Shrimp Snails And Fish

Instead of getting a school of cory catfish I'm wondering if it would be okay to get shrimp snails and another small schooling fish? if so what types should I get. my tank is a 20 tall with 2 honey gouramis and 8 neons. any help would be great thanks

 

KuhlI loaches will work.

 

I wouldn't add another non-bottom school to a 20 tall, but you should be able to keep shrimp and snails. As 75 gallon Discus said, kuhlI loaches would definitely work.

 

KuhlI loaches will work.

I know but I'm thinking what if I get shrimp snails and a small school fish instead

I wouldn't add another non-bottom school to a 20 tall, but you should be able to keep shrimp and snails. As 75 gallon Discus said, kuhlI loaches would definitely work.

what type of shrimp and snails should I get

 

Neocaridina heteropoda shrimp are probably the easiest to maintain in a colony. And mystery snails (no more than 2) with a few nerites should take care of the rest.

I think you could do a school of small rasboras with your current stocking as well.

 

Neocaridina heteropoda shrimp are probably the easiest to maintain in a colony. And mystery snails (no more than 2) with a few nerites should take care of the rest.

I think you could do a school of small rasboras with your current stocking as well.

thank you for all that information. but still a few questions what are nerites and what about cherry shrimp instead of Neocaridina heteropoda shrimp

opps sorry turns out there the same type of shrimp lol

 

You could keep cherry shrimp, nerite snails, and mystery snails. I would do no more than 2 mysteries (they poop a lot for snails) and no more than 3 nerites. The cherry shrimp should have something to hide in, such as cholla wood or java moss. Don't worry about buying lots of shrimp because they will breed. Start with about 8 and that should be enough to get a population going.

 

You could keep cherry shrimp, nerite snails, and mystery snails. I would do no more than 2 mysteries (they poop a lot for snails) and no more than 3 nerites. The cherry shrimp should have something to hide in, such as cholla wood or java moss. Don't worry about buying lots of shrimp because they will breed. Start with about 8 and that should be enough to get a population going.

thanks

 

opps sorry turns out there the same type of shrimp lol

There are tons of different color variants other than red. Reds are pretty though. I personally like my orange sakura best.