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I recommend Boraras Brigittae. Very cute fish and surface bound. Definitely won't disturb ur plants and shrimp. Never try guppies coz they disturb everything. Haha.Originally Posted by rav
Hi,
Been in this hobby for about 4 months. 3ft tank.
Currently fauna in the tanks are shrimps (no idea what type they are some of them are bright red when young before turning brown when adult) and ottos.
Are there any schooling fishes (size of tetras) that are plant safe and most importanly baby shrimp safe?
Most fishes that are plant safe are not shrimp safe and vice versa.
I recommend Boraras Brigittae. Very cute fish and surface bound. Definitely won't disturb ur plants and shrimp. Never try guppies coz they disturb everything. Haha.
Neon tetras is fine with the babies. I have 9 Neon Tetras, 1 Otto and plenty of crystal red shrimps (babies, adults and pregnant).
All live in a happy tanks.
Ha! Ha! Looks like I'm even more determined to get my batch of Boraras Brigittae ASAP...
They sure looks very cute being small...
Thanks for the replies. Any idea what's the common name for Boraras Brigittae?
Mosquito rasbora
I keeping some cherry shrimps with Boraras maculatus, they dun seems to bother the shrimps at all... my cherries are not have babies yet though
Do you have Java Moss in your tank? If you have and the moss is growing very thick, then the chances of having baby shrimps is higher.I keeping some cherry shrimps with Boraras maculatus, they dun seems to bother the shrimps at all... my cherries are not have babies yet though
From what I've found on the internet. The general consence is that if you have fishes in your tank, your baby shrimps are gonna be food the moment they hatch. That's why I'm asking if anyone has any luck keeping schooling fishes and shrimps together.
Ottos and shrimps do just fine. This picture proves it.
Problem is ottos are not brightly colored and spend most of them time hanging off something. Need some brightly schooling fishes to fill up the emptiness of mid water level.
Last edited by rav; 10th Sep 2008 at 22:47.
Hmm.. Think fishes just like to try putting things inside their mouth so long as it fits in...The thick growth of mosses or some hideouts in the scape will surely prevent all the shrimps from being eaten up by the fishes..
As for otos, they should not bother the shrimplets much... Unless the tank is really algae clean & free, if not, they will be more than happy sticking onto any surface to nibble on the algae...
Hopefully the Boraras Brigittae live up to its name & recommendations of being able to co-live with shrimplets well...
I assume the current flow in your tank is not strong since there are shrimps?
Or else the mosquito rasbora will be "blown away"
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I doubt that seriously-any shrimplet stupid enough to be in the eyesight of B. brigittae is going to be chomped. Ever notice a tank with small pests when there are fishes compared with a shrimp only tank? There's usually none but in a shrimp only tank there's uncountable number of small things buzzing around.
I keep cherry shrimps so I don't really bother, but if I'm breeding expensive CRS-I wouldn't put any fishes, not even otos.
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Nope, not strong at all. Using an ehiem 2211 on a 3ft tank. So water movement is super gentle.I assume the current flow in your tank is not strong since there are shrimps?
Or else the mosquito rasbora will be "blown away"
Yes yes that I totally agree and hence I start this thread. Is there any brightly schooling fishes out there that are truely shrimp safe? Not asking for much, just brightly coloured and schooling fishes.
Too bad ottos are dull coloured and once they are confident, they tend to go their own ways and maybe forage in pairs.
As you point out, once fishes are introduced into a tank, tiny creepers are immediately gone because the fishes are feasting on them. Sure won't want that to happen to the shrimps.
Maybe we can come to a compromise, seeking for brightly schooling fishes that are less likely to feast on shrimplets. I believe it is quite impossible to find a shrimplets safe and plant safe schooling fish.
I think the trick is not to have too many fish in a relatively big tank with lots of moss. If your moss is thick and the tank is big (eg. 4 x 2 x 2 ft), the shrimps are quite safe.
You can try cardinal tetra, keep no more than 20 in the 4 ft tank to be safe.
Yes I'm guessing that's the sensible thing to do. Doesn't make sense to dump 500 tetras into a 4 ft shrimp tank.
But am I correct to say that cardinal do grow quite large?
How about golden pencilfish?They have small mouths, not too brightly colored though.
I think the mature adult cardinals grow to about 5cm only. Not really large.
Yes heard about these pencil fish. Anyone know where to get and usually sold for how much? Never notice them in LFS.
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