Ghost Shrimp / Crayfish with Tetras can they survive ?

Boq

Boq

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Hello ,
I'm going going to buy 2 Crayfish or 4-6 Ghost Shrimp inside my 15 Gallon aquarium.
Inside aquarium now : 7 Neon Tetra , 7 Lemon Tetra , 5 Bronze Cories and a Platty.
My brother added 4 Crayfish inside his 15 gallon aquarium with 20 Guppies (is that okay?).. Ik it kinda crowded but they seem happy.. btw i'm going to upgrade to 20g or 50g soon.. So Please reply quickly !
 
I think you are overstocked. Wait until you have a bigger tank. For now, keep up with frequent water changes to keep water quality.
 
What kind of crayfish? If it's anything other than the dwarf variety, expect to start losing fish. Crayfish will hunt at night and snag sleeping fish.

And yes, way overstocked. The ghost shrimp are harmless, but will be nommed by crays as well. Long term you'd be better off moving the fish into a bigger tank and leaving the crays in the smaller setup.
 
i saw 5 of my ghost shrimp is now got egg on her bodies ! I Already moved them into others tank but they keep jumping try to get out .. so i manage to just keep them with the community tank , it got many hide place and there's no aggressive fish but crowd of ghost shrimp , i think they might hide their egg somewhere ? because they can hide it at very many place ! so .. can i just keep them inside the community tank ? ( 8 Lemon tetra , 7 Neon Tetra , 3 Platty , 5 Bronze Corries and 10-15 Ghost Shrimp )
 
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as you can see , there's many hide place

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Ghost shrimp won't reproduce in FW, SFAIK. They need brackish conditions. The shrimplets would develop inside the egg, and stay attached to the female until fully formed. And, if those are real plants, the crays will eat them. Do you know what kind of crays you have?
 
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The crayfish look like this one..

btw , i took 3 of my pregnant ghost shrimp and put every each of them inside this ( i make many cover on the cover )
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Your ghost shrimps will not have babies in a FW tank. The babies will not develope.
 
tanker said:
Your ghost shrimps will not have babies in a FW tank. The babies will not develope.
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Then , what should i do ? i don't have any other tank only 1 , 15g community fish tank..
 
You're worried about shrimplets not surviving, but ignoring the fact that the crayfish WILL EAT YOUR FISH.?
 
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