If you want more information on the fish featured in this video check out these species profiles below: Exclamation Point Rasbora: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hp-iw8SOmau-pdI.html Galaxy Rasbora: kzread.info/dash/bejne/d6ah2I-QnLy8dps.html Mystery Snails: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mYuL2pSDhcKwddI.html Pygmy Cory Cats: kzread.info/dash/bejne/dG2KyNeih9TLiZc.html Chili Rasbora: kzread.info/dash/bejne/jKmAyc6zl8K-isY.html Dwarf Rasbora: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nICetKx9nqrAaKw.html Green Kubotai Rasbora: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gnypxKSEkdjOl9o.html Our new shirts can be found at: www.primetimeaquatics.com/merch Want to become a Prime Timer and see behind the scenes fish room videos? Consider becoming a member: kzread.info/dron/YVN7EN0ALL6CE4U7NpMUTA.htmljoin For the latest in the fish room check us out on Instagram primetime_aquatics If you want to see all the cool stuff Joanna does with other types of scapes check out her channel! kzread.info/dron/PEZk1MpOTGiBVh6BtWjlRg.html

For what it’s worth this recipe worked really well for me…. A floor of substrate capped w/ black sand, spattered with dragon stone chips, and a dragon stone feature. I glued moss to the big chips and part of the feature and had a background of stem plants. Frogbit on top. Clean up crew was narites and trumpet snails. Fish were neon tetra and beta. Filtration was two directional sponge filters. First month was plants only, 2nd month was added shrimp, 3rd month added fish. The shrimp bred like crazy. I think good cover and stable water parameters were the key.

I'd disagree on Galaxy rasboras and kubotai rasboras - they're both active and curious species and they're known to suddenly start hunting for smaller shrimps even after a few months in the aquarium.

You both do a fantastic job with these videos. Appreciate you!

Thank you so much for the info. Love your channel.

Love this! Thanks for putting out these recos!!

Great suggestions. I’ve kept my endlers with cherry shrimp and they did just fine. Joanna, nice to see you back on Mondays again. Happy Monday! 😊

Nice list of compatible fish! I have 2 hillstream loaches with my orange cherry shrimp, such amazing creatures to look at and enjoy

Im currently keeping a male galaxy betta with cherry shrimp in a planted nano tank and it seems to be working quite well. Surprisingly. The color contrast and activity in the tank is amazing. I’m also considering putting a narite snail in the tank now thanks so much!

HAPPY MONDAY ! always great to y'alls smiling faces !

Love your suggestions. Thank u

@PrimeTimeAquatics

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great video! I have a planted 75 with driftwood, chollo wood and some larger rocks. There are about 200 blue shrimp, albino pleccos, Galaxy rasboras, ottocinclus, and hillstream loaches. Everything in this tank is breeding on its own except for the ottos. The last fish to reproduce were the loaches. Was somewhat surprised to see Galaxy rasboras fry swimming around as well.

I love my pygmy Cory's so much. I got them actually weeks ago they're like a half inch long. Can't wait for them to grow up

I prefer beef with my shrimp but now set up with 1 neon (survivor), 6 green neon's, 3 nerite snails and 6 blue dreams in a planted 10 gal. Getting back into the hobby after many years (way before KZread). Shrimp and live plants are my 1st experiment. Recovered from the Petco diseases and doing well now. Thank you guys for doing these videos. They have helped me get back into hobby and survive problems. Patients he says!.... Now it's time to think about another big mbuna tank.

Great video! I have a 37 gallon with 13 green kubotai rasboras, 10 harlequin rasboras and 8 otocinclus with a full colony of mixed neocaridina. My rasboras have definitely been good with the shrimp for the most part. They will try to eat a baby if one swims right by them but they never hunt the shrimp. Both times I've seen it the baby shrimp popped away and didn't get eaten. Also both times it was a kubotai trying to eat a baby not a harlequin so i would say harlequins could be on this list. Once my shrimp get about half way grown they can swim all around the schooling rasboras with no issues.

