Anyone raising shrimp with neon tetras?

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Post  CherokeeNative 2012-12-09, 16:02

Newbie here. I am wondering whether it is possible to grow a shrimp colony in a tank with neon tetras? I have a live 55 gal. planted tank. TIA

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Post  Salzabar 2012-12-09, 16:42

I don't like to mix shrimp with tetras of any kind due to the nippy habbits tetras have. But, I have had shrimp and tetras together in a 55 gallon well planted tank. Unfortunatly my shrimp didn't breed until I removed the tetras. A week later my shrimps had eggs. So just on my experience I would say no. I currently have Guppys with my shrimps in the same 55 gallon tank and both breed crazy amounts. Might be because they like the same water but not sure about that.
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Post  cuashidor3 2012-12-09, 18:33

I have a 20 long gallon planted tank with RCS malawa shrimp and neon tetras 2 of my RCS breed last week haven't noticed any lost have a lot of java moss to cover baby shrimp thoe.
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Post  Gizmo 2012-12-12, 13:20

I have a ten gallon with 30 RCS and 5 neon tetras, along with 1 guppy. 2 months after getting the shrimp, I have babies everywhere. Even if the tetras scarf a baby every now and then, the rest are great at hiding and there are a ton of them.

Get some moss or other very leafy plants (like baby tears, dwarf sag, camboba), so they can have lots of hiding places and you should be fine.
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Post  PokeSephiroth 2012-12-13, 17:25

I have a 55 gallon tank that has a bunch of community fish (Neon Tetras, Cardinal Tetras, Harlequin Rasboras, a Dwarf Gourami, some Danios, etc)

And about 10 Red Cherry Shrimp got into the tank (I didn't mean to, because those shrimp were meant for an invertebrate-only tank.) They've since then multiplied and there are Red Cherry Shrimp all around the tank, it's pretty amazing, because I've heard stories of community fish eating the shrimp, I guess I've just been lucky, OR... that the shrimp are producing and populating the tank at a faster rate than the fish can consume. Very Happy
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