Keeping fish with shrimp

[waterfaller1]

keeping since feb.~
corydoras habrosus
kuhli loaches
hara jerdoni
axelrodi rasboras
just added p.gertrudae
with CRS, blue pearl, amano, green lace shrimp

[fishsandwitch]

Do you notice many shrimplets?

[fishsandwitch]

bump

[Idontknowplants]

From what I have seen you can't have german rams with cherries? what about keyhole cichlids? or are the other rams that might be shrimp safe?

[HatchetHaven]

Dwarf cichlids are a bad bet I would say. Most are fairly large (Compared to a baby shrimplet at least!) and Dwarfs are bottom dwellers. Can you see the complications? Yeah - it is a great big blow and I hate it to.

I've been keeping a baby bamboo and 5 Amanos with for months in the 47gal Planted community with these:
Platys
Cherry barbs
BN Pleco
SAE (Only had him about a month, but he has not attacked)
Hatchets
Dwarf gouramis (GONE!)
Sterba cory juveniles (3cm)
Panda apistos (Only had about a month - no aggression so far)

The amanos are currently about 2 cm long, and are hiding a lot. I don't really see them in the open at all! Planning on moving them to my RCS breeder so they can have a nicer existence.

[fishsandwitch]

Originally Posted by Idontknowplants

From what I have seen you can't have german rams with cherries? what about keyhole cichlids? or are the other rams that might be shrimp safe?

they can eat adult shrimp

[newlyearthbound]

Next fish to question: Upside-down catfish. they stay almost constantly at the top of the tank. also are other surface dwellers safe as they don't ever really get low enough to interact with the shrimp?

[DiscusIt'sWhats4DinneR]

i HAD 6 amano shrimp at one time. in a Densely planted 55.

it is hard to tell but i think there are only 3 left after i think 2 months.


i have an adult bolivian ram i suspect as the culprit.
he has become aggressive. whenever i feed he nips at the sides of my discus.
doesnt do any damage but it is starting to bug me. anyway i have a really nice blue ram in the quarantine tank right now im going to add. for some reason i am inclined to think the bolivian will not get along with him. so we move bolivia to another tank.

i really want some cherry shrimp but i know they will be eaten
i am hoping my lfs will get some (they recently started with amanos)
and hopefully they will get the idea that these cherry shrimp are cool.



i want to raise them in massive amounts and just dump in a netfull of them each month

good info.
i have a large synodontis that exists in a tank with ghost shrimp without eating them.

[torque6]

It depends on what you wish to have, if you are heading for a breeder tank, then just setup as a "shrimp only tank". However if you want something else, you can consider keeping small/slow swimming fishes with them. Its common to keep tetras/ottos with them.

[fishsandwitch]

Originally Posted by newlyearthbound

Next fish to question: Upside-down catfish. they stay almost constantly at the top of the tank. also are other surface dwellers safe as they don't ever really get low enough to interact with the shrimp?

definitely a no

[HatchetHaven]

Anyone know what Peacock Gobys/Gudgeons would think of RCS? My research says peaceful, but it also indicates live food may not be taken with gusto...

[HatchetHaven]

Originally Posted by DiscusIt'sWhats4DinneR

i want to raise them in massive amounts and just dump in a netfull of them each month

10gal tank + lots of cover + no fish + 10 - 15 RCS + a few months = what you want.

[mavisky]

For the record I keep 2 male Red Claw Shrimp in my planted/wooded tank along with yo-yo,clown, and zebra loaches, 2 red tail sharks, and 3 3"+ gourami's. The red-claws spend most of the day under some of my wood, but roam the tank during feeding time or at night. If any of the fish get near them they'll raise their claws at them which usually either chases the fish away or they end up jetting to a safe distance as the fish passes by. At times my cae's and my batik botia will try to borrow their little nooks under the wood at which point the shrimp retreat to another hidey hole.

I would like to note that neither of them seem to give two craps about the moss covered coconut hut I set in the tank for them.

I did lose one amano (first shrimp) who went out the top of the tank, and one green lace shrimp (1/2" long fan feeder) after the first night. Both red claws are around 1" long from tail to claw.

[customdrumfinishes]

i have a heavy planted 29g with 40 ember tetras and 20+ shrimp. had a minami have babys in the tank and i see juvis still. hard to tell how man but i counted 10 at one time maybe 20 for all i know. the fish may have got a few baby shrimplets but there were survivors for sure. embers are 1" max size and peaceful.
any semi aggresive or aggresive fish will eat shrimp, sometimes your lucky with the right fish that doesnt eat them.

[mavisky]

I would like to add that my shrimp are larger than any of my silver tip tetras so I imagine they'll get thinned out before the shrimp.