I have an Ancistrus, upsidedown catfish, Dwarf puffers x4, Tiger barbs x3, Hatchet fish x2, Sand loach, Horse face loach.
Thanks
2007-02-05 05:45:36 · 10 answers · asked by Jose M 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
either get shrimp too big for the fish to eat or get ones that they will eat. I have a nice sized rock shrimp in one of my tanks but he lives with calmer fish. in the population you describe you might want a crawdad instead
2007-02-05 05:53:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im not sure about the rest of the fish, but I know when we had dwarf puffers, they'd eat as many shrimp as they could get their mouths on. We would put in 100 ghost shrimp at a time, and they'd last a week or two. (4 puffers)
2007-02-05 05:54:59 · answer #2 · answered by cs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would go with ghost shrimp because they are fairly clear, and cannot easily be seen by your fish...
otherwise...with the fish that you have..specifically the puffers, and tigers....i dont think that havinf shrimp would really be a great idea, as they would have a high chance of actually being killed and eaten by these fish.
if you wanted to, you could maybe go for something like a blue lobster, or just a crawfish...but they even they will most likely go after your fish....
just some food for thought.
2007-02-05 05:53:47 · answer #3 · answered by RazzyDora 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Shrimp and puffers don't make good tankmates.
However, if you want to give shrimp a try, you can go with adult ghost shrimp (they reproduce easy, too) or some rock / banana / fan shrimp, which get pretty big and should be safe from your puffers and other fish.
2007-02-05 06:08:25 · answer #4 · answered by Zoe 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
freshwater hermit crabs are acutally brackish.
no shrimp will survive long the puffers and loaches(other than hillstreams and sucler loaches).
dwarf puffers are NOT communityfish, they will nip the fins of the other fish. you should either get a 10g with 2 of them or rehome them.
HTH
david
2007-02-10 04:39:54 · answer #5 · answered by daspricey007 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should at least get one more hatchet fish, because they like to school in at least three. Six hatchet if you have a big enough tank. Some tetras might fit in nice.
2007-02-11 03:10:30 · answer #6 · answered by genericname_one 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the best shrimp for the type of fish u have in ur tank are
wood shrimp
glass shrimp
rock shrimp
or if u wanted to have something diffrent why dont u try dwarf red clawed crabs VERY NICE
or
freshwater hermit crabs VERY RARE
2007-02-09 06:19:38 · answer #7 · answered by Marshmellowman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a blue one! They rock! and they shed their armour so dont get scared when you see the empty shell.
slightly concerned the tiger barbs would nip it but depends on the size of the tank. Our shrimp grew 4 inches long.
2007-02-05 07:00:48 · answer #8 · answered by Simon 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
try putting in Goast shrimp
2007-02-11 00:21:13 · answer #9 · answered by Dee T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ghost shrimp are good, they clean and they are cheap.
2007-02-05 06:31:48 · answer #10 · answered by OOOMAR 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