Chose a good African schooling fish that will not eat all the shrimp or tear up plants.

[plantbrain]

Any takers?

 

[OllieNZ]

Cyprichromis sp. ? Not sure if they'd be shrimp safe

 

[OllieNZ]

Cyprichromis leptosoma

 

[darren636]

Barbus jae

 

[t.doyle]

An easy idea would be Congo tetra's but again, iffy on the shrimps...unfortunately small shoaling fish from Africa are few and far between..

 

[Henry]

Stating the obvious, but what about Aplocheilichthys normani?

 

[roadmaster]

Norman's Lampeye ?

Oop's seem's It was already mentioned

 

[Michael W]

Nice suggestions already, here is also another to consider Arnoldichthys spilopterus (African Red-eyed Tetra) — Seriously Fish

 

[Henry]

Those tetras are beautiful!

 

[Monk d'Wally de Honk]

They grow to 10cm, I reckon they'd clean out any shrimps that might be present.

 

[plantbrain]

Cyprichromis leptosoma

Yep, been there done this. Tank bred, no way I'd do any Xenos or wild's though.

I love them. My tank is KH1 or less, GH about 2, hardly good rift fish conditions.
Good for plants though. I think in a non CO2 planted tank, they would do well with say Dolomite gravel etc.

 

[plantbrain]

Stating the obvious, but what about Aplocheilichthys normani?

Looks like a mean little killi that could eat a shrimp 1/2 its own size.
But I might try them as the amanos are large and I really do not care if they pick off the RCS, I got hundreds breeding like roaches.

Thanks

 

[plantbrain]

Yes, Congo tetras and the Arnold's, they are too big and would trash the finer plants, had them before.

Norman's lampeye is the best option I've seen as of late.
There's Barbus hulstaerti

I likely could get some Chinoglanis cats also.