Shrimp?

[hotpsx]

I have two tanks at the moment ones 190 litres the other 160 litres
Ive got 3/4 corys and an algae eater in each as part of my scavanger crews
along with malasian trumpets .
Ive been reading about shrimps andthey are interesting to look at
but I dont want shrimp that will attack kill eat fish or bottom dwellers ,looking for a shrimp thats a nice size (big enough themseves not to be eated).
I have
Salafin mollies x3
Platies x3
Guppeis x3
sword tails x3
gourami x2
coryx3
in one tank
salafin x3
ballon molly x3
emperor tetra x3
rosy tetra x5
cory x2
in the other
can I fit any shrimp in??.

if so what kind ?
or what would you recomend

Antony

 

[lilfishie]

well as shrimp and little if anything to your bioload then i think you'd be fine with a couple, i have an amano (algae) shrimp in with female bettas and he is happy and healthy there are many available, Amano, Cherry, Tiger, BumbleBee just to name a few

 

[hotpsx]

hi thanks for the quick reply
Its finding a petshop that sells them
Anyone from the bath bristol area that could recomend a good lfs

Antony

 

[lilfishie]

you could try ebay apparently there is a very good seller on there and has cheap prices, not sure on the user name though

 

[Andypalf]

I have a quick question regarding shrimp. I just added two Amano Shrimp to my 125L tank. They are brilliant, they're fantastic scrurrying around looking for a snack. I just wanted to know how many I can have in my tank?

Incidently, last night I saw one of the shrimp climb right on top of one of my Ancistrus and he didn't mind one bit. It seems they both get along. They even shared an algae wafer together!

 

[lilfishie]

well they do better in groups so think you'd be fine with another 2/3 possibly more, just don't think there dead when you find there molted skin, think a dead body is supposed to be pink?