Can Shrimp be kept with my fishes

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laxdude

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So I've been looking at purchasing some shrimp fro my Dario Dario tank, but im not sure I want to pair the shrimp with the zebra loach and the juli cory cat that I have in there. Could this be done?
 
FreshyFresh

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Fish that would naturally seek out critters like shrimp, will always have to potential to eat them. Not sure about loaches and corys, but you have to have a group of corys for them to be comfortable, and their scurrying about would send shrimp fleeing all the time IMO.
 
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I have kept adult shrimp with cory's no problem. But you won't get any babies as the cory's will eat them. Loaches are more predatory and I don't think the shrimp would do well.
 
jpappy789

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The Dario are likely too small to go after adult shrimp but could keep you from expanding the population, or may even keep the shrimp hidden too much for your liking (a potential problem with almost all fish/shrimp combos, though). The Corys are benign enough that they shouldn't be an issue with adults, as mentioned. The zebra loach, on the other hand, would almost definitely be a problem.
 
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