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I posted this in another thread that I started a couple days ago, a log of sorts... But i wanted some inverts folks to maybe weigh in if possible. I have a 29g already set up and it has cherry shrimp and a couple weeks ago i moved fish in different tanks. I moved my Julidochromis Rengani (Zambian Julies) into the tank with them and although I haven't seen a decrease in the population I haven't been seeing them out as much (which may be a sign of decreased population, but i'm not sure). I was wondering if anyone has had any problems with keeping similar dwarf cichlids with shrimp at all and if I should be worried for the shrimp...

Thanks,
-Brandon

\\\\\\\"an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of the cure\\\\\\\"

I think your Julies are taking out your shrimp... I kept mine with Kribs and the kribs took them down one after another....

The Kribs did have some awesome color after the feast though..

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19G Container Pond
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Hi,
I would agree. I tried shrimp in my tank and the
Black Skirt Tetras had a feast at my expense.

Frank

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The strange thing is.... I had a group of 6 bluefin killi fish that took out a large population of shrimp in my 55G. Bluefins are just little fish with little mouths but they could take down some shrimp! Now I also have shrimp in a 20 long with a pair of paradise fish. They ate quite a few to start out but now I have a large population of shrimp again. I have not caught the paradise fish eating any shrimp in quite a while. I would think that they paradise fish would continue to feast on the shrimp. Maybe there is just enough to go around and the population continues to grow.

55G Planted tank thread
19G Container Pond
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