Would Ghost Shrimp Eat My Platy Fry?

[smmetz]

I have a 10 gallon tank with a bunch of platy fry. They are 1 week old, about 1/4 inch long. (6-7mm)

If I put a couple ghost shrimp in there for algae control, do you think they will go after the fry? They would be small, 1 inch long at most. There is algae in the tank already for them to go after, so it's not like they would be going hungry. (The algae is brown)

 

[shrimply]

The answer is no but I have a feeling that ghost shrimp won't eat brown algea. I know that Amano shrimps
only eat the common green stuff. I think that you might be better off with some sort of snail.

 

[Iron Man]

Ghost shrimp aren't much for eating algae.....you might catch them eating a minute amount off a fine leaved plant when its really hungry but they make no difference whatsoever as far as algae being present in your tank.

I agree....an apple snail would knock it out...and I've seen them eat many types of algae.