Guppy with dwarf shrimp

[Aquarium guy person]

Hey guys, I recently had a tank free up and I transferred my endlers and my male and female guppy to that tank. It has some Kuhli loaches but do you think if I put RCS in there they would survive, are blue velvets same requirements

 

[Colin_T]

I will leave the shrimp questions to others. The only concerns I have is mixing guppies with Endler's Livebearers. They will hybridise and you get cross breeds. This can destroy the strain of Endler.

 

[Aquarium guy person]

These endlers are if very low quality. I got them as feeder guppies, they are all colorless except one very pretty colorful male. I think I forgot to mention I can take out the kuhlis if I need to.

 

[Aquarium guy person]

Also, would the hybrids look like pretty like the guppy or just brown like the others

 

[Aussie_Bristle]

This is a question I have wondered myself to be honest. My opinion, I don’t think I could trust guppies in my shrimp tank due the amount of shrimp babies I have. Meaning the smaller they are the easier they can be eaten which means less reproducing shrimp fry. But I have also read that if you have a well planted tank which shrimp can hide it can be done. Me personally I wouldn’t do it but in saying that others on here may have a combined setup and find it works well.

 

[Aquarium guy person]

If I’m not mistaken I forgot to mention this is a 40 gallon with lots of cover. The plants are artificial but I will be getting java moss soon and maybe some moss balls.