Gouramis Eating Ghost Shrimp?

[liqourish]

i had 4 ghost shrimps in my tank. now i have spotless blue gourami and moonlight gourami, i cant find my shrimps!!!

do gouramis eat ghost shrimps?



any way i can have both in the tank? i was thinking throwin in half broken mini pots to make a cave like shelter for the shrimp in the near future.

 

[Axleuk]

Unfortunately yes, Gouramis do eat Ghost Shrimp. They are at their most vulnerable when they are moulting.

If you provide plenty of plants and hiding places, you will have a better chance of keeping them alive, however ultimately they will become fish food.

It is possible to keep them together for a while, sometimes months but in the end its bye bye shrimpies

 

[liqourish]

do they fight or kill neons? lol im missing 1 of 5 of my neons now. cant seem to find the body either(think my snail ate it....i had neons in there for about 4 days with the gouramis

 

[OldMan47]

Gouramis will eat what they can fit in their mouths. Why would they not have a nice snack of ghost shrimp? The shrimp would not even be a challenge for them. The neons will swim away so they have a bit better chance of surviving for a while.