can most shrimp species coexist???

[Magnum Man]

I know the various colored Neocaridina
will cross breed, but will Amano shrimp, coexist, with Neocaridina or Sulawesi, or ghost shrimp??? or the other species of shrimp, get along with each other, in the same tank???

going with my thought of adding a colorful shrimp to each community tank, I 1st started with Amano shrimp in one tank, and there are still several there, been there around 3 years, since they don't breed, and aren't very colorful, I've been considering starting a colony of colored neo's in there, I just don't want to witness a shrimpy war... thoughts???

 

[MaloK]

Besides suitable water parameter preference and ample hiding places.

Most freshwater shrimp species can coexist peacefully. For sure shrimps like Amano that are a little shy and more reserved might sometimes get annoyed by comportment more frivolous and active of Cherry shrimp.

But I never seen any kind of aggression besides active competition for food...

 

[Magnum Man]

my Amano were purchased large, about 3 years ago, and they are always out and visible... nothing shy about them...
I'm most concerned about the 3 lined glass cats... they eat like a typical catfish... the large Amano, are apparently too large to eat, but smaller neo's would probably get eaten... I'll have to try a net full, and see what happens

 

[MaloK]

The best time to introduce them is one or two hours after the light goes off and the tanks are in complete darkness... It gives them a lot more chances.

 

[TwoTankAmin]

I have kept amanos now for about 15 years. I now they will eat small fry and for sure dead fish. But, I also have a heavily planted 15 gal. which holds amanos, blue Neo, davidi, assassin snails, a small group of white clouds and an albino bristlenose. This tank has been running for a bunch of years.

Every month I bring 12 - 25 of the blue shrimp to my club for the auction that ends every meeting, I started with a dozen of the blue shrimp. Clearly the amanos are not eating the neos. But, I have a ton of cover and I also feed the shrimp as well as the fish.

I have never observed an amano attack the Neos. because the white clouds prefer t be in open water nearer the surface, I never see them bothering the Neos. The shrimp are all over the tank and many are on the sand bottom. I doubt the white clouds can not eat an adult neo it would only be the offspring they might try. But, I produce so many shrimp in the tank that suggests the fish leave even the teeny baby shrimp alone.

How I know the amanos eat fry is because for a while I had a 10 gal tank with a pair of bn which spawned. O would see the babies but they never lasted. Since the adults bn do not eat their young the only culprit had to be the amanos. They dwarf a newly free swimming bn by a lot. I never saw any juvie bn, ergo only the amanos could have been eating them.