shrimp and Columbian tetra.

[scrud]

Has anyone had any experience keeping shrimp with Columbian tetra?

I've searched around for an answer to this but getting conflicting results, even my lfs were unsure. I already keep amanos with them and they are fine but not sure how cherries or bees would fair.

 

[tim]

Ime most fish will pick off babies, natural food source for a lot of species but if your tanks well planted neocardinias especially breed well enough to keep the population thriving.

 

[LondonDragon]

If it fits in their mouth they will try to eat it, once they get a taste for them good luck

 

[scrud]

there's plenty of space in the tank where the fish cant get to.

thanks for the replies.

 

[devo]

In spite of looking like Piranha, my Columbians seemed slow, dozy and not very predatory. Not at all like my Congo Tetras, cute but utterly vicious !
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[Claire]

I find my columbians calm fish normally, but at feeding time they are voracious eaters. I think once they realise that one tastes nice, there soon won't be many left. They grow to a decent size too, so would definitely be able to fit them in their mouths.

 

[Tim Harrison]

I've kept adult amanos and cherrys with a small shoal of Columbians and they got along fine. They undoubtedly polished off most of the cherry offspring. But If I remember rightly I think some managed to reach maturity. I suppose it depends on how densely planted your tank is.