Does anyone have experience housing red cherry shrimp in the same tank as Discus? I have some algae and wanted to put some red cherry shrimp into the tank to do some cleanup.
Otherwise I'll just house them separately and see if I can get an alternative to do the cleanups.
I had adult cherry shrimp in with my 5 discus without any problems..
I guess the smaller shrimp were tasty..
RCS are tiny, unless you have hundreds of them, the amount of algea they eat iis barely noticable.
jsut a feel diatoms on the leaves near the light. The ones real close to the surface of the water catches food and builds diatoms. I try to stir it up but it keeps growing. Other than that I cant trim my plants but then the hideout for my discus and shade isnt there anymore.
I had one SAE in the tank before; but man he was so active everywhere swimmng around and scaring my discus. =( so I moved it to my community tank with my rams.
I have one Oto and 3 Olive Nerites in their, they do a good job but I plan on moving the snails since they ate my last batch of Discus Eggs. GRRR
Now, I was thinking of shrimp to replace the snails?
I have 200 red shrimp and I have 14 discus. I will be trying it, but I also bought $250 worth of plants so that they will be able to hide.
I bought 35 pots of hairgrass which should allow them to hide. Also, they shrimp will be in the tank for a week or two before I place the discus in. Hopefully, this will allow them to become familiar with the tank and be able to hide easier when the Discus are placed in later.
I realize the risk, but I wanted a cleaning crew that didn't add a huge load. I have also talked to some other discus keepers who have done the same. The tank should be finalized and running by the end of the next week. I will report back.
