Shrimplet Mauled by Cardinal Tetra

[^fearNofish^]

Hi ! folks,

It was a horror scene that 1st time i spotted my 12mm Cardinal Tetra mauled the young Sakura shrimplet with a feroius shake that the shrimplet drop dead instantly to the bottom. and follow up feeding frenzy saw the poor shrimplet being torn & eaten.

Quite shaken , i asked myself when was my last fish feeding, is the fish starving ? It has been a routine once a day feeding with fish pellets around dinner time.

Have been keeping both fish & shrimp together for almost a year and this horror sighting has convince me that even Tetras with such a small mouth is still a serious threat to shrimplet.

I have to make a choices here which one to remove ? Fish or Shrimps.. Hm..still undecided Sigh......

[Shadow]

give them lots of hiding place and some of them should survive

[kendrick_86]

this is what happens when it is not a all shrimp tank. i pity your shrimps. bro, please do something about it.

[hann]

For my case, the culpirt is mountain minow. Eat the newly introduced shrimplets right after I transferred them into the tank. After that, I removed all the fish and keep rasbora brigattae and oto only.

[Aria]

Ya I agree it sounds horrific

Please don't re-traumatise yourself or your shrimps - separate them.

Maybe its time to get a new tank... or be generous to the community and give one or the other away

[vinz]

We tend NOT to think our fish or other small or cute creatures as ferocious predators. The fact is, they have to eat something and usually that something is smaller in size or numbers.

I didn't realise this until I saw my friend's big "bumbling" goldfish chase down a neon tetra and eat it.

[subxero]

For survival...

[Fuzzy]

For my case, the culpirt is mountain minow. Eat the newly introduced shrimplets right after I transferred them into the tank. After that, I removed all the fish and keep rasbora brigattae and oto only.

I saw my boraras Brigattae strike at a CRS shrimplet. It couldn't fit it into its mouth, but the CRS seemed stunned or injured. I might just remove my boraras from the tank..hmm.

[beetroot]

so lesson learnt... never a good idea to keep fishes with shrimps, no matter how small the fish's mouth is.

no guarantee that the fish would not harm the shrimps, especially the shrimplets which are 100% more vulnerable due to its tiny size.

[ghim]

I saw my boraras Brigattae strike at a CRS shrimplet. It couldn't fit it into its mouth, but the CRS seemed stunned or injured. I might just remove my boraras from the tank..hmm.

Boraras, like any other fish, will try to snack on shrimplets. I have 30+ boraras in my 2 ft tank. They do try to snack on my shrimplets(this tank has no CRS). I take note that the fishes are well fed everyday and my tank is well planted. Thus fisheswill be too full to disturb my shrimps shrimplets. And shrimps and shrimplets have good hiding place. Till now, my cherries, sakuras, green neon and zebra shrimps are enjoying a good population

so lesson learnt... never a good idea to keep fishes with shrimps, no matter how small the fish's mouth is.

no guarantee that the fish would not harm the shrimps, especially the shrimplets which are 100% more vulnerable due to its tiny size.

Actually, I would say, if you want to breed shrimps, please do not have fishes in the tank. If you are maintaining a good shrimp population, give them good hiding place.

[subxero]

so lesson learnt... never a good idea to keep fishes with shrimps, no matter how small the fish's mouth is.

no guarantee that the fish would not harm the shrimps, especially the shrimplets which are 100% more vulnerable due to its tiny size.

I think Yamato shrimps are safer because they are usually larger in size as compared to other species of shrimps.

[^fearNofish^]

Hello ! folks,

Well said from all here . Has spent 2 hours to revamp my 2ft tank, taken out all plants & moss , siphon out water to the minium ,just to scoop out the 6 tetras and return all that has been taken out !

Last, i guess have to change my nick to ^fear THE fish ^

Sigh....

[beetroot]

Last, i guess have to change my nick to ^fear THE fish ^

hahaha... so funny

[hann]

Hello ! folks,

Well said from all here . Has spent 2 hours to revamp my 2ft tank, taken out all plants & moss , siphon out water to the minium ,just to scoop out the 6 tetras and return all that has been taken out !

Last, i guess have to change my nick to ^fear THE fish ^

Sigh....

I can empathized with you on the extra effort that you need to scoop out the tetra. I also spent a long time, squashing my plants and stirring some substrate as a result, just to get my rummynose and tetra out of the tank. Both the fish and I am stressed.

[ghim]

2hrs is not really that bad. I waited 3 nights to catch my 2 SAE in my 2ft tank. Waited 1 night that they are resting comfortable on a driftwood. Then swiftly netted them. Prior to that, I had tried so many times to catch them.

Putting in fishes is so easy. Catching them is a pain. Especially if your tank is heavily planted

[Aria]

Hello ! folks,

Well said from all here . Has spent 2 hours to revamp my 2ft tank, taken out all plants & moss , siphon out water to the minium ,just to scoop out the 6 tetras and return all that has been taken out !

Last, i guess have to change my nick to ^fear THE fish ^

Sigh....

I'm glad you decided to remove the tetras. Its effort I'm sure your shrimp would be grateful of

[Fuzzy]

I'm glad you decided to remove the tetras. Its effort I'm sure your shrimp would be grateful of

I agree! Say no to evil fish! Keep the cute shrimp!