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

[efish]

what about a Japanese Male Betta? I was going to throw one in my 5.5G once I fill it.

[Sponsors]

[shawnmcc]

How about a cherry barb are they compatible with cherry shrimp?

[kzr750r1]

This is a long thread. But remember if it's small enough to fit in their mouth it will be eaten. Adults may fare ok with betas or barbs. But the offspring will likely not survive.

The other thing to consider is aggressive fish will mess with adults, sometimes to death.

I think we have covered here is the Otto is the only real shrimp safe fish.

[starsunmoon]

I have a 45 gallon heavily planted swords, and other plants, I have 25 glo-light tetras in there !! amazingly I have watched for hours......never seen a attack, hell they sit right there and put there lips down , the cherry jumps out the way and the fish look into what ever the cherry shrimp was eating on, the fish swims away, the shrimp goes right back to eating thietr snack, (usually shrimp pellet, or sprlina wafer) and my cherrys are producing very well!! I do wanna get one of my females full of eggs and put her into a breeding net just to see if i can count on how many, and that way I can let them grow out for a juvi sell.... I do think I will move the glo-lights into my other 90 community tank when I get it ready , but for now.. all looks great , and hell I would kinda hate having a 45 gallon eco, with only shrimp and snails.... I do have many ivory briggs, and red remshorn snails. But I love the fish swimming around, they make a aqaurium complete' to me. I dunno. IMO< but we shall see, I may move them , might not .. LOL.. OO < I am wondering about my true sae, he is getting big in there, anyone seen these guys eating juvis???

[customdrumfinishes]

starsunmoon,i read earlier in this post one memer saying the sae ate some juvis and one say they didnt

[ZooTycoonMaster]

I'm keeping RCS with a Platy, Zebra Danios, Neon Tetras, and Endler's Livebearers. They don't bother the adult shrimp, but they may eat the newly hatched shrimp.

[mahoro]

i tried mine with zebra danios, they just rip the shrimp apart in few seconds... they were all taking turns riping it apart like bullets from mechine guns..

[fishymatty]

Ive always kept cherry shrimp in my show tank with discus and apistos. But my tanks are heavily planted. The last spawn I had from my apistos had to be removed and the only tank I had to put them in was my shrimp tank. 10 gal with 100 + shrimp and 6 tiny apistos. They were no longer than 1mm. For the next 5months I didn't see a single shrimplet. Now a month after they were removed from the shrimp tank I have tons of babies. The point is sometimes you can get away with semi aggressive fish and shrimp and even the smallest of fish can dine on juvi shrimp.

[A Hill]

Bumpity bump.

Seems this is in need again.

-Andrew

[pealow]

I have 4 endlers, 3 males and one juvi female. I also have 4 fry and the fry were more curious initially towards the shrimp than the adults. They will try to take what the shrimp are eating sometimes but usually leave then alone. The dwarf crays are afraid of the shrimp and threaten the fish. I must add though that my shrimp hide 90% of the time. Not much fun to watch.

[A Hill]

Originally Posted by A Hill

Bumpity bump.

Seems this is in need again.

-Andrew

Another bump for this useful thread.

-Andrew

[southerndesert]

I'm thinking this should be a sticky perhaps.....

Cheers Bill

[fishsandwitch]

I agree but I think it needs to be cleaned up. I will make a new thread that has just the good info and not the 7 pages that someone needs to sort through. Hopefully a mod will make it a sticky. Expect to see it by the end to tomarrow. Does that sound good?

[crazie.eddie]

Originally Posted by fishsandwitch

I agree but I think it needs to be cleaned up. I will make a new thread that has just the good info and not the 7 pages that someone needs to sort through. Hopefully a mod will make it a sticky. Expect to see it by the end to tomarrow. Does that sound good?

Sounds good. I didn't want to clutter it up, but I also want to include to the list...

1. Farlowellas. Similar to otos.

2. L-046 and L-183 plecos. I keep them in my RCS tanks. Although, it would probably be safe to say all plecos, since they're pretty much scavengers. Their body and mouths do not really support as a predatory type fish.

[fishsandwitch]

Originally Posted by crazie.eddie

Sounds good. I didn't want to clutter it up, but I also want to include to the list...

1. Farlowellas. Similar to otos.

2. L-046 and L-183 plecos. I keep them in my RCS tanks. Although, it would probably be safe to say all plecos, since they're pretty much scavengers. Their body and mouths do not really support as a predatory type fish.

I made the thread. I dont wanna include plecos because I have seen a lda08 take a RCS and a hill saw a common take a shrimp too.
I dont know about farowelas but you can feel free to comment.