Gourami and shrimp

[fishyperson3010]

Can sparkling gouramis go with cherry shrimp or will they eat them
Thanks

 

[siva]

Like all gouramis, it's impossible to say for sure. Some will, some won't.

 

[fishyperson3010]

Let's hope they wont

 

[siva]

If it's planted and there are plenty of hiding spots you should be OK.

 

[fishyperson3010]

Ok thanks

 

[NYgiantsRP]

The full grown shrimp should be fine, but any babies will probably get sucked up for lunch.

 

[siva]

Oh they will for sure eat the babies..almost all fish will. But they can be little stinkers, and are definitely capable of eating adult shrimp if they decide to.

 

[fishyperson3010]

What about threadfin rainbow fish

 

[Coursair]

What about threadfin rainbow fish

So far my Threadfins seem Shrimp safe. I haven't seen them bother any Shrimp large or small. Mine live with RCS and CRS.

 

[siva]

Yeah I haven't seen any shrimp pecking behaviors from my threadfins either.

 

[James_in_MN]

If it's planted and there are plenty of hiding spots you should be OK.

I had RCS in with sparkling gouramis with a bunch of java moss for the RCS to hide in, but the gouramis would constantly hang out in the moss, likely hunting the RCS. I ended up separating them into different tanks.

I think other micro fish that dwell at the surface more, like harlequin espys (aka porkchop rasbora), emerald eye rasbora, and celestial pearl danio (aka galaxy rasbora), would be a better choice for the smaller shrimp species.

 

[siva]

When I first added a trio of sparklers with some CPO's, which of course are much larger than RCS, they seemed to eye them like "hmm, lunch?"..and then at one point I did find one half eaten in their tank..but couldn't tell for sure if it had died of natural causes. I agree they are probably the least trustworthy of the fish their size.