guppies and shrimp??

[luv012]

i was wondering if i can grow and breed both guppies and shrimp without guppies eating small shrimp fries, i am trying to do this mainly to feed my future puffer fish.

 

[DaxD]

I would not try that. I believe the guppies would eat the fries.

 

[sostoudt]

no they will eat the shrimp fries if they can catch them. also some guppies eat the guppy fry too(although the guppies i had didnt).

 

[Noddy]

Guppies are real tiny monsters!
If it moves they'll try to eat it.
I throw some bloodworms in their tank after feeding them to my puffer.
They'll try to eat worms bigger then then.
I breed snails in my guppybreeder for my puffer, that works fine!

 

[msjinkzd]

If you have a tank with some very dense areas of planting (mosses and dense stem plants) you should be able to have a sustainable colony of shrimp, though it would not be as plentiful as it would be in an invert only tank.

 

[Otto_VonBacon]

My shrimps are starting to reproduce in my guppy tank. I started with 4, now i have +10 red cherrys.