Amano Shrimp In 55 Gallon Community Tank

Hey I wanna get some Amano Shrimp. I have a 55 gallon planted tank with 8 harlequin rasboras, 7 red eyed tetras, 3 platties and 2 green Cory catfish.

Would Amano Shrimp be ok in a tank with these fish. I am currently growing a carpet plant of dwarf hair grass. I have plenty of wood, rocks etc for the shrimp to hide in. I am wondering how many I should get to start. I want to try to make the tank as accommodating for the shrimp as possible so they are more likely to be out and active instead of hiding. Any suggestions, ideas? I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you.

Tank stats
Ph-7.5
Ammonia-0
Nitrite-0
Nitrate-4.0
Temp-78

 

How big are your catfish? That would be my only worry.. bigger catfish may eat the shrimp if they are small enough... but other than that I don’t see an issue... Cory cats can get up to 2.5 inches and I’ve seen bigger... but I don’t think they would be a huge problem
Sorry I also just seen your PH... that’s kind of the max for them... they like it slightly lower from my knowledge

 

They are also one of the very active shrimp so I wouldn’t worry too much about hiding once they become accustomed to the tank

 

Yes, they will be fine

I’d also add at least 4 more cories.

 

How big are your catfish? That would be my only worry.. bigger catfish may eat the shrimp if they are small enough... but other than that I don’t see an issue... Cory cats can get up to 2.5 inches and I’ve seen bigger... but I don’t think they would be a huge problem
Sorry I also just seen your PH... that’s kind of the max for them... they like it slightly lower from my knowledge

They'll be fine, they get 2 inches themselves. The pH is also fine, and pretty much ensures you have enough gH for them.
They are active, but you won't see them often, if at all. They are noctural and go to great lengths to hide themselves. I've gone over a month without seeing a single one of mine in my 60
Edit: sorry, forgot to answer the number question. They can't breed in freshwater, but the young have to hatch in fresh (it's a really long process, basically it's extremely difficult to raise the young, almost impossible). So buy the number you want. I say start with at least 3-6 since they're very social and hang out together, then get more if you want more

 

Oh wow that’s crazy... I’ve seen my friends and they come out (more than other types) and I just mentioned the PH because it’s recommended that they are in around neutral to properly thrive... (6.5-7.5) so just wanted to point that out.. I’m certain they wouldn’t die because of a bit of a ph spike for one reason or another but just wanted to add that in for them in case they didn’t know
Always better to keep a constant ph anyway rather than fiddling around trying to make it perfect... they will adapt if they happen to get a ph spike for some reason I’m sure... they seem pretty hardy

 

Oh wow that’s crazy... I’ve seen my friends and they come out (more than other types) and I just mentioned the PH because it’s recommended that they are in around neutral to properly thrive... (6.5-7.5) so just wanted to point that out.. I’m certain they wouldn’t die because of a bit of a ph spike for one reason or another but just wanted to add that in for them in case they didn’t know
Always better to keep a constant ph anyway rather than fiddling around trying to make it perfect... they will adapt if they happen to get a ph spike for some reason I’m sure... they seem pretty hardy

That's cool that your friend's shrimp are social! Lol, when I had just one (don't do that though) it would come out sometimes in the day and chill with my goldfish, but since it got friends they all hide in a cave all day but are super active after the lights go out.
It's great you researched the pH, truly, research is always a good thing, but a lot of people have noticed that fish/inverts in the aquarium hobby are becoming increasingly adaptable to different pH. For example, discus used to have to be kept in something ridiculous, I think it was like 5-6 pH, but now they can tolerate up to about 8!
Definitely good to mention not to fiddle with the pH, that is a mistake a lot of people make.

 

Yes one of my friends was trying to get the ph to that perfect level and thank goodness I stopped her because it was fluctuating all over the place... much easier to just let them adapt... and yes you have to watch dates when doing research because things have come along way from something you could be reading that’s like 10-15 years old lol

 

Thank you everyone for the replies. I’ll get 3-6 Amano shrimp. I’ll be adding some more Cory cats very soon. I had 5 originally. The two I have are the survivors of a ich outbreak that occurred when I was away for two weeks. I have since gotten everything back on track.My cories are maybe 3 inches but they couldn’t eat a 2 inch amano shrimp could they? I thought Cory cats were forgers and are peaceful? I am more worried about whether my red eyed tetras will go after the shrimp, same with the Platties. Also in regards to ph I definitely just wanna leave it be at 7.5 . Everyone seems to be thriving.

 

No they won’t eat them at that size... it was my fault for not reading “Cory”cats... some catfish are huge so that’s why I mentioned it... and with Cory cats you should keep them in no less than 6 of them same species... you will really see them come to life and threive the bigger of group you can get the better (without overstocking of course...) they are really fun to watch how the interact in big groups
Platies Would not bother them and I doubt your tetras will either... (unless they are bad fin nippers then you may get them trying to pick at them) if you want to know for certain then just google compatibility of those fish with the shrimp... but no I don’t see a problem

 

Thank you everyone for the replies. I’ll get 3-6 Amano shrimp. I’ll be adding some more Cory cats very soon. I had 5 originally. The two I have are the survivors of a ich outbreak that occurred when I was away for two weeks. I have since gotten everything back on track.My cories are maybe 3 inches but they couldn’t eat a 2 inch amano shrimp could they? I thought Cory cats were forgers and are peaceful? I am more worried about whether my red eyed tetras will go after the shrimp, same with the Platties. Also in regards to ph I definitely just wanna leave it be at 7.5 . Everyone seems to be thriving.

They should all be fine with amanos. The platies will definitely be ok, I keep platies with amanos and have had no problems. They totally ignore eachother. Even if the platies wanted to eat them I don't think they could.