Cherry Shrimp Questions

Phage

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So I plan to have some cherry shrimp and I have a few questions

I read that tcopper is bad for shrimp, but I add CSM+B which has like .1% chelated copper, will this amount have a bad effect?
I have ocelot danios (danio kyathit), will they eat the babies?
Lastly, are they strong swimmers? I have a pretty powerful powerhead and I don't want them to get stuck or sucked up.
 
The CSM+b mix is fine, it doesn't contain enough copper to harm them as long as you don't overdose, although saying that I triple dose with no problems, they're pretty strong swimmer, mine don't get eaten by rams and they can out swim them, I don't have the fish gaurd on my powerhead and I have had no casualties yet.
 
Well you are lucky with the no casualties, my pair of angels met that fate :( I don't know how really, I've had the thing quite some time, a year maybe and nothing has ever happened. The lights were on so they weren't sleeping. No idea how it happened. Anyway, thank you for answering! Much appreciated.

Are they known for jumping out of a tank? Mine doesn't have a cover when the lights are on.
 
I don't think they would jump out of a tank unless spooked by something. But even then, they would much rather go hide in a plant or under a log. However, I am not totally positive on this, because I have a cover on my tank. But even when I do water changes they just sit at the bottom of the tank, not too worried. And pretty much any fish will eat baby shrimp. They are virtually the size of small brine shrimp. Maybe if you place some moss and dense plants in the tank, they MAY have a better survival rate.
 

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