OK So my tank only has three real swimmers in it, three Zebra Danios. (complete stock in sig). They rule the tank as well as the food supply which isn't bad because they just break it up for everyone else to eat.
The problem is that they pick on everything else that is free swimming when they get bored. Typically they chase eachother around the tank which I'm told is them playing (its actually quite entertaining). But when one of them is just sitting in the water without the others it has a tendency to chase anything that moves.
They will go after the shrimp when they float, pick at them, the shrimp just moves, the Danio presues, the shrimp bolts back to the plants and thats the end of that. He will also chase the otto but when its clear the other fish just wants to get away they leave it alone. The corys are larger and chase the danios somtimes, but generally they only go for things in the center of the aquarium.
a) My question is, are the danios going to be a danger to the shrimp? (Which fish, the $0.33 one or the $4.00 one)
b) Second is, if they are just playing and are bored should I get them more friends?
if b) Can my tank handel the stock? I have two large sponges on the filter intakes for extra bio filtration.
if not b) and a) Any stocking suggestions for the tank that wont pick on the other fish?
TIA
The problem is that they pick on everything else that is free swimming when they get bored. Typically they chase eachother around the tank which I'm told is them playing (its actually quite entertaining). But when one of them is just sitting in the water without the others it has a tendency to chase anything that moves.
They will go after the shrimp when they float, pick at them, the shrimp just moves, the Danio presues, the shrimp bolts back to the plants and thats the end of that. He will also chase the otto but when its clear the other fish just wants to get away they leave it alone. The corys are larger and chase the danios somtimes, but generally they only go for things in the center of the aquarium.
a) My question is, are the danios going to be a danger to the shrimp? (Which fish, the $0.33 one or the $4.00 one)
b) Second is, if they are just playing and are bored should I get them more friends?
if b) Can my tank handel the stock? I have two large sponges on the filter intakes for extra bio filtration.
if not b) and a) Any stocking suggestions for the tank that wont pick on the other fish?
TIA