Cast Autumn Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Hello everyone, new to the forum, can anyone recommend some fish that can live with mystery snails in a cold water aquarium that WON'T bite off their antenna? I have a planted 10 gallon with 6 zebra danio and 2 mystery snails and they like to nip the antenna and I feel bad for the little guys, so I would like to find another schooling fish that might fit nicely. Water is harder with a ph closer to 8 than 6 and cold as I stated before. I like cyprinids but is there any that will be nicer than zebra danio? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashe Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 How cold is your water? (around 60-70F? ) White Cloud Minnow would be my go to choice for a cold tank with that high of a pH. I had them before in my old tank with a bunch of snails with no problems. They are smaller schooling fish so they should pose no harm to your mystery snails and perfect for a 10 gallon. Another schooling fish is Pygmy Cory, they school very well and unlike most corydoras, they tend to swim in the middle of the water column instead of being strict bottom dwellers. They can tolerate high pH environment but the temperature has to be at least 70-72F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shkote Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 I raise baby mysteries with Endlers. They are about as nice as they come. They never nip at them. Unheated as well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cast Autumn Posted October 27, 2020 Author Share Posted October 27, 2020 1 minute ago, Ashe said: How cold is your water? (around 60-70F? ) White Cloud Minnow would be my go to choice for a cold tank with that high of a pH. I had them before in my old tank with a bunch of snails with no problems. They are smaller schooling fish so they should pose no harm to your mystery snails and perfect for a 10 gallon. Another schooling fish is Pygmy Cory, they school very well and unlike most corydoras, they tend to swim in the middle of the water column instead of being strict bottom dwellers. They can tolerate high pH environment but the temperature has to be at least 70-72F. The water is cold, I would say in the mid sixties, I was thinking about white clouds potentially. Will they predate shrimp (Neocaridina) because I might be interested in adding some of those as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cast Autumn Posted October 27, 2020 Author Share Posted October 27, 2020 3 minutes ago, Lynze said: I raise baby mysteries with Endlers. They are about as nice as they come. They never nip at them. Unheated as well. Endler's may be a nice choice, any that aren't super showy? Sounds weird but the reason I like zebra danios is because they are subtly pretty, not in your face brightly colored, always liked drabber freshwater fish lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shkote Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Hmmm El Silverado Endlers kind of look like little mimes. 😁 That's about as drab as they get though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 White Clouds are one of my favorite fish of all time. They are so hardy that I would consider them the all-wheel drive Subarus of the fish world. I keep them with neo shrimp and still get shrimp production. I don’t know if they eat a few of the shrimp fry or not. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashe Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 It is possible to keep white cloud with shrimps but you have to give the shrimps plenty of hiding spots like rocks and driftwoods and mosses. Now the white cloud is small so they would usually only go for shrimpletes or any shrimps that will fit in their mouth. Bigger shrimps will have no problems, they could just fence off the white cloud like my amano did with my betta. If you are trying to grow a colony of shrimps or have expansive shrimps then I would not recommend keeping white cloud with shrimps. However if you are just keeping shrimps as a clean up crew or to push back the algae then I think they should be fine. Amano shrimps seem to be a more compatible species than other shrimps like cherry. I had white cloud with amano before and I didn't really see any issue between them (the amano also was a full size adult so it that might of helped). The bottom line is yes you can keep less expansive shrimps as a clean up crew with white cloud. Just make sure that they are not juveniles when you introduce them to the white cloud and make sure to provide decent hiding spots. To contributing to the other reply. Endler is one of my favorite fish. They are extremely hardy and friendly too. I know there are some breeds out there that are not too showy but in general your local fish stores usually have the typical endler which is pretty showy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Ellison Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 I currently have a tank I keep mystery snails, guppies,cherry red shrimp, and gold white cloud. Everyone gets along great. Never seen anyone harash a snail. You may get a odd fish of any type who bullies the odd snail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexa Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Rice fish? I think they’re smaller than danios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 On 10/27/2020 at 2:05 PM, Cast Autumn said: Hello everyone, new to the forum, can anyone recommend some fish that can live with mystery snails in a cold water aquarium that WON'T bite off their antenna? I have a planted 10 gallon with 6 zebra danio and 2 mystery snails and they like to nip the antenna and I feel bad for the little guys, so I would like to find another schooling fish that might fit nicely. Water is harder with a ph closer to 8 than 6 and cold as I stated before. I like cyprinids but is there any that will be nicer than zebra danio? What did you decide to get? My endlers can handle temps down into low to mid 50's (took about 18 months to acclimate them) and my females look very similar to my female zebra danios. My danios don't nip at the snails though, maybe because I keep my tanks densely planted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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