Patrick M. Bodega Aquatics Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Does anyone know about keeping Bamboo shrimp and Reedfish together? I am mainly worried about the Ropefish eating the Bamboo shrimp when it gets older. Has this happened to anyone? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nataku Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 I kept ropefish with whisker shrimp, which are much meaner than amanos but similarly sized, and more capable of holding their own against a hungry medium sized fish (they worked great against they gobble gut pictus cats so I could keep a shrimp in that tank). It worked for about half a year until the rope fish got big enough. The whisker shrimp were great at cleaning up after the rope fish, who are kind of messy eaters. Then the whisker shrimp (who had also grown, but not enough) ended up in the rope fish's mouth. Rope fish just get big enough that that size shrimp is going to be food to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yannachka Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 i feel like the ropefish will go after the bamboo shrimp once they are big enough, those things will hunt anything they can from experience. mine used to take down guppies regularly which were quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick M. Bodega Aquatics Posted August 22, 2020 Author Share Posted August 22, 2020 Darn. Thanks for the warning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick M. Bodega Aquatics Posted August 22, 2020 Author Share Posted August 22, 2020 What about vampire shrimp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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