Shrimp safe(mostly) nano fish

[jlo718]

Hello, I have a15 gallon fluval flex with 10 blue/red cherry shrimp. I wanted to add a small school of nano fish that won't mess with the adults or eat all the babies. Any suggestions or personal experiences

 

[Crispii1]

Any species of Boraras might work.

 

[PheonixKingZ]

I personally like Boraras brigittae and Boraras merah.

 

[jlo718]

I do too. Don't these require lower ph and soft water? I don't have these water conditions

 

[PheonixKingZ]

What is your GH?

 

[PheonixKingZ]

Boraras Brigittae needs 10 - 179 ppm. Boraras merah needs 18 - 90 ppm.

Boraras merah

Appears endemic to southern Borneo. The type specimens were collected from the Jelai Bila river basin at Nataik Sedawak, presumably a settlement of some kind, near the town of Sukamara in the Indonesian province of Kalimantan Tengah (Central Kalimantan). Its range extends westwards from the...

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Boraras brigittae – Mosquito Rasbora (Rasbora urophthalma brigittae) — Seriously Fish

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[jlo718]

I'll double check, I believe my ph is around 7.5-7.8

 

[jlo718]

Looks like I'm around 150 ppm for GH

 

[seangee9 2]

Celestial pearl danio (aka galaxy rasbora)
Here are mine in my Flex 15G with some red rillis. 20 Would be a good amount. They may eat shrimplets but mine (shrimp I mean) have gone from 7 to over 200 in about 8 months. In retaliation the shrimp will eat the CPD eggs and you are unlikely to see any fry. They are ok in hardish alkaline water but probably won't breed in it anyway.

 

[jlo718]

7 to 200!? O boy going to need some population control

 

[jlo718]

cpds look really good. I had read some people saying they kill shrimp. I guess its different for everyone

 

[jlo718]

also seannge what do you do for plants they look great

 

[Crispii1]

I don't think they will do actual harm to an adult, but maybe with shrimplets.

 

[seangee9 2]

cpds look really good. I had read some people saying they kill shrimp. I guess its different for everyone

They are actually quite timid. Its not uncommon to see a large shrimp chasing the CPD away from the food. They are not much bigger than the adult shrimp. By the time I can see the shrimplets they are already too big for the CPD to eat (and too fast).

 

[seangee9 2]

also seannge what do you do for plants they look great

Seachem flourish root tabs and half dosage of flourish comprehensive once a week (1/2 ml in the flex). I have reduced the intensity of the standard lights to about 50% as they are too bright for the plants I have. If I don't do this I get BBA and some of the plants start going brown.