Yes they will, you can't really keep bettas or cichlids with any kind of shrimp.
The largest fish I had tried so far that does not disturb shrimps at all is the Rainbow threadfin
Other successes:
Galaxy (CPD)
Boraras brigittae
Ottos (obvious)
Now testing with clown killies
Anything big enough to swallow a shrimp whole probably WILL DO IT.
IMHO, although a heavily plant tank will allow some of the shrimps to evade the fish, they'll be almost always in hiding (cannot enjoy watching them swim around) and stressed...not much enjoyment there
Hi i'm thinking of keeping a pair of betta with shrimps too.Originally Posted by Fuzzy
Is it possible even in a heavily planted tank?
I dont mind occasionally loss of shrimps as long as their population is increasing.
Thanks!
EDIT: If this is still not possible, how about guppies and swordtails?
guppies and swordtail is no-no
I have seen discus with CRS in the same tank, no obvious shrimp loss, but the amount of plant and moss was massive.
Bettas may not kill your shrimps to eat, but they will certainly kill for sport. And even my yamato shrimps were not spared despite their size, they will be very vulnerable right after they molt.
I wonder if anyone has seen Rock shrimp in LFS?
They're huge i wonder if they have any success with these large fish.
Those are very specialized shrimps and can be still attacked after they molt
Hmmm i wonder if golden white cloud are consider big fish for you.
Anyway it seems they doesn't attack my shrimplets.
how about male endlers? don't think they're big enough to attack adult shrimps.
Whales are NOT vegeterians.Most big fish will eat shrimps or small fishes, because the only fish i know which is vegetarian is the WHALE.
*ps sorry, whale isnt fish technically speaking.
furry plant grower
Instead of guessing, why not get a bag of those feeder ghost shrimps (Palaemonetes spp) to try out? What may work in one's tank may not work in another's because of individual fish's character and the balance of power (who's in power in that tank).
eg: I kept a 2.5ft pacu that was traumatised at childhood, together with discus, a pleco, an Ancistrus, some otos and I gave ghost shrimps as a treat to feed the pacu, hoping he'd get a better balance of diet.
But instead of eating the shrimps (or oto for that matter). the Pacu chose to eat nuts (pistachio, almonds, cashews, brazilnut,) instead of the shrimps.
However, when the pacu is gone, the discus started to hit up the shrimps, despite the amount of food it is fed, they still will attach the shrimps... and the plecos decided that they love discus slime and hit on the discus in return....
So it is not possible to safely say which is the biggest fish that will live peacefully with shrimps, but to test it our for yourself in your tank. However, if you are thinking of introducing fish to control planaria, it is wishful thinking from my past experiences.
Fish almost never want to touch the worms unless they are starved. However, planaria happen mostly because there is excess food in a shrimp tank. This alone tells you how futile the effort will turn out to be.
I eradicated my planaria with:
1) added ghost shrimps to help remove uneaten food,
2) more frequent gravel vacuuming since I can't stop myself feeding me pets,
3) more frequent rinsing of the filter media (there's lots of em planaria in there as food gets sucked in the filter).
and if all else fails (the above steps had been sufficient to work for me mostly), I once added "Vermex" at half strength to the tank with the above 3 steps for a particularly resistant case and the most stubborn planaria died out within a week with no loss to livestock.
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Lawrence Lee
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Try corydoras,
I don't have any experience with cherry/amano shrimps with corydoras but I think I read somewhere that they are compatible.
Maybe its because corys always stay on the floor.
how about goldfish?
Cory is ok, but they are bottom feeder. I was looking for mid or top area swimmer
Bleeding Heart Tetra, can grow fairly big and I do not think they attack shrimps. I used to keep malayans with a shoal of 2 inch big bleeding hearts. They seem to leave the shrimps alone.
Some of the rainbows:- Bosemani (though high quality specimens seems to be lacking these days) should be fine. Rainbow's mouth are quite small.
Yellow Congo (Not the normal Congo): - These creatures are much gentler than the normal ones in my opinion and grow slightly smaller.
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Oooh! how about a hatchet fish? They always stay on the top.
I think pencilfish like the rocket (Nannobrycon eques) should not eat prawn for their name means small mouth. ZTheir mouth are really small so I don't think can fit any shrimp.
Yes, my betta did that right in front of my eyes...
guppies attack them too?
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