I would like to add two other recommendations based on my experiences. They are the Harlequin Rasboras and the black neon tetras. They don't even go near or bother my cherry and or ghost shrimp.

Thanks for this list! I’ve just moved a bunch of shrimp into a 15 gallon Fluval Flex with a bunch of plants. I love shopping for fish, etc. Have a great day!

@PrimeTimeAquatics

7 ай бұрын

Have fun!

Mondays are awesome my day off ☺️

@PrimeTimeAquatics

Жыл бұрын

Woohoo!

I have a small school of paleatus corydoras with my orange neocaridina, and bladder snails to keep the glass clean. Seems to be working well so far and I'm seeing a lot of shrimplets grow up, the corys are well fed on a daily algae wafer

@PrimeTimeAquatics

5 ай бұрын

Nice!

Great choices! 😁 love the least killisfish as well!

My initial tank setup in a standard 20 was guppies, neon tetras, and shrimp.. the shrimp thrived in that setup.

Hello Prime Time Aquatics! I love all of your suggestions. My favorite has to be the Least Killies. I started a colony after seeing yours a few years back. They are the cutest little guys!!! 😍 I can't bear to part with any yet, so they recently got upgraded from a 10 gal to an 18 gal rimless 🤗

@PrimeTimeAquatics

Жыл бұрын

That’s so cool. The babies so cute too!

Thanks So Much Guys🐠👍snails 🐌

You guys!! I love these videos, all the helpful information, but most of all the gorgeous aquatic views. I think you'd be the perfect people to make some relaxing ASMR videos that focus on water movement and fish activity, with really mellow calming music in the background. I am an occupational therapist and can affirm how effective this is, especially with behavioral children, nonverbal and autistic children, and more! I use these types of soothing videos in conjunction with massage, brushing, rocking, joint compression etc and the kids are ALWAYS very relaxed when we're done. I can calm them, help them focus, or put them to sleep with these techniques. I'd watch it too at night. Have you ever considered this?

I have Green Neon Tetras and a few male Endlers with my Cherry Red Shrimp. All doing fine together - lots of baby shrimp around in the open with no problem.

@shesellsfish

Жыл бұрын

I've always had great success with male endlers of all kinds. They are so bright and colorful and they are all over all levels of the tank. Add some bright red cherry shrimp before adding the male endlers, let them get established and BAM, a tank that is bright, rich primary colors and so cool to watch. When money is a little more flexible I want to get some of the itty bitty rasboras. I have the tanks up and running, just waiting on clearing up one last big debt and then the new shrimp and fish are coming. Have a great week guys. 👍❤👍

I have glolight tetras living quite peacefully with some blue dream shrimp currently. Wasn't sure it was going to be so perfect, but so far the tetra don't even care about the shrimplets. They've been together over 6 months.

I like my neon tetras

Happy Monday is back 🙂 like 77

Going to try to get another shrimp colony going in my overwinter tank for my outdoor rice fish when I bring them in next month and then next summer I can do shrimp and medaka in my outdoor tub... My sparkling gourami took out my original shrimp colony... except the amano shrimp...

And of course similar to the Galaxy Rasbora the emerald Rasbora is a great choice also the epesi Rasbora great video but most rasboras are probably the best small rasboras that is don't want nothing big like the brilliant Rasbora LOL

Good Morning.

Hello @Prime Time Aquatics, Love both of your channels! I'm new to the hobby and I have been learning a lot from your videos, they are very informative, Thank you for taking your time to do these videos. I have a question, Do you use tap water or RODI water to keep your shrimp?

@PrimeTimeAquatics

Жыл бұрын

We keep mostly Neocaridina so tap water for us. When doing caridina we mix in RO.

@julim9242

Жыл бұрын

@@PrimeTimeAquatics Thank you!

