red cherry shrimp

mldncx · December 8th, 2008

I am considering adding red cherry shrimp to my 20 gallon tank. Would it be OK to put them in with my snails, ghost shrimp and cory?

sirdarksol · December 8th, 2008

Should be fine. Cherry shrimp eat algae and detritus, so they won't hurt anything else, and anything that won't eat a ghost shrimp also won't eat cherry shrimp.

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mldncx · December 14th, 2008

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Originally Posted by sirdarksol

Should be fine. Cherry shrimp eat algae and detritus, so they won't hurt anything else, and anything that won't eat a ghost shrimp also won't eat cherry shrimp.

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dacrax07 · December 18th, 2008

definitely! soon your tank is going to be overrun with cherries. i'd just sell the extras and trade some in order introduce a new bloodline and decrease future mutations.

mldncx · December 20th, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by sirdarksol

Should be fine. Cherry shrimp eat algae and detritus, so they won't hurt anything else, and anything that won't eat a ghost shrimp also won't eat cherry shrimp.

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How about the baby rcs? Would the ghost shrimp eat the babies?

angelfish220 · December 20th, 2008

The adult shrimp will try to snatch at them, but if you have some plants ( I find a big clump of java moss to work great) the babies will hide ontill they are big enough.

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