kribs and rainbows?

[nilo]

Does anyone know if kribs and large rainbow fish will get on with Amano shrimps or will they end up as shrimp cocktail?

 

[Garuf]

I had small rainbows with shrimp, once upon a blue moon.
Even small rainbows like mine, preacox, ate the whole job lot.

 

[nilo]

Ahh....o.k

Think i will leave the shrimps out of the equation then...

ta

 

[Joecoral]

i have neon dwarf rainbow (praecox) in my tank along with 6 amano shrimp, have done for several months with no shrimp casualties

 

[nilo]

hmmm im confused now, my rainbows are 5 inch Boesmani's . Might be a different story with them?

 

[Ed Seeley]

hmmm im confused now, my rainbows are 5 inch Boesmani's . Might be a different story with them?

I think any fish that can fit the shrimp in their mouths will eat shrimp. After all most of the fish we keep eat a diet of largely aquatic invertebrates in the wild. So 5" fish with ordinary mouths will polish off every one they can catch I would imagine.