New 15 gallon Planted Shrimp Tank with pic

YuccaPatrol

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I just renovated my 15 gallon as a planted tank for the Cherry Red Shrimp that I will be receiving early this next week.



It is not exactly how it will be, but I had to weight down one of the pieces of driftwood until it is completely saturated with water and sinks on its own.

Although this tank is being set up mainly for shrimp, I'd like to put a few small and peaceful fish in it. Since I already have a school of Neon Tetras in another tank, I'd like to do something different.

Can you suggest some attractive small schooling fish that would compliment this tank and would not dare eat even a baby cherry red shrimp?
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I think Serpae Tetra, or Long Finned Red Minor Tetras, look nice, they will do good, in the tank i have they have preaty good schools.

I think Most of the Tetras Look preaty neat.

JMO though go for what you think looks nice.

cheers
 
YuccaPatrol said:
Can you suggest some attractive small schooling fish that would compliment this tank and would not dare eat even a baby cherry redshrimp?
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That's a tough one, because the fish must be incredibly small or very dedicated vegetarians. Let's see … well, there's otocinclus, and … um … and … well, there's otocinclus! Could go shrimp-only, but I know ghost/grass shripm will catch and eat brine shrimp, so I bet they'd do the same to baby cherries. Bamboo shrimp are totally safe, but need to filter-feed or else they'll starve.
 
I just did some reading about tankmates at petshrimp.com and found that there are very few tankmates possible: otos, cories, and maybe some plecos.

I think I am going to keep it as a dedicated shrimp-only tank, but may consider the otos since they are fun little guys.

I am pretty excited about these shrimp and hoping to start a nice breeding colony.
 
My cories scarf brine shrimp like candy, even my little albino who's only an inch long. My guess is that even dwarf cories would be capable of eating baby cherries. And although it's true that otos aren't a schooling fish per se, they are a "grouping" fish and seem to enjoy each others' company.
 
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