Over ran with shrimp?

[kansas]

Does anything other than predators limit the number of cherry shrimp that a tank ends up with? The amount of food? are they like guppies where get more and more if you want them or not?

 

[david1978]

Food will limit them to a point.

 

[flyinGourami]

Amount of food is a part but its pretty difficult to completely eradicate food sources. Most fish will eat the baby shrimp so if you remove all hiding spaces then the baby shrimp will have a hard time surviving.

 

[EbiAqua]

>overrun with shrimp

How is that a problem?

 

[Rev]

>overrun with shrimp

How is that a problem?

I'm in this camp. I don't know if I can ever have enough shrimp. I love watching them scoot around the tank.

Plus if you ever think you have too many cherry shrimp they are very popular. It shouldn't be too hard to sell some to your LFS or on aquabid or something.

 

[YellowGuppy]

Too many shrimp is a problem I'd love to have—they usually sell pretty quick!

 

[kansas]

Thanks for the responses. I'm mostly interested in something that will help keep algae in check. Considering cherries or amanos.

 

[EbiAqua]

Thanks for the responses. I'm mostly interested in something that will help keep algae in check. Considering cherries or amanos.

Amanos are workhorses that don't breed in freshwater.

Cherries will eat algae but are not quite as efficient as Amanos. Cherries happily breed in freshwater.