Apisto eating amano shrimp???

[stina]

HI!
Would apistogramma cacatuoides/trifasciata/nijssenii eat my new "allmost bought" Amano shrimp??? :?
TIA
kind regards
Vedran

 

[Apistt_ed]

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I have amano shrimps with Trifasciatas and they aren't bothered at all. I'm not sure about cacatuoides or nijsenni but Trifasciatas shouldn't be a problem at all.

john

 

[tjnelson44]

I had some amano shrimp and some cherry shimp in my planted 10 gallon. For some stange reason they all disapeared after I added a large male cactuoides.
Trevor

 

[mervin]

from my experience, apistos will eat anything that moves if they can get them to fit into their mouth.

therefore only place shrimps or fishes that are bigger or swim faster than the apistos.

good luck.

 

[stina]

Well thanks a lot ppl!!
I have figured that trifasciata are peacefull ones, and that cacatuides aren't... and nijsseni looks like agressive little buggers too...
Well, i will not put any shrimps then... cuz my aquarium is not yet ready... my plants are not yet spread all over the tank, so i think that Amano shrimp will have no chance to survive...
Once again - THANX!
You ppl have saved me money... bu you allready know that :wink:

 

[apisto_shores]

I have a 125 gal tank with 19 amano's, 5 cacatouides (2lg m/3fm),
2 panduro's. At any given time I can count about 12-15 shrimp. I would
say go for it. They are such cool creatures and they add alot of personality
to the tank. good luck

 

[Christine-FishGrrl]

my male cac would always try to eat my full-grown amano shrimps but was never successful (I think). The shrimps were VERY nervous around him.