FishDontFart

are there some fish that just cant co-exist with shrimp?

do all kinds of shrimp get along?

thanks

Narcicius

As far as fish, if they're big enough they will eat the shrimp as if candy were living in the tank with them. As far as shrimp some, if not all, types of shrimp are territorial. so if your tank isn't big enough they will fight until only one is left. Hope this helped, just post anymore questions you have, anyone would be happy to help.

lyndatu

Yes, not all shrimps are peaceful, but most of them are.

The ghost shrimp is peaceful, but if it's tankmates are very peaceful, they will think, "I think I'm going to nip that". They killed my guppy!

But majority of the shrimps are peaceful.

Chief_waterchanger

We have some non-territorial small ones, but that arises the afore mentioned problem of being eatten if the fish if given the chance.

Lucy

I have ghost shrimp in with my neons and serpae, no problems so far.

FishDontFart

wow that was my first post, so many replies! thanks for your help this seems like a good people helping people online community.

Cody

pretty much the community fish wont bother them. cherry shrimp are an awesome smaller shrimp that will breed easily but can be exspensive.

susitna-flower

HI FDF, WELCOME to FISHLORE!

Good Question.

I have two tanks with shrimp. One has Ghost shrimp, 3 and they get along and have been in there for over a year. To start they hid under driftwood/ rocks/shells. The fish are medium to fairly large. Biggest is a red rainbow about 5 "....this tank has gourami's , rainbows, corys a bn pleco...they get along fine with the shrimp. Now that the shrimp are larger, they swim around with the fish and are not always hidden.

The second tank has cherry red shrimp and small fish. neon rainbows, dwarf corys, platies and molly fry. The crs have multiplied, and have gone from 25 purchased to over 300! in about 6 months.....There is lots of java moss for the shrimp, it catches food particles and this works as cover for the shrimp as well..

Remember brine shrimp ARE FOOD, so any shrimp in the tank has to be big enough not to look like food to the fish in the tank.

Narcicius

I hope to get a shrimp today for my hex tank next to my bed.