Fish small enough to eat Ostracoda, but not baby Cherry Shrimp?

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I recently discovered these cute little "seed shrimp" in my planted Cherry Shrimp tank. Ostracoda is what they are called, and they are tiny.

Are there any fish that will eat these bugs, but leave my baby cherry shrimp alone? I've been told if left out of check, they will overrun a tank. However, the whole point of having a Cherry Shrimp tank, is to have cherry shrimp breed, and the babies allowed to grow without predation. It is heavily planted, but at the same time, I know a hungry fish will FIND the babies.

EDIT: for pics, they are much neater in motion, but here are some stills I took.
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I have found that most fish find them hard to eat as their shells are surprising tough! I have a jar of them and have tried to use them as live food for some of my tetras (neons, penguins cardinals etc), most of the time they just spit them out after trying to nibble them.
 
no, I can not think of anything that is big enough to eat teh seed shrimp but not the baby shrimp.
 
If you still got this problem? You can add a few Dwarf Pea Puffer they will get rid of the Ostracoda with out harming your cherry shrimps. I don't know how big your shrimp tank is but Pea Puffers like to be in large schools and a well planted tank for best results.
 
If you still got this problem? You can add a few Dwarf Pea Puffer they will get rid of the Ostracoda with out harming your cherry shrimps. I don't know how big your shrimp tank is but Pea Puffers like to be in large schools and a well planted tank for best results.
 
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