What does adding shrimps in your tank affect your tank?

Question

i have a 15 gal tank
with 12 tetras which are glowlites and neons
2 danios and 2 guppies
i put 5 shrimps in it and 3 of the shrimps are bigger than the tetras and my little guppy.

will the shrimp eat my fish?
what do shrimps eat?
are the herbivore,carnivore or omnivore?

anymore info and answers?

Answer 1

why donnt you put them in your fridge

Answer 2

The shrimp will do just fine with the fish you have. They will eat the same things your fish eat and algae growing in your tank. Shrimp do molt, shedding their exoskeleton leaving what looks like a dead shrimp on the bottom of the tank. Just make sure they have places to hide in the tank.

Answer 3

Shrimp are mainly scavengers - eat virtually anything and even scrape algae off of rocks and eat it. Shrimp will eat dead fish but can't really catch the live ones.

Answer 4

1.Ghost shrimp won't hurt your fish.
2.They are scavengers and eat left overs in your tank.
3.all of the above! They'll eat anything thats small enough.

Answer 5

depending on the type of shrimp they either filter the little stuff that floats around in the water or eat off the bottom whatever they can find. they are onmivores. they are generally conisdered the most thrifty of bottom feeders. i tried keeping several with my messy goldfish. they love living with goldfish mess but not with the goldfish -- they all ended up goldfish dinner.

Answer 6

all of the above are correct the ghost get eaten by little bigger fish predatory like the clown knife has teeth, and ciclids but the eat stuff in the aquarium leftover food plants and algae

Answer 7

shrimps eat something other than fish. Like something small
so don't worry.
And can you choose my answer as best answer?

Answer 8

I put shimp in my 10 gallon tank and my fish ate them.

Answer 9

shrimps take off a lot of their skin and they poo a lot.