Cherry Shrimp?

[happygirl65]

Can you (or have you) housed cherry shrimp with discus?

[judy]

they made a very nice snack....

[FatFutures]

Hehehe

That's what I was thinking!

[happygirl65]

darn it! lol

[crazie.eddie]

Yep, my discus and angels LOVE the RCS I put in there. I breed RCS and any ones I find in my filter, I throw in my discus tank.

[Apistomaster]

I added over 100 RCS to my Heckel tank which is planted and the shrimp did exist in ever reducing numbers for quite awhile. Ultimately, their reproductive rates just couldn't compensate for losses caused by predation and down the wet/dry filter overflow. I have a fly screen strainer before the overflow but this did nothing for the larval shrimp. They are lost faster than they can grow large enough to be kept out of the overflow.
Fun experiment and they did make good snacks.

[specialsuperK]

I thought I was going to add a dozen to my juvinile tank, Yea that lasted 15 minutes.

[Gordon C. Snelling]

I have a few in a tank of rather large WC blues. So far they are doing well and reproducing. The fish show very little obvious interest in the shrimp, but when I am not looking who knows as they eat like starved wolves at feeding time.

[Eyal]

I have hundreds of cherry shrimp and Malayan shrimp in my 120 gal planted tank with discus fish cories tetra's rainbow fish growing together in perfect harmony

[mirmar]

Why are there no shrimps from south america? I'm sure they live there?

[Apistomaster]

Why are there no shrimps from south america? I'm sure they live there?

Who said their were no fresh water shrimp in SA waters? There are hundreds of species.
Some are small and others are almost the size of a small lobster.

[happygirl65]

I guess I can try it... If they end up being a snack later on....so be it. Perhaps if I give them some caves to hide in they will have a fighting chance.

[bonifacelan]

shrimp is no no to discus tank unless you have large heavily planted tank where shrimp can hide. but survival rate is still low.

[happygirl65]

Well it will be a 90 gal fairly heavily planted tank, but I see what you are saying. Shrimp that I put in with my angels never lasted regardless of numerous hiding places. So I should know better.

But I have a $50 credit coming at the LFS and was hoping to get something that I at least wanted The only other thing I saw that they have (that I am interested in for this tank) are neon tetras (which could also become a snack) and BN plecos. Maybe I should just get more plecos instead. I have 3 already....but will probably want at least that many more for the 90.

[White Worm]

Neons could become a snack but they are also not suited for discus temps. Go with cardinals or get some sterbai. Cards are more suited for the temps and the sterbai are great little scavengers. I too would like to get some ch shrimp but it will be for my planted tank without discus.