Amano shrimp good idea for Apisto Tank?

[Christine-FishGrrl]

I have three Amano shrimp (not ghost shrimp) in my planted 25 gal long tank with a trio of Apisto cacatuoides that I would like to get to breed. Is this a bad idea? I'm concerned the shrimp will harass the parents trying to get at the eggs.

 

[farm41]

I have amano shrimp in all my tanks, and all have apistos. The shrimp won't cause any problems.

 

[-anne-]

I have amano shrimp in all my tanks, and all have apistos. The shrimp won't cause any problems.

Yes, but apistos can cause problems. My A. pertensis just can't resist the idea of teasing my amano shrimp whenever the shrimp is in its sight Pertensis also regards tiny pygmy corys as its enemy. Weird fish.

 

[farm41]

So far, I have had amanos with Cacs, aggies, hoignei, panduro, inca50, and trifasciata. None of these species did much to the amanos, a little pecking is all. Of course, each individual fish has an individual personality and temper. So, anything can happen.

So far the most aggressive fish I have had with amanos has been a Nannacra Anomola female while she was guarding fry. She would do whatever it would take to keep them away, I would find dead amanos whenever she had fry, I always found the carcasses in her territory.

 

[Christine-FishGrrl]

thanks everyone, hopefully everyone can co-exist peacefully in the tank. If the amano's get picked on a little that's okay, I was mostly worried that batch after batch of eggs would get eaten, or that the parents would be constantly harassed.

 

[farm41]

With shrimp and apistos, the only thing that might happen is the shrimp could disappear slowly

 

[Zapisto]

the pH of the water can be a problem ?

i have tank with <5 of ph.
is it not to acid for the calcium carapace of the shrimp ?

 

[farm41]

I have been told, when the water is too soft, the shrimp will eat their own shedded skin to get the calcium. After a couple cycles of that, it must start to run out of calcium and die, one wold presume.

I have not used the shrimp in a breeding tank with low Ph, only in the display tanks, and I don't manipulate the Ph in those.