Ignore the clown killi fish, she likes to photobomb.

Yes I know some shrimp keepers cull the duller ones, but I refuse, I love all my skrimps. I don’t care if their ‘grade’ goes down over time, they’re my babies.

  • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    Yeah the only tankmates I’ve had any luck with are clown killifish and even then I suspect they’re snacking on the odd baby skrimp.

    If I ever catch them doing it I’ll be making it a shrimp only tank for sure. I only have the killis because I needed something to eat the copepods and detritus worms that kept moving in.

    • dualmindblade [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      I have dwarf barbs in one of my tanks for the exact same reason, unfortunately despite supposedly having some of the smallest mouths they are nimble af and suspiciously this is the only tank in which the shrimp have not taken off. I never caught them in the act, but same with my betta and when they passed (fuck dropsy) the population exploded. Fwiw, in my limited experience the detritus worm and copepod community has always calmed to what I consider an acceptable level with time and without predators, I’m not sure why this is