joeychizzle
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I've got a little 5 gal long semi densely planted with a betta, about 40-50 ghost shrimp, a few random snails I yanked from a random river, two albino cories, and as of today, 4 dwarf puffers.
I brought the shrimp first and were happy watching them scamper about and constantly hunt for food, but thought it would be nice to add a betta since they're low maintenance and rather graceful. He acclimated quickly, great.
A few weeks later I added the pair of albino cories. They settled in quickly. Great.
A few weeks later I added 8 cardinal tetras. They were slowly eaten one by one over the course of 2 weeks by my shrimp. I'd wake up every other morning and find them gobbling up the corpse of a poor tetra. I checked my parameters and they all were stable, so they weren't dying.
After a month I decided to try some different small fish to liven up the tank. I bought 6 guppies. They were albino on the front half and a stunning cherry red from the belly to the tail. Also eaten within 2 weeks.
I told myself no more little fish, but I walked past the local fish street and they were having a sale on a fresh shipment of baby dwarf puffers. I saw a group of four little puffers in a display tank, they swam up to me, and I had to get em.
Fast forward to getting home, acclimating them, and introducing them. The shrimp seem quite unphased by them, the cories are their usual slow, methodical selves and the betta never cares about anything apart from food.
Fingers crossed all four of them make it through the week!
Has anyone else had problems with shrimp eating small newcomers?
I brought the shrimp first and were happy watching them scamper about and constantly hunt for food, but thought it would be nice to add a betta since they're low maintenance and rather graceful. He acclimated quickly, great.
A few weeks later I added the pair of albino cories. They settled in quickly. Great.
A few weeks later I added 8 cardinal tetras. They were slowly eaten one by one over the course of 2 weeks by my shrimp. I'd wake up every other morning and find them gobbling up the corpse of a poor tetra. I checked my parameters and they all were stable, so they weren't dying.
After a month I decided to try some different small fish to liven up the tank. I bought 6 guppies. They were albino on the front half and a stunning cherry red from the belly to the tail. Also eaten within 2 weeks.
I told myself no more little fish, but I walked past the local fish street and they were having a sale on a fresh shipment of baby dwarf puffers. I saw a group of four little puffers in a display tank, they swam up to me, and I had to get em.
Fast forward to getting home, acclimating them, and introducing them. The shrimp seem quite unphased by them, the cories are their usual slow, methodical selves and the betta never cares about anything apart from food.
Fingers crossed all four of them make it through the week!
Has anyone else had problems with shrimp eating small newcomers?