Good shrimp to house with Cardinal Tetras

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Jack Dempsey
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Dec 21, 2011
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Hey there. I have a 55 gallon tank wit
h a school of a little over twenty cardinal tetras. I'm wondering what shrimp you guys would recommend to house with them. I have plenty of hiding places and water flow is good for filter feeders so these sort of things shouldn't be an issue.
 
Caridina multidentata (amano shrimp), Atyopsis moluccensis (Singapore Flower Shrimp) or dwarf shrimps such as red cherries can be housed with cardinal tetras and maybe most Neocaridina. I have housed them together without any problems before.
 
I think most shrimp can be housed with small non-aggressive small fish, the only problem is that you probably may not have a very strong colony of shrimp due to the fish eating the baby the shrimp...
 
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