Discus And Shrimp

[markandhisfish]

now i know that with the vast majority of cichlids shrimp are pretty much a no-no as they will just make a tasty snack , but is it the same with discus?

 

[JA5ON]

i have asked the same thing and from a fella i no he said the discus like them so think it is abit of a no no. and as food go's there not cheap lol

 

[markandhisfish]

yeah thats pretty much what i thought . oh well it looks like im destined never to hve shrimp then .

 

[minxfishy]

You could probably have bamboo/rock shrimp in there, they are pretty large.

 

[markandhisfish]

i had thought about that but then i got this image in my head of the discus thinking hmmm look at the size of that juicy steak and pecking the poor thing to a slow death

 

[iffles]

as food go's there not cheap lol

i dont have any experience with discus, but maybe you could buy a couple of feeder shrimp (really cheap ones) and throw them in. if they get eaten (poor shrimps ), you know that you cant keep shrimps with them and your discus got a snack. if they dont get eaten, then you might be able to keep some shrimps with your discus .

 

[markandhisfish]

im pretty certain they would get eaten i was just after confirmation

 

[kaivalagi]

I have never seen any for sale but I would think you could keep red claw macro shrimp, they have small claws and get quite large (2-3")

http/www.theshrimp...es/redclaw.html

No good if you want snails though I don't think, those claws are there to get the soft meat out of a shell...