Ghost shrimp tank mates

[kitnerjr]

I was looking to add a few ghost shrimp to my 55 gallon to help clean up a little, would my current stock eat them?

Gouramis
Balla Sharks
Peacock eel

 

[Fishoreel]

I think your fish would eat them. If you try it I would give them plenty of hiding places.

 

[albertjavieraguilar]

Your current fish would love them to death. I just am hatching a new batch of ghost shrimp and found a young one that survived by itself for 1 month.

 

[Ambervikings91]

they would get eaten i think, specially as the bala shark grows

 

[demonte1997]

Ghost shrimp would be tough to have with almost any fish. They seem insanely delicate. All of your fish would likely try to eat them.

 

[Lupin]

Which gouramis do you have? The rest will not mind polishing off your shrimps for meals however.

 

[wantokeeptrout]

I was looking to add a few ghost shrimp to my 55 gallon to help clean up a little, would my current stock eat them?

Gouramis
Balla Sharks
Peacock eel

If you can find them try amano shrimp, they get around 2 inches and still clean up the tank without immediate risk of being eaten

 

[kitnerjr]

So i bought 7, 5 lasted about a 2 days, and the largest of the bunch are also MIA, good thing those suckers are cheap lol
I was thinking of one of these: http://www.thatpetplace.com/pet/cat/infoL3/23721/category.web

Minus the cherry shrimp, those would end up missing in less than a week as well.
This is a local pet store for me.

 

[kitnerjr]

Oh another question, I have a small 5 gallon that i use to breed snails, as well as my step daughter has her pet betta in there, would a ghost or cherry shrimp be in any sorts of danger with a betta?

Surprising to me snails actually have a lot of waste, and thought a small shrimp would help.

 

[demonte1997]

I think cherry shrimp would be better off than ghosts. And if you're lucky, the cherries will breed and you'll get a bunch of babies.