🐠🐟 I have never kept shrimp. 🌹❤ Gina

Spotted Blue-Eye’s, Pseudomugil gertrudae, are a great companion of shrimp. Their max size is 1.5 inches. They have small mouths and narrow throats, so they probably can’t eat even the smallest babies. I haven’t seen my P. gertrudae eat shrimp, and multiple other sources say that these fish pair well with neo’s. The Red-Neon Blue-Eye, Pseudomugil luminatus, are another beautiful fish to pair with shrimp. They’re even smaller than the gertrudae, with a max size of 0.75-1 inch long. Larger Pseudomugil such as the furcatas aren’t good with neon, as the furcatas are larger and likely will try to eat even the adults.

Setting up my 50 gallon planted tank this week so excited

The cpd’s are micro predators… I’ve witnessed one of the ones I used to have hunt down a cherry shrimp… it was a baby shrimp though.

I have cherry Neos with 8 x-ray tetra and a single female guppy. I know the guppy might be eating some babies... It's a very heavily planted 40g breeder.

I have axelrodi, chili rasbora, cpd's and lambchop rasbora with shrimp. I'm sure the lambchops pick off shrimplets but my shrimp seem to be thriving

I was really hoping youd discuss fish that would eat other bugs in the shrimp aquarium too... but i guess if they eat bugs and worms they will eat shrimplets

We had to relocate our Pygmy Coryadoras to another tank as they were eating the baby neocaridina shrimp! They do not get aggressive with the full grown shrimp though. If anything, the shrimp would bounce on their heads at night while they were sleeping in the plants. 😂😂🦐

Pygmy cory reminds me of the fish from Donkey Kong Country on SNES

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Hey prime! Awesome video, it really helped but I’ve got a new white cloud mountain minnow tank. Im not sure of its safe to keep cherry shrimp with them. As long as all the adults and maybe a baby here and there survive, i would absolutely get them.

@PrimeTimeAquatics

3 ай бұрын

The adults might work?

@WhiteCloudAffinity

3 ай бұрын

Do you think like just one baby here and there will? Like ive got clumps of java moss, huge anubias, green ambulia everywhere, little bit of subwerssertang and amazon frogbit.

How about Pseudomugil Luminatus?

In my experience, CPDs will definitely wipe out baby and juvenile shrimp. I had a heavily planted Dutch style 45g with 100s of a well established cherry shrimp, but after a year, less than a half dozen. They love slithering throughout the plants and picking em off. Adults are perfectly safe tho

Thank you! Considering getting some shrimpies. What about White Cloud Mountain Minnows? Maybe I will start with the Merah and Blue Axelrodi Rasbora tank. But my white cloud tank is prettier 😊

@adamwindsor3268

Жыл бұрын

I had the same question. The tank I plan for a shrimp home has my White Clouds in it, so I'm hoping someone answers!

@PrimeTimeAquatics

Жыл бұрын

The white clouds would probably eat babies. The smaller rasboras are a safer bet.

@fishfk8773

Жыл бұрын

I have blue dream shrimp in a tank full of white cloud mountain minnows and guppies. And the shrimp are doing great and breeding a ton! As long as you have enough cover for them they'll be fine

@adov

Жыл бұрын

I have WCMM with shrimp in a 15 gal with a decent amount of plants, works great

@wendihamlett105

Жыл бұрын

@@fishfk8773 Thank you! Will be adding more plants

I actually have a koi betta , 8 neon cardinals, and 9 tbone Rasboras and my shrimp all survive.

We have entirely native tanks with all native flora and fauna of Missouri species--especially fathead minnows (plain and the rosy red color phase), plus native snails and Mississippi grass shrimp (Palaemonetes kadiakensis). Currently, we are raising shrimplets in another tank and are worried about the larger fatheads eating these babies. Are there any NATIVE nanno fish you would recommend as tank mates for the smaller shrimp? We really want to add some fish to this tank to keep it interesting and balanced.

@PrimeTimeAquatics

Ай бұрын

Florida least killifish?

Snails are great kinda expensive lately. Must be recent inflation:)

Bro ur beard looks so thick and healthy

@PrimeTimeAquatics

10 ай бұрын

My beard thanks you : -)

getting a 40 breeder, curious if you guys would recommend crayfish vs the shrimp with cichlids ? not sure been a while since a tank but i do want a crayfish in there with an algae eater... your thoughts?

