Community Tank And Cherry Shrimp?

[KayZ]

I have a 55lt community tank at the moment, and my OH wants to add some Cherry shrimp.
It is mostly planted and plenty of places to hide, I have mostly passive fish in there, except maybe the Bolivian ram who seems to have a bit of an attitude.

I have a 20lt Guppy tank as well, but would the Guppies eat my shrimp? Hell, would the shrimp eat my guppies?? Are they known for violence or are they mostly harmless?

I don't mind if they breed (if they do at all), I'd rather have a separate tank for them because it would be so much prettier, but I've been absolutely banned from adding any more new tanks and I really don't have anywhere to put another one anyway just yet, so I either put the shrimp in my community tank or with my guppies, or not at all

Do Cherry shrimp need lots of plants? I've seen the tanks are usually full of grass? Are they easy to breed?

Oh I have a 20lt bowl as well, but that has three Guppy fry in it, and isn't really well planted, would the shrimp be safer in there? Would my baby guppies get eaten??

Halp! What do you think?

 

[alistairw]

I think they should be fine. I have a community that has guppies in and they don't pay any attention to the cherry shrimps. I have quite a lot of places for them to hide using plants and rocks, so maybe have a look at sorting that out.

 

[PrairieSunflower]

I love Cherry Shrimp because they are so small and gentle. I have them in with my guppy fry and there is no trouble ever. You are unlikely to see any shrimp offspring however, as the fish will eat them before you see them.