Dwarf Puffer And Shrimps

[sailfinman]

sweet fish, and those are some pretty cool shrimp, man i wish i had some of those
im excited to go to pets barn tomorrow!

 

[Matty P]

Great pics iSnail. Great colours in the shrimp and DPs

 

[iSnail]

Thanks Sailfinman, I'm sure you can find more shrimp varieties in the US than here in the UK. Enjoy your trip to pets barn

Thanks Matt

 

[iSnail]

A few more pics

Little fatty in action. She's only about 1cm from head to tail

I bet you can't see me behind this willow moss....

Some shrimp pics

 

[veil92]

I think your puffers can brighten up anyones day. They're gorgeous.
Great looking shrimp too. I can never get a decent pic of mine.

 

[Liam]

Your puffer pics are super cute. I have no idea what species the non cherry shrimp are are they producing babies, I mean non larva type. They are cool looking shrimp, your willow moss is looking good.

 

[iSnail]

I think your puffers can brighten up anyones day. They're gorgeous.
Great looking shrimp too. I can never get a decent pic of mine.

Thanks They are very funny to watch. Never fail to amuse me.

Your puffer pics are super cute. I have no idea what species the non cherry shrimp are are they producing babies, I mean non larva type. They are cool looking shrimp, your willow moss is looking good.

Glad that you like the puffer pics
I have only two orange shrimps and both without saddles so I'm not sure what sex they are really. I did have a saddled one but she died after a half-moult . I might get a few more if I see them on my next visit to LFS. They are slightly larger than the cherries. Will let you know if they become berried

 

[GobyMaster]

What size tank are they in?

I'm also tempted to get some, they are pretty interesting little fish.

 

[iSnail]

They are in a 12 gal at the moment

 

[GobyMaster]

Cool, that's about the size of one of the empty tanks that I have.

 

[iSnail]

More not so clear pictures

"Toddler" cherry shrimp

Female cherry

Young female cherry

Little Pea (top) and little Fatty (bottom)

For those wondering why the planting basket is there, it's little Fatty's sleeping basket

 

[Shrimper]

Thats a great looking Cherry in the third pic.

I would be too paranoid to keep the shrimp with a puffer but I'm glad its working for you.

 

[iSnail]

Thats a great looking Cherry in the third pic.

I would be too paranoid to keep the shrimp with a puffer but I'm glad its working for you.

Thanks

The combination has been working so far and I still see a number of babies of various sizes around the tank. All the adults and juvies have all their legs and antennae intact. However, (shrimp lovers look away) I know the puffers love the shrimplets because they get hyper when they spot a newborn shrimp. It's not a problem for me since the cherries are breeding continuously. I wouldn't keep CRS with my puffers though seeing how cute they look when newborn

 

[Gill]

They are Super Cute

I have around 20 in the 200 Gallon.
They Love exploring.
No aggression towards any tother fish. And they each have little cliques that they swim around with.

I love watching them look at something in the tank or stalking a snail.
The look of concentration on the ickle ickle faces is pricless.

 

[iSnail]

Thanks Gill. I'm watching with great interest on how your DPs develop in such a massive tank. They must think that they're back to their natural home

P.S. I lost Little Pea this morning and I'm still extremely upset - as posted in the oddball section