Hi all, I’ve recently been wanting to spice up my 55 gallon planted aquarium with my four year old red wolf fish! I recognize that my fish is a bit of a rare one, but I feel like this question applies to most predatory fish aquariums. Do you think that it would be possible for me to establish a breeding colony of cherry shrimp within this tank, with the understanding that my wolf would keep the population in check? I want to know your thoughts on the danger of doing so, if my fish would become overfed, or if the shrimp wouldn’t breed under the conditions.
Cherry shrimp with wolf fish?
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It’s unlikely that it would work out. You would think that given the wolf’s size it would ignore something as small as a cherry but they really don’t care. If it moves, it’s food for the red wolf. Mine even eats ramshorn and pond snails. He’s eaten small crayfish and even daphnia when I tried to establish a culture. Cherry shrimp would be a great treat, but you’ll likely never get a population established.
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Will any cichlids allow freshwater shrimp to survive?
I think I know the answer to this already, but are there any smaller cichlids that won't kill cherry shrimp or other freshwater shrimp? I did try searching the forum, but when skimming the results it seems to mostly be people asking questions about feeding shrimp to cichlids.
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