Yellow RCS Tankmates

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kimbog

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I'm having great success with my RCS in a 20g, however my wife would like to have some fish in there as well. I'm thinking Neon Tetras, since I've read that people here have kept them with shrimp.

Hearing that we were getting fish, my daughter (3 yrs) asked yellow ones? (Her favorite color) So long story short... are there any yellow fish that will not eat my shrimp? Possibly a yellow cory cat? How many corys are best though?

Thanks for the suggestions
 
I agree, they have lovely male fancy guppies with yellow tails, and every other color too. Maybe your daughter can pick out two guppies she likes. I have had guppies with my ghost shrimp and gup never seemed interested in hurting a shrimp, but every fish is different I guess.
 
Ghost shrimp are massive compared to RCS; if you want your shrimp to survive, don't put guppies in the tank. Some may be fine with dwarf shrimp, but others will eat them. My guppies found shrimp to be irresistible (oops...). They'll almost certainly snack on any baby shrimp and you'll have a tough time seeing your shrimp either way since they'll be hiding all the time.
 
A single albino bristlenose plec? They're yellowish and probably won't eat baby shrimp, since they're mostly herbivores/detritivores. Another thing you could consider is a golden wonder killifish, they will definitely eat young shrimp and possibly adults, but they stay near the top most of the time so may not notice the bottom dwelling shrimp. Quite risky, though.
 
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oto catfish are certified shrimp-safe

btw.. a fish in there would probably make all ur shrimp hide during the day.. but then again.. but then again, it really dependent on the fish :)
 
I've long thought oto's were shrimp safe... until I fed a tank with otos baby brine shrimp recently... they were eating them off the substrate and driftwood. It's an old, established tank with plenty of algae, they just seemed to like them. So, while it's true that otos aren't going to gorge themselves on shrimp every day, they may very well put a dent in the first week fry population, depending on their hiding spots.
 
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