So i have 29 gallon tank with roughly 15 brigg snails, and used to have around 20+ cherry shrimp. Now, the problem is, that a few days ago, my mother says, "Your tank looks like a swamp! it looks ugly, there's nothing pretty to look at." Now after about 2 years of trying to make it look a bit swampy with amazon swords and other crypt plants, i was pretty mad. Then she says, "either you get some fish in there or i trash the tank." And at first im like :hypnotized: woman you crazy!!?? But then im like, hey, she's willing to buy me some fish. So then i was like :bowing: yes mother. We went to the store, and they had a nice sale on longfinned zebra danios and bloodfin tetras, so i think, hey, this can't hurt, so she buys 5 of each for me, and we put them in my tank last friday. Now, the 20+ cherries are all gone!!! :mad2: I'm very angry. but now what i'm worried about is my snails. Will they pick on my snails? Is there anything i can substitute? Preferably cheep fish??
Red cherry shrimp, brigg snails, and zebra danios.
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I think your snails will be fine. They have a shell, maybe get some form of calcium for them to keep them nice and hard. Any fish will most likely the shrimp. I had that same problem. I started with 24 shrimp and I'm down to 10. 
If you get more shrimp they should have their own tank. I wouldn't worry about the snails unless they start to get holes in their shells.
If you get more shrimp they should have their own tank. I wouldn't worry about the snails unless they start to get holes in their shells.
Are you sure they're gone and not hiding? Neither of those fish are big enough, or have the inclination to be, much or a threat to adult RCS. The bloodfins are about as big as my rummynose at full growth, and my rummynose are much too small to full grown RCS, and even ignore my smaller (but still too big for them to eat) juveniles. My tiny juveniles sometimes get stalked, but they have the option of using one of the many, many tiny hiding spaces the fish can't get to, and the ones with good survival instincts do.
Of course, another consideration is this: RCS and shrimp have very light bioloads. You put 10 fish in there, and well, it's going to take the beneficial bacteria some time to catch up to that bioload change. Have you tested your water quality? If they're really gone and not just hiding, that may be the difference.