Kata Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 So basically, my neo shrimps breed faster than expected. I might run into some space problems sooner or later. So my idea was to feed a few of them to my pea puffers. Pretty sure they would eat them since they only get live food anyway and its a similar size. Question is: Would there be any problem to feed neos to the peas? Thanks in advance 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 No problem at all. If you put enough in some may not get munched prior to establishing a colony so you may get a self sustaining live food source. I put mine in all my tanks for the same reason and they all managed to set up shop so to speak. Even my piggy guppies can’t keep up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levi_Aquatics Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 I agree with @Guppysnail neo shrimp are a good food source and form of entertainment for your puffer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kata Posted January 30, 2022 Author Share Posted January 30, 2022 Cool! I guess they will get some red snacks tomorrow! Thanks for the information! 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer V Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 @Guppysnail @Levi_Aquatics I've been thinking about adding shrimp to my pea puffer tank as well. Is there any concern about the peas just picking at the shrimp to death rather than eating them? They tend to just make a mess but not eat all the snails I put into the tank if I add too many at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 On 2/4/2022 at 3:01 AM, Jennifer V said: @Guppysnail @Levi_Aquatics I've been thinking about adding shrimp to my pea puffer tank as well. Is there any concern about the peas just picking at the shrimp to death rather than eating them? They tend to just make a mess but not eat all the snails I put into the tank if I add too many at a time. I think that may depend on the individual pea personality. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 On 2/4/2022 at 2:01 AM, Jennifer V said: @Guppysnail @Levi_Aquatics I've been thinking about adding shrimp to my pea puffer tank as well. Is there any concern about the peas just picking at the shrimp to death rather than eating them? They tend to just make a mess but not eat all the snails I put into the tank if I add too many at a time. It’s entirely possible they would slowly pick it to death because they clearly can’t eat it whole. It’s not too likely the shrimp would last long, but there might easily be shrimp remnants that would need to be cleaned up just like there are often snail remnants to be cleaned up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levi_Aquatics Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 I agree with @Odd Duck and @Guppysnail they would probably just hunt and kill the shrimp and not eat them as much. If you give the shrimp lots of hiding places I think it would be doable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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