Could I Have Bamboo Shimp Introduced To My Tank?

[Lisa-Jayne]

I would like some bamboo shrimp,but i am unsure of there requirements and how many should be kept and with what fish.
Do some fish eat them?
my fish are listed in my signature below,anybody got any ideas?

 

[Bloo]

Bamboo shrimps are very peaceful creatures - and will not enjoy living in a "fast moving / busy" tank.
In your first tank, I'll have my doubts about compatibly with your Parrot Fish and Rainbow Shark - not a good tank.
Second tank also has a load of potential nippers - all of them apart from the neons, plec and corys might pose problems.
Third tank - Oscar mix is a no-no
Fourth tank - how large is it ?

Keep in mind they also appreciate lots of real plants

 

[Lisa-Jayne]

Bamboo shrimps are very peaceful creatures - and will not enjoy living in a "fast moving / busy" tank.
In your first tank, I'll have my doubts about compatibly with your Parrot Fish and Rainbow Shark - not a good tank.
Second tank also has a load of potential nippers - all of them apart from the neons, plec and corys might pose problems.
Third tank - Oscar mix is a no-no
Fourth tank - how large is it ?

Keep in mind they also appreciate lots of real plants

my third tank with two gouramis is quite small,im using it as a tempory tanks for the gouramis,not sure on the size but id say its about the size of a starter kit.perhapes just over 1 foot maybe bit more.

 

[Bloo]

A 1ft tank is too small for a bamboo shrimp to share

 

[fish_keeper2]

i have a bamboo shrimp in one of my 29 gal tanks. very peacefull and doesnt bother anyone and no one bothers him. in my tank i have 1 rainbow shark, 11 tiger barbs, 1 blue 3-spot gourami, and 1 powder blue dwarf gourami. 1 thing i found odd is that when i tried to have ghost shrimp all my fish went crazy and ate all of them in a few days but dont bother the bamboo shrimp......probly cuzz its a lot bigger.

note: even though the tank sounds over stocked my 10 gal with 2 trios of guppies and a few fry produce alot more waste in 1.5 weeks than this tank does.

 

[riverman444]

I saw one of them at my LFS and almost bought it. I heard thay can get fairly big but are peaceful. I might get one myself.

 

[fish_keeper2]

mine is about 3 inches i think.......so ya they can get big......but not like a crawfish or something.

 

[smmetz]

I have 2 in my 29 gallon, no problems. However, I don't have any of the potential problem fish that bloozoo2 expressed concern about.