Re: [GSAS-Member] Who is eating my Cherry Shrimp?

["Matt Staroscik" <matt@wrongcrowd.com>]

There could be something else wrong. I lost cherry shrimp in a tank with
nothing but Endlers in it, and only saw a couple of cadavers. They may have
a secret graveyard, like elephants. Check your nitrates.

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 11:01 AM, Betty Goetz <haika@drizzle.com> wrote:

> How large were the red cherry shrimp? Fully adult or smaller size? I've
> used both Badis badis and female bettas (different species) as Endler's
> fry predators and I'm sure they could also take younger red cherry shrimp.
> I KNOW they take the recently released larvae. Both were very aggressive
> predators for me. Even in heavily planted tanks, I've eventually lost all
> my red cherry shrimp in tanks with loaches except for a 29 gal planted
> tank with B. sidthimunki (dwarf loach). Even with really BIG, fully adult
> red cherry shrimp. I use Botia striata. I've had red cherry shrimp
> breeding with enough larval survival to increase the population ONLY in
> fish-less tanks.
>
> Betty Goetz
>
> >The game we all know and love.  I just noticed that every single one of
> > the
> > 20 shrimp I bought from Susan is gone.  I didn't think any of these guys
> > would eat them because my Amano shrimp are fine in there but it seems I
> > was
> > very wrong.  Who do you think?
> >
> >
> >
> > Burmese Border Loaches
> >
> > Kuhli Loaches
> >
> > Flounder
> >
> > Guppies
> >
> > Betta Coccina
> >
> > Badis Badis
> >
> > Clown Killie
> >
> > Dario Dario
> >
> >
> >
> > .and the amino and fan shrimp are all still doing fine.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks for your opinion.
> >
> >
> >
> > Shango
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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