Shrip Help

[rubberdubber]

Can anyone give me some advice, I have 4 ft tropical tank with community fish (guppies, cory, clown loach, dwarf gourami, rummy nose).
I have been thinking of shrimp of some kind to add something different, but I dont want anything to big, or that may harm any other fish or plants or become lunch for anything else.
Thank you

 

[fishnterrapins]

Try some amano (algae) shrimp they're pretty friendly

 

[efish]

Atyopsis moluccensis grow to max 3" and filter feed so they arent aggressive

 

[fishboy619]

most shrimp will be ok in your tank, the most common ones are ghost shrimp and amano shrimp. both do fine in communities and pose no danger to plants or fish.

 

[three-fingers]

Only go for any filter feeding shrimp if you tank is 6 months+ been set up, they need the micro-organisms from the water to live on and new tanks don't nearly have enough of these .
Other than 2 (the less the better IMO, but they seem to like to the company of their own kind) fan shrimp, amano shrimp shrimp are a good option too.
But I would be very careful with your clown loach, you should provide alot of places for your shrimp to hide when they shed their skin, preferably places inaccessible by the loach.

 

[~T~]

I wouldnt risk keeping any shrimp with clown loaches.Maybe fan shrimp but I would still think they would become a meal for the clowns.

 

[rubberdubber]

Thank you all for the advice, as this tank is only a couple of months old I think that I will wait a bit longer then look again.

 

[dizzied]

You can always target-feed it if you think your tank isn't mature enough yet.

 

[Invader Xan]

If you're considering a filter shrimp, a giant african fan shrimp is probably big enough to avoid being picked on. They're completely harmless (though they can give a sharp jab to any troublesome fish).

Just make sure you don't get a macrobrachium (long arm) shrimp by mistake. They have claws instead of fans and will happily eat any small fish they can catch...

 

[dizzied]

Though you'd have to have pretty bad eyesight to get a filter-feeding shrimp confused with a longarm.

 

[Invader Xan]

I'm no authority on the matter, but I heard some look kinda similar when they're still tiny...
*shrug*

 

[three-fingers]

If you're considering a filter shrimp, a giant african fan shrimp is probably big enough to avoid being picked on. They're completely harmless (though they can give a sharp jab to any troublesome fish).

That's true, but the trouble is when the shrimp comes to moult. If a clown loach had a go at a freshly moulted fan shrimp, then the shrimp would be toast .