Breeding Cherry Red Shrimp

[capper]

We have a 46g community with quite a few different varieties of fish including 10 platies. We also have a 16g tank with 6 platies and 3 hockey sticks (penguin fish). In both tank we have a handful of Yamato Japonica shrimp in both of those tanks. We also have a large number of cherry red shrimp in both tanks. Over the past few weeks, the cherry reds have been multiplying quite rapidly. It's been great! I was really concerned that the platies might eat some of the baby shrimp and / or shrimp eggs. The platies always seem hungry! Are platies a danger to breeding shrimp?

We also have a 6g tank and we recently put 3 small guppies in the tank. We would like to move some of our cherry red shrimp into the 6g with our guppies. Is this okay? Could we breed shrimp in the 6g tank along with guppies?

 

[Lotus]

Almost all fish will eat baby shrimp if they find them. While only larger fish will eat the adults, you will get slower breeding in any tank with fish in it (because of babies getting eaten). If the tanks are heavily planted, cherry shrimp populations will increase.

If you want to breed a lot of shrimp, the best way is without fish in the tank. But, the adults will probably be OK with the guppies.