Guppies Slaughtering Cherry Shrimp?!?

[ChrisD]

I got 5 guppies recently. None are more than 1" or so. They are fed Hikari Fancy Guppie food daily.

Yesterday, my daughter says "The guppies are biting the heads off your shrimp!" No way! I figured she was making up stories. Then tonight I found a pile of just tails from full grown cherry shrimp collected at the base of my filter.

Thoughts?

Edited November 26, 2020 by ChrisD

[FrozenFins]

the internet has mixed opions about guppies and cherry shrimp. Some say they can go together others say they cant. I'm not surprised that they ate the shrimp, if a fish can fit into another fishes mouth, most likely its gonna get eaten. 

[ChrisD]

Well, I questioned the guppies and they adamantly denied any anti-shrimp activity and pinned it on the clown killifish. The clown killifish made the compelling argument that they hang out at the top of the tank and pointed fins at the amano shrimp. The amanos said they saw the guppies going after the shrimp. Someone is lying.

 

Edited November 26, 2020 by ChrisD

[lefty o]

id confine them to their room until they fess up.

[Fonske]

My cherries live with guppy females with no victims so far. Might be due to the thick carpet of moss at the bottom.  I would suggest adding additional cover for your shrimp if your fishes are of murderous disposition indeed and you still want to keep them together. 

[ChefConfit]

Guppies love to eat cherry shrimp, but from my understanding they won't really pursue them long. So as long as the shrimp have a lot of cover and everyone is fed well that can live together without excessive bloodshed