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It's certainly not impossible to keep shrimp and fish together--even in smaller tanks--as hundreds of members tanks here can prove.
Given the potential, however, for havoc--save your expensive or treasured shrimp for shrimp only tanks--and plan on losing a few here and there with anything else.
My 37g has a sizable population of cherry shrimp, some ghosts and a couple amano. There are a number of recognizable adult neos (a solid chocolate, a striped chocolate, a burgandy etc) that have lived happily along side a GBR, a school of mature black neon tetras, cories and an SAE for over six months. There's no question the majority of shrimplets get hunted down and eaten--along with an occasional male or smaller female, but even with the GBR stuffing himself silly, I end up needing to thin the herd every 2-3 months.
Over in my 20g riparium, there's a school of ancient neon tetras, a black molly, a BN pleco and a half dozen male endlers--and an ever growing population of cherry culls.
A 3g and two 2.5g tanks have a variety of female endlers and endler/guppy hybrids (about 30% bigger than the regular endlers) along with a sprinkling of juvie cherries. If any have been eaten, I certainly can't tell.
Given the potential, however, for havoc--save your expensive or treasured shrimp for shrimp only tanks--and plan on losing a few here and there with anything else.
My 37g has a sizable population of cherry shrimp, some ghosts and a couple amano. There are a number of recognizable adult neos (a solid chocolate, a striped chocolate, a burgandy etc) that have lived happily along side a GBR, a school of mature black neon tetras, cories and an SAE for over six months. There's no question the majority of shrimplets get hunted down and eaten--along with an occasional male or smaller female, but even with the GBR stuffing himself silly, I end up needing to thin the herd every 2-3 months.
Over in my 20g riparium, there's a school of ancient neon tetras, a black molly, a BN pleco and a half dozen male endlers--and an ever growing population of cherry culls.
A 3g and two 2.5g tanks have a variety of female endlers and endler/guppy hybrids (about 30% bigger than the regular endlers) along with a sprinkling of juvie cherries. If any have been eaten, I certainly can't tell.
