and probably will be there forever.

[kotoeloncat]

keeps discus with my cherries, from time to time the discus will get curious and check the cherries out but once they realize its not food, they dont eat it

[eklikewhoa]

Boraras Merah
Boraras Brigittae
Boraras Maculata
Boraras Uropthalmoides
Microrasboras scissor tails

[Cydric]

Originally Posted by esarkipato

Well my photography skills are light years behind "TheTeh"'s, but here's proof that "dojo loaches" can peacefully coexist with cherries:



Yep, they share food!

Awesome picture, thanks. That loach is just sick looking! (in a good way)