Fish Tank With Shrimp

[Seal36]

Hello I have a 70 litre fish tank with 7 rummynose tetra in and 2 kribensis and I was wondering if shrimp would be able to go in this tank or if they would be eaten by the kribensis. Also is there any special requirements that shrimp need eg. Live plants or anything like that I should be made aware off thank for your help from Tom

 

[the_lock_man]

Kribs would definitely eat the smaller shrimps (cherries, crystals, etc). You might be OK with amanos, which are somewhat larger.
 
Shrimp generally need some algae, but mine just eat fishfood.

 

[DerpPH]

Hello I have a 70 litre fish tank with 7 rummynose tetra in and 2 kribensis and I was wondering if shrimp would be able to go in this tank or if they would be eaten by the kribensis. Also is there any special requirements that shrimp need eg. Live plants or anything like that I should be made aware off thank for your help from Tom

 
shrimps do better when there are plants. some require a high or low pH
 
The amano shrimp will do ok with Kribs but be sure to feed them algae wafers or something because they may turn on small and weak fish

 

[VL1990]

Not sure about the kribs but I have rummynoses and neons and harlequins living with 5 amanos and they are all thriving. My amanos did bully my cherrys though and amanos if hungry can eat cherrys whivh I think was happening in mine so I seperated them x

 

[DerpPH]

Not sure about the kribs but I have rummynoses and neons and harlequins living with 5 amanos and they are all thriving. My amanos did bully my cherrys though and amanos if hungry can eat cherrys whivh I think was happening in mine so I seperated them x

 
feeding amano shrimps prevents them from bullying other inhabitants.
 
like feeding pellet and algae wafer

 

[Seal36]

Do shrimp have much impact on the bio load of a tank because
I also have a 110 litre with live plants and
10 panda Cory's
8 neon tetra
5 honey gourami
2 apistogramma cacatuoides

And I'm wondering if they would do better in this tank than the tank with kribs and rummies although they would have to have a low bio load as I am stocked to capacity fish wise in this tank. Thanks for all your help and info from Tom

 

[Ch4rlie]

This is the advantage of having shrimps, they have little bio load to add to a tank.

 

[Seal36]

That's good then and with these fish in the tank would I be able to go for the smaller species of shrimp or should I stick with the larger ones as I like the look of the cherry shrimp. Also how many shrimp do you think I could add to the tank so that the shrimp do well but it does not over stock my tank from Tom

 

[eaglesaquarium]

The bigger issue here is that a 70 liter tank is far too small for a pair of kribs with something else. 

 

[Seal36]

I have had this discussion on here before and the only reason that they are in the 70 litre is because they were killing fish in my 110 litre. The kribensis are fully grown now and they seem very happy and are always following each other around and trying to breed and I have a 40 litre grown out tank I know it's not very big but that's the only tank I have left and what size tank should they be in because I was reading they should be in a 20 gallon tank and mine is 19 so did not think that 1 gallon would matter that much from Tom

 

[cichs101]

do you have ghost shrimp? because i feed ghost shrimp to my kribs for a delicacy!! they love them. so most likely yes they will eat your shrimp and if there baby's the tetras might hold a liking to them aswell.

 

[Seal36]

I don't have any shrimp at the minute I'm just doing some research about them and find out which tank they could go in and what ones I could get from Tom

 

[eaglesaquarium]

I have had this discussion on here before and the only reason that they are in the 70 litre is because they were killing fish in my 110 litre. The kribensis are fully grown now and they seem very happy and are always following each other around and trying to breed and I have a 40 litre grown out tank I know it's not very big but that's the only tank I have left and what size tank should they be in because I was reading they should be in a 20 gallon tank and mine is 19 so did not think that 1 gallon would matter that much from Tom

Yes, you've had this discussion with me. The recommendation for a 20gallon as you say does not include adding additional fish. Many other sources cite at least a 30 gallon tank. Now, on top of additional fish, you are asking about adding shrimp. My recommendation is no more.

My recommendation would be no more additions to that tank.

 

[Seal36]

Yeah I was thinking off adding the shrimp to my 110 litre which has
10 panda Cory's
8 very small neon tetra
5 honey gourami
2 apistogramma

I like the look of the cherry shrimp and wanted to know if they would fit in that tank and if they are compatible with the fish in the tank already from Tom

 

[Ch4rlie]

Hmm, a risk, really, mixing Red Cherry Shrimps with the gouramis and apistos.
 
You may get away with most shrimps surviving provided there is plenty of hiding places and java moss and small caves etc etc
 
But occasionally shrimps like to swim around the tank and go to the water surface, this is when gouramis will basically peck at the shrimps when they see them.
 
Might be ok but probably not.
 
BTW shrimps don't generally breed when they feel threatened by bigger fish swimming around in the same tank.