Different species of shrimp help!

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Icedcoldmine

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So I have 3 species of shrimp right now. B&W Bee Shrimp, tangerine tigers, and sakura grade rcs. My problem is I only have 2 9 gallon tanks.......

Question is what species of shrimp can coexist in the same tank together without interbreeding and have the same compatibility?

Moving my zebra Plecos to my 75g. It's set up sorta like a hillstream environment.
 
Bees and tigers can interbreed, so seperate them. They are both "Caradina"

Sakuras are "Neocaradina" so they won't interbreed with the others that you have. Put them wherever :)
 
Bees and tigers can interbreed, so seperate them. They are both "Caradina"

Sakuras are "Neocaradina" so they won't interbreed with the others that you have. Put them wherever :)
Should I put the bees or tigers with sakura? I can put them in my other tanks too but may not bode well for the shrimp lol.

Or should I give a colony over to my friend? Z_Z

Other option are my gourami/akysis tank, or my killi/badis tank

I was thinking of moving the tangerine to the sakura tank, and to keep the zebra plecos with the bee shrimp in the 9....... Maybe not good idea to move them to another tank lol.
 
Sakuras are fine with tigers or bees, better than in a tank with fish imo. Zebra plecos will need space sooner or later :)
 
Sakuras are fine with tigers or bees, better than in a tank with fish imo. Zebra plecos will need space sooner or later :)
What fish can be peacefully housed with bee shrimp lol. I'll move them to my 75g. Only has L010A as a bottom feeder.

They don't even come out when I feed blood worms :[
 
Otocinclus haha, If you see their worth maybe you'll see why having other fish to eat the shrimplings isn't the best idea.

I'm no pleco expert, so I can't help there :(
 
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Otocinclus haha, If you see their worth maybe you'll see why having other fish to eat the shrimplings isn't the best idea.

I'm no pleco expert, so I can't help there :(
What is worth more money to breed? The B&W Bee shrimp or tangerine tigers..... and what breeds faster and is hardier lol....
 
What is worth more money to breed? The B&W Bee shrimp or tangerine tigers..... and what breeds faster and is hardier lol....
Both are hard to find where I live, sakuras are by far the easiest
 
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Both are hard to find where I live, sakuras are by far the easiest
Oh lol. Will I have to cull the lower grade sakura a lot though? My colony isn't large.....

Also my friend told my to put the zebras in a separate tank by themselves so I guess that's what I'm doing..... decided to do the tangerine cuz they seem by far hardier from what I've been reading.
 
I let my sakura be, when I have over 200 I'll cull and sell the ones that aren't so good.

A friend of mine keeps a big breeding colony then nets the really nice ones out to another tank for them alone.
 
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