Red Cherry Shrimp?

[CBBP]

Well i mentioned my slight algea problems and my desire to have soem type of shrimp to my SW keeping friend at petsmart. and he recommmended I skill two birds with one stone and get red cherry shrimp.. anyone know anythign about them? they are eyr pretty.. I mean will they go after sleeping fish or are they harmless?

Azgardens says this.
Red Cherry Shrimp
Neocaridina denticulata sinensis

a.k.a. Minami Numa Ebi, or Taiwan Shrimp

Size: Up to 1" pH:6.3 - 8.2, Temp: 70-82, Origin: Taiwan

The Red Cherry Shrimp are very unique and can only be found in limited areas of Taiwan until now. Red Cherry Shrimp eat many more types of algae unlike the Caridina japonica (Amano shrimp) which are more limited to just hair algae and detritus, and are currently regarded as the best cleaners for fish tanks. These bright red colored Cherry Shrimp enrich the look of any fish tank, and provide a high value of appreciation to fresh water aquaria. These egglaying shrimp are fairly easy to breed, easy to care for, and just look at the above numbers for required temp, and pH, what more do you want in a shrimp? These are tough, resilient, and amazing little shrimp that have taken the aquarium hobby by storm in 2003. About 1/2 the size of Amano Shrimp with beautiful red coloration on males, less red on females (hardly noticeable). SIMPLE to care for, and chances are good that they will breed in your tank. Combats many more types of algae than most other shrimp. Please note these are tiny shrimp that eat large amounts of algae. Our red cherry's co-exist with our Adult SAE's, Platy's, & Mollies and we do not have any issues with compatibility. Use Common Sense: If you have large carnivorous fish, these could end up being their dinner. Size at shipping: assorted but usually adults about 3/4 to 1".

 

[jayjay]

More likely to be eaten by other things than hurt fish.

 

[CBBP]

More likely to be eaten by other things than hurt fish.

wait.. huh?

are you sayign they definatly would be eatten or jsut more possibility of them beign eatten then hurting a fish?

if dwarf ciclids eat them then i might look for a hillstream loach instead.. or are they paracitic like most other algea eating cats?

 

[jayjay]

That wouldn't hurt fish. Not sure on what eats them but they are normally tiny when first bought and most things eat tiny things.

 

[voo]

They are usually small when you buy them. If they dont get eaten they will most likely travel into the filter at some point

They are also quite expensive - about £2-3 each here, and they do jump out of the water - i have a waterfall type filter on one tank and it jumped over the edge, landing on the filter material, where it died

However, all that being said, i did find cherry shrimp to last longer in my tank than amano shrimp... They were easier to see in the tank and looked nicer - but they still died my betta ate the last one (i think the shrimp may have been dead already).

 

[Phoenixfish]

those the ones?
(its a bio)

 

[CBBP]

would cories eat them?

 

[Phoenixfish]

would cories eat them?

if you have a planted tank then i doubt it, and for the fact that a fully grown cherry is like half the body size of a cory

 

[Teelie]

Cories probably wouldn't. I'm going to eventually buy some Cherries myself and have no problems with them going in with my cories.

 

[eschaton]

My experience is that while Glowlight Tetras eat them, and Danios intimidate them and make them hide all the time, guppies, neons, and cories are all good tankmates. My Neons aren't quite full size yet though, so we'll see.

 

[dwarfgourami]

I have done well with amanos. They are peaceful and do a good job on the algae, but are big enough not to stand any nonsense from my platies- they wouldn't get eaten by medium-sized fish. Cherrys I'd be a bit more wary, seeing that they're so tiny, somebody might just mistake them for live food.

 

[CFC]

Theres an eay test, buy a portion of live feeder shrimp from the lfs and if your fish eat them then dont get the cherry shrimp.