Red Cherry Shrimp Hunters?

[OrangeCones]

Florida was not involved in my move (although as a teenager, I did live there). My most recent move was from Iowa to Texas. I'm not studying marine biology, but I do love to SCUBA dive!

 

[Thyra]

Do you live near a place where you can SCUBA dive? I have never done that, but there are places (like Hawaii) that look like they are absolutely beautiful beyond words!

 

[Kiara1125]

Thyra, I think it was someone like ryanoh that was studying marine biology.

 

[big54bob]

I would suggest a croaking gourami. They don't get over 2.5 inches and are wonderful to watch in a planted tank. The croaking gourami would be a better hunter as it maxes out at 2.5 inches.

 

[OrangeCones]

I can't use gourami with Badis badis, they are too closely related.

 

[Lotus]

I'd go with the betta. I've had shrimp populations in tanks with angels and in tanks with various types of livebearers. The betta seemed to be the only fish that actively hunted cherry shrimp.

My usual method for catching cherries is to put an algae wafer in the tank and wait half an hour. Of course, when you have a large population, it's almost impossible to catch them all.

 

[OrangeCones]

They are not attracted to algae waffers when there is so much algae in the tank, sadly. I'll keep picking them out as I see them.

 

[Lotus]

That's odd. Mine will come for algae wafers even if there's plenty of real algae for them.

I've also had the shrimp flock to a new piece of plant from another tank. Perhaps the slightly different mix of algae is attractive to them.