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we are currently in the process of setting up a community tank,it is early day yet.we have just put zebra danios in for cycling. eventually we would like a community tank with range of fish in, such as guppies, angels, tetras, loaches etc. are there any invertebrates that would go with these?? i dont know much about invertebrates

thanks

Personaly i have a Red clawed crab with Lepeord Danios. The Red Clawd crab is a fairely small crab that can act kind of shy at times, but doesn't bother anything else, but then again danios are very fast fish so i dont know how it would react with slower fish.

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Well, what you put in any tank really depends on the size of the tank. It is hard to pick out tankmates without a size in inches or gallons.

I don't usually put crabs with fish, but that's not saying you can't. I would just watch because crabs have a skill for making fish disappear. As for inverts, I would suggest apple snails (if you tank is big enough). They really are too slow to hurt anything, and if you take a flashlight and watch them during the night, you can see them moving around outside their shell. It's very cool. Or, if your fish are on the smaller side, ghost or ammeno shrimp work out. They are great becasue their biolode (poop, uneated food, that sort of stuff) is actually in the negatives. This is becasue they clean up more mess then they make.
However, everything depends on your tank, and what you will put in it.

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thanks. our tank is 4ft long. it hold 260 litres, which i believe is around 70g

In a 70 you could easily have any species of snail (unless you have plants). Shrimp depend solely on what other fish you have in there. If you are keeping largesh fish, they might get eaten. However, they are pretty cheap, so I wouldn't blame you for taking a chance.

How about Singapore Wood Shrimp? These are a larger variety of filter feeding shrimp, and have the ability to alter their coloration to match their surroundings. In a bare tank they are golden with 2 red and 2 white stripes down their back. They reach about 3 inches at maturity, and would be difficult for most fish you have mentioned to eat.
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i used to have a red claw crab in my community.. and some ghost shrimps

Would that shrimp get killed by convict cichlids or Bronze cories.

Any shrimp, as well as many fish, would be killed by a convict. Sorry. But, an apple snail might work.

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Any shrimp, as well as many fish, would be killed by a convict. Sorry. But, an apple snail might work.

Not necessarily - Atya gabonensis and some Macrobrachium spp. might work (some of the latter, in fact, may pose a risk to the cichlid). Both red-claw crabs (typically Sesarma spp.) and fiddler crabs (Uca spp.) require both access to non-aqueous air and ideally brackish salinity.