[Ricardo]

Hello all,
Getting back into the shrimp part of aquariums after a disastrous startup a while back which I attribute to overfeeding. I've now run into a slight issue that perhaps some can shed light on.
I purchased some shrimp that I now have in a 30 gallon long tank with the intention of course to get a colony going. One problem though........7 cardinal tetras are lurking in there. I netted several other fish and placed them in a different tank but these were the ones that didn't fall for the tricks and now they are on to me and the net. Lots and lots of real looking plastic plants in there makes getting them impossible. What toll would they take on the shrimp breeding if I leave them in there?

Ricardo

[AquaGirl]

Ricardo, on 30 July 2010 - 09:40 PM, said:

Hello all,
Getting back into the shrimp part of aquariums after a disastrous startup a while back which I attribute to overfeeding. I've now run into a slight issue that perhaps some can shed light on.
I purchased some shrimp that I now have in a 30 gallon long tank with the intention of course to get a colony going. One problem though........7 cardinal tetras are lurking in there. I netted several other fish and placed them in a different tank but these were the ones that didn't fall for the tricks and now they are on to me and the net. Lots and lots of real looking plastic plants in there makes getting them impossible. What toll would they take on the shrimp breeding if I leave them in there?

Ricardo

Hello Ricardo,

Sorry to hear that you had problems the first time around. We have all made our share of mistakes when keeping shrimp. :th_smiley_sigh:

Cardinals may or may not bother the adults but they will eat any babies that they can find. They are troublesome to catch but one method that worked for me was to sprinkle a small amount of food with one hand and have a net in the other. As soon as they come to the top to eat I would start a quick netting. :eek:

I would also suggest that you take the plants out to make the capture of the fish easier. Perhaps someone else will chime in with other suggestions. Lots of luck and please let us know how your shrimp are doing after you remove the fish. :tumup:

[Ricardo]

AquaGirl, on 30 July 2010 - 09:57 PM, said:

Hello Ricardo,

Sorry to hear that you had problems the first time around. We have all made our share of mistakes when keeping shrimp. :th_smiley_sigh:

Cardinals may or may not bother the adults but they will eat any babies that they can find. They are troublesome to catch but one method that worked for me was to sprinkle a small amount of food with one hand and have a net in the other. As soon as they come to the top to eat I would start a quick netting. :eek:

I would also suggest that you take the plants out to make the capture of the fish easier. Perhaps someone else will chime in with other suggestions. Lots of luck and please let us know how your shrimp are doing after you remove the fish. :tumup:

I managed to get them out with little disturbance to the tank, but I am still plagued with bad luck this time around. Suffered a 2/3's loss on a tank that I thought was primed for the indroduction of shrimp. Very unexplainable. Many areas to look into and I am or have gone through several of them.

[Dennis]

The only fish I've found that doesn't eat baby shrimp are Otocinclus cats.

I've kept all kinds of tiny Danios, Rasboras and other fish and in the end they will all eat the baby shrimp.

Dennis

[AquaGirl]

Ricardo, on 06 August 2010 - 01:46 AM, said:

I managed to get them out with little disturbance to the tank, but I am still plagued with bad luck this time around. Suffered a 2/3's loss on a tank that I thought was primed for the indroduction of shrimp. Very unexplainable. Many areas to look into and I am or have gone through several of them.

Sorry to hear of your losses. Have you been able to figure out what the problem was?