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Scleromystax barbatus and shrimp
Posted: 20 Jan 2025, 23:43
by Hayklo
Can Scleromystax barbatus live with cherry shrimp or will the cherry shrimp be eaten?
Re: Scleromystax barbatus and shrimp
Posted: 21 Jan 2025, 00:11
by bekateen
I've never kept cherry shrimp, but my son tried keeping ghost shrimp with
and the corys ate the ghost shrimp.
I don't think I'd recommend combining
with cherry shrimp.
Hopefully someone with more direct experience can offer advice.
Cheers,
Eric
Re: Scleromystax barbatus and shrimp
Posted: 21 Jan 2025, 06:42
by edds
My young Scleromystax arrived with a hitchhiker small cherry shrimp in one of the bags. I assume they were living with them from the breeder I bought them from. After a couple of days however the shrimp disappeared and there was no dead body so I think it was eaten. I don't know if they'd eat the adults but I think they'd eat any babies. If you really want shrimp maybe try the larger Amano shrimp - they are a bit more resilient to predation in my experience.
