Legacy2005

been thinking about staring another planted 20H and i want to make it a shrimp and fish tank but im not quite sure what fish would work the best. been looking around online at fish profiles and most seem to "taste" anything smaller then them.

those of you that keep shrimp and fish together what have you had luck with fish type wise?

plan:
planted 20H
CO2
cherry shrimp
amano shrimp
light dosing of pfertz

trenac

Anytime you mix fish and shrimp together there is a chance they will get eaten, exspecially the babies. I have kept Endlers with shrimp before, but even they can eat the babies if they want. The best choice in fish would be those that have small mouths.

milalic

Some of the very small rasboras...the celestial danio, dwarf cories, ottos.

eklikewhoa

I would go with MicroRasboras like Merah, Maculata, Brigittae etc.....Celestials will pick at babies occasionally.

Legacy2005

thanks for the info all. gotta hit the fish store and see what they carry. dam MTS acting up again...lol

jazzlvr123

i think i remember reading that ottos are the only true shrimp safe fish

fish newb

They are, but there are other small risk fish.

Dwarf rainbows, and feather fin rainbows are pretty low risk as well I believe.

-Andrew

timewalker03

What about Zebra danios. Or will they pester too much.

j_m_lizard

Danios will almost assuredly eat the fry. I've seen them chase down and eat guppy fry.

Check out some of the fish here. Frank himself assured me (through his own experience) that at least the phoenix (mera) rasboras will not eat the shrimp or fry. I plan on putting some of the phoenix rasboras and cherries together in my 2.5 gallon as soon as it gets established enough. I'll keep you posted.

Good luck,
Jared

colonel mustard

is it not possible that in a tank with hight planting, the fish won;t be able to get at the baby shrimp??