Might be fun but married life has a way of stopping such adventures..............Come to the Angfa convention in cairns in September. Catch some nice stuff up there.
Might be fun but married life has a way of stopping such adventures..............Come to the Angfa convention in cairns in September. Catch some nice stuff up there.
The shrimp and guppies should be fine together. While I've never personally kept this combination, I've seen many people do it successfully (they even have this combo at the LFS). The shrimp wouldn't eat the guppies at night unless they were dead, and I don't think the guppies could physically eat adult shrimp, although they may be able to eat babies. Also, if everybody is well-fed, there shouldn't be harassment from either party.Has anyone ever kept shrimp and guppies together?
I saw some red cherry shrimp and thought they might be a nice addition, iam wondering if the guppies would hassle them to death or eat them and if the shrimp would possibly end up eating the guppies during the night?
I don’t want to spoil the tranquility of this peaceful setup just yet………..
Im getting mixed reports online, I might have to do a bit of research but i reckon it will be fine if i use a smaller type of shrimp.The shrimp and guppies should be fine together. While I've never personally kept this combination, I've seen many people do it successfully (they even have this combo at the LFS). The shrimp wouldn't eat the guppies at night unless they were dead, and I don't think the guppies could physically eat adult shrimp, although they may be able to eat babies. Also, if everybody is well-fed, there shouldn't be harassment from either party.
I hope this helps!
Where abouts in Australia did you collect.In the spirit of "everything has been free so far". If it were me....being a very anal biotope-junkie
I'd line the back wall of the tank with (what I consider your beautiful) java fern
And collect small endemic Australian native fish, like local rainbows, gobies, or grunters, and if possible later on, add native Australian water plants and do an Australian biotope.
I realize collecting is far from free, because I collect @ twice per month in Panama, and here a couple hour day trip to a river runs over $100.
But I find a certain satisfaction in collecting my own fish, and a connection that I didn't get from simply buying them at a store,
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I’ve kept amano shrimp and feeder guppies for my Oscars but they will pick on the shrimp fry. If you have shrimp watch out for fertz with copper or any metals, I overdosed for a weekend away one time and all my shrimp were dead except 4.Im getting mixed reports online, I might have to do a bit of research but i reckon it will be fine if i use a smaller type of shrimp.
I ned to do a bit more research as i dont know anything about shrimp, this tank has gone in a direction i didnt think it would......
I haven’t caught anything personally,Where abouts in Australia did you collect.
this is good info thanks, from a bit of reading it seems like they prefer a more established tank with bit of algae already growing. My tank is still pretty fresh so maybe I should wait for a few months. I think with the decor I have there’s a lot of hiding places so hopefully enough shrimp fry should survive.I’ve kept amano shrimp and feeder guppies for my Oscars but they will pick on the shrimp fry. If you have shrimp watch out for fertz with copper or any metals, I overdosed for a weekend away one time and all my shrimp were dead except 4.
I thought he said he was in Australia, the shrimp will trim it not completely get rid of it, only thing that they won’t touch is that f’ing green string algae that clogs my mosses.I haven’t caught anything personally,duanes is on an Island near Panama living some kind of castaway dream life. You should check out his threads about his fishing trips, they are very interesting
this is good info thanks, from a bit of reading it seems like they prefer a more established tank with bit of algae already growing. My tank is still pretty fresh so maybe I should wait for a few months. I think with the decor I have there’s a lot of hiding places so hopefully enough shrimp fry should survive.
Do you know if they eat Blackbeard algae?