Fleon2661 Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 (edited) I have a 10 gallon shrimp tank and noticed scuds . Do they harm my shrimp? Edited October 22, 2020 by Fleon2661 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RovingGinger Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 I have seen rumors of them preventing baby shrimp (assumably through eating them) but I have scuds in my tank along with baby shrimp. No clue if they got some when the shrimp were smaller but at least a few so far have made it to scud-size and don’t seem to be in harms way at all. I could see them out-competing the shrimp potentially in a very scarce tank. Luckily this one is coated in hair algae. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleon2661 Posted October 22, 2020 Author Share Posted October 22, 2020 Awesome thanks for your feedback Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyoftheLake Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 (edited) YES! they do, I lost a whole colony to scuds. once they get to a certain number in population they switch to being carnivorous and will eat anything that moves. if you have fish that eat them and keep their number down it'll be fine, you just wont get many baby shrimp. but if it's a shrimp only breeding tank they will consume everything! they will even eat each other. 😭 Edited October 23, 2020 by LadyoftheLake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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