emma12321
fish nerd
Hi,
A few monthes ago i purchased 3 Bamboo shrimp they cost £7.99 each but i had read they like to live in groups so i splashed out.
After researching suitable tank mates I found they would fit right in the Rio 400 community tank. At the LFS they had them in a tank with clown loach (2") the shrimp were about 3" long and i asked several times about suitable tank mates. The bloke in the shop said he keeps them with chiclids. He know's i have clown loach, the biggest being around 4 and a half inch.
So i take them home acclimatise them, put them in the tank, they follow each other round for a bit then make there way to the plants and start filtering.
They lasted 2 days. This was a mature tank with no water problems and had ghost shrimp living in it in the past before the clown loaches came along.
I can only presume that they shed and were attacked by loaches while soft. The tank has loads of mopani wood and way too many plants for hiding so what went wrong.
A couple of months later my boyfriends brother got bored of his fish. His tank looked like pea soup and it took ages to catch them, i got 3 black skirts, 2 cardinals, 3 harlequins, 1 x ray tetra, 1 buenos aires tetra, 1 male platy and a massive cameroon armoured fan shrimp. This shrimp was over 5 inches long and spiky as hell surely he would be fine with the loaches. He lasted 3 days. I don't know if this is common but i never found anything on the net to say that loaches would eat such big shrimp. Perhaps i just have killer clowns?
If anyone has this combination of fish keep an eye on them.
A few monthes ago i purchased 3 Bamboo shrimp they cost £7.99 each but i had read they like to live in groups so i splashed out.
After researching suitable tank mates I found they would fit right in the Rio 400 community tank. At the LFS they had them in a tank with clown loach (2") the shrimp were about 3" long and i asked several times about suitable tank mates. The bloke in the shop said he keeps them with chiclids. He know's i have clown loach, the biggest being around 4 and a half inch.
So i take them home acclimatise them, put them in the tank, they follow each other round for a bit then make there way to the plants and start filtering.
They lasted 2 days. This was a mature tank with no water problems and had ghost shrimp living in it in the past before the clown loaches came along.
I can only presume that they shed and were attacked by loaches while soft. The tank has loads of mopani wood and way too many plants for hiding so what went wrong.
A couple of months later my boyfriends brother got bored of his fish. His tank looked like pea soup and it took ages to catch them, i got 3 black skirts, 2 cardinals, 3 harlequins, 1 x ray tetra, 1 buenos aires tetra, 1 male platy and a massive cameroon armoured fan shrimp. This shrimp was over 5 inches long and spiky as hell surely he would be fine with the loaches. He lasted 3 days. I don't know if this is common but i never found anything on the net to say that loaches would eat such big shrimp. Perhaps i just have killer clowns?
If anyone has this combination of fish keep an eye on them.