Botia Striata - will it eat shrimp?

[murph]

Is it a case of if it fits in it's mouth it will eat it?

I'm considering getting them for my 260l but I'm also wanting a large shrimp population that will hopefully breed.


Thanks

 

[Tony Swinney]

Hi Murph

I've got 6 botia striata in with amano and cherry shrimp and have no problems. They do eat any snails though.

Tony

 

[plantbrain]

Mine never ate shrimp, they love them a snail though
Dwarf loach same thing, but less on eating the snails.


Regards,
Tom Barr

 

[murph]

Cheers guys, put my mind at ease.

Guy in the LFS seemed to think they'd did everything up and eat the shrimp and shrimp babies.

 

[sanj]

The ydont touch my amanos, but cherry all gone, but i think that is more the larger Rainbows.

 

[murph]

In going to put the cherrys in first and get the smallest zebras I can so hopefully they'll respect them as tank mates and not good.

 

[Ben M]

hi, sorry for hijacking the thread, but i'm setting up a shrimp tank soon, and i've been wondering if when i get some fully grown cherries if i can put them in my main tank. but i'm worried if my kuhli loaches will eat them. any ideas?

cheers