Tory Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Currently have a heavily planted 20 gallon with neo shrimp and I have endlers coming in the mail tomorrow! Obviously this question is for down the line as I don't have a full colony yet. But if all goes well, I assume I'll eventually have more endlers and shrimp than I'll know what to do with. Is there a species that would work well to do some population control without eating everyone? Maybe a centerpiece fish? Something that wouldn't eat the adults but might eat some fry. I'm also open to non-fish aquatic species like frogs. Interested to hear what y'all would put in this tank so I can have some options down the road. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT_ Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 An angel fish probably would. Buddy of mine has one for guppy population control Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tory Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 Just now, CT_ said: An angel fish probably would. Buddy of mine has one for guppy population control Angel fish scare me lmao I'm not sure why, I think because a friend of mine when I was a kid had some and they were mean to each other 😂 thanks for the response though!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 I have a gardneri killifish to check the population in my platy tank. It seems to do a decent job and would make a nice centerpiece. Not sure if one would eat all the shrimp though. Or maybe one of the smaller gourami species? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mansoboy Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 +1 on small gouramis I have Honey Gouramis and Sparkling Gouramis and they seem to do a good job with endlers frys in a 44g. Specially sparklings, they are micropredators. Both of then are beautiful fish and have social/inquisitive character. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tory Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 31 minutes ago, Mansoboy said: +1 on small gouramis I have Honey Gouramis and Sparkling Gouramis and they seem to do a good job with endlers frys in a 44g. Specially sparklings, they are micropredators. Both of then are beautiful fish and have social/inquisitive character. Gouramis are definitely on my wishlist already, I think they're gorgeous fish. Do you think a small Gourami would eat adult shrimp though? Or are they too small/peaceful? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mansoboy Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 I don't think they'll eat adult ones, definetly yes small ones.. Mines let alone +1-1,5cm shrimp and 2 weeks old endler frys, but definetly will try to eat smaller than that. Specially sparklings, they are quite patient until have they prey in a corner and then.. In a precissely dash movement, done. They have a small mouth anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Tory said: Gouramis are definitely on my wishlist already, I think they're gorgeous fish. Do you think a small Gourami would eat adult shrimp though? Or are they too small/peaceful? I wouldn't call them peaceful, haha! More thwarted...Sparkling gourami's are on my wish list too. I think you should absolutely exploit the size differential here--set up a pile of rocks that has tiny little crevices that shrimps of any age can get into, and fry can get into, and once in a while stick a catappa leaf inside. The size of the pile dictates how many hiding places you will have, so if you have too many survivors take out a few rocks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettsPapa Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 I wouldn't worry about controlling the shrimp population. A small tank can hold a surprisingly large number of them. Their bio-load is negligible. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tory Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 31 minutes ago, JettsPapa said: I wouldn't worry about controlling the shrimp population. A small tank can hold a surprisingly large number of them. Their bio-load is negligible. yeah I'm more worried about the endlers / if I have an explosion of both lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tory Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Brandy said: I wouldn't call them peaceful, haha! More thwarted...Sparkling gourami's are on my wish list too. I think you should absolutely exploit the size differential here--set up a pile of rocks that has tiny little crevices that shrimps of any age can get into, and fry can get into, and once in a while stick a catappa leaf inside. The size of the pile dictates how many hiding places you will have, so if you have too many survivors take out a few rocks. That's a good idea about the rocks!! I do have a rock pile in there now but changing the amount according to what's going on in the tank is a great idea. I'll definitely start doing some more research on gouramis! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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