@PrimeTimeAquatics

Жыл бұрын

The shrimp will definitely be eaten. If the cichlids are smaller (non-African cichlids) the crayfish might be left alone though. Have fun!

I have 10 Crystal cherry shrimp for 3 months. Still haven’t bred

Hi PTA do you have any video on denison barb

@PrimeTimeAquatics

Жыл бұрын

Not yet, but at some point we will. 😀

Which one would do best is softer water for caridina shrimp ?

@PrimeTimeAquatics

Жыл бұрын

Almost all the tetras and rasboras would be fine.

Thank you again (Always!)for releasing very timely videos. I'm considering getting some shrimp soon and this was a wonderful guide for options. P.S. Is there any hope for training my cichlids to not chomp down on shrimp?😁 Example Conversation between my inseparable-Always Together 2 Largest Cichlids,both Female: Big T(The name of My Largest Texas Cichlid):"Oh look ! Mom gave a snacks!!Let's Get them!!" SamWise Gamgee: ( The name of my largest Blood Female Parrot. I named her that before I knew for sure that she was a Female l.She is an aquatic angel 😇 and the hero in my tank thus the name) "Shrimp are Our Friends,Not Food!😇😇😇" 😘🐷💭😁😀🥰😎😇😇😇🤗Thank you in advance for your optimism in the Success of my Training 😘😘😉😉😉

@PrimeTimeAquatics

Жыл бұрын

Love the names! You could try talking to them but I think they would forget the conversation and go on eating shrimp. Haha

@oinkmastersupremeforever

Жыл бұрын

@@PrimeTimeAquatics Truth,truth... You are absolutely correct.Big T doesn't strike me to be the Studious type🤓. I can hear her already using them big chompers on 🦐 Shrimp Snacks🦷😁.

I've been in the hospital for six month's, but when I get out I want to get a large tank for a nano tank. What do you think, and breed some. Have a great night and thanks for sharing.

@PrimeTimeAquatics

Жыл бұрын

That sounds cool! Hope everything is ok!

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How do Otos do in hard/alkaline water? I’m like 8-8.2 ph. Have done ok with tetras etc

@PrimeTimeAquatics

Жыл бұрын

Not good. I can’t keep them alive in my water.

@justinholmes4333

Жыл бұрын

@@PrimeTimeAquatics thanks. My water in Iowa is very similar to yours, so I really like your videos for things that would be likely to work here

Hi Prime Time Aquatics! I was wondering, can Least or Clown Killies live with sparkling gouramis in a 10 gallon? Yes, I am the one with all the sparkling gourami questions on streams hahaha.

@PrimeTimeAquatics

Жыл бұрын

Most likely it would be ok.

@dt4676

Жыл бұрын

I have 6 golden wonder killifish with a sunset gourami. Haven't seem them interact at all.

@joaquinriquelme5639

Жыл бұрын

@@PrimeTimeAquatics Okay, thank for responding!

@joaquinriquelme5639

Жыл бұрын

@@dt4676 Okay, good to know

Hello. I have all these tiny worm like creatures in my shrimp tank right now. They squiggle and are almost impossible to see. I need a fish that will eat them but not put too much of a dent in my fry. Any suggestions? It's a 14 gallon planted tank.

@PrimeTimeAquatics

3 ай бұрын

I can't think of anything that will eat the detritus worms without also eating shrimp?

For those with shrimp and fish together now does your shrimp activity decrease throughout the tank? I'm scared they'll hide a lot or won't climb their tree

@KevinLSX619

Жыл бұрын

I have some bristlenose plecos with my shrimp in a 40 gallon. Shrimps are just as active as they were before and arent scared of the plecos, even eating together. Havent had other fish with them tho.

Are bettas ok? (Backstory- I added catappa leaves to my crown betta community 20gal, and a black possibly neocaridina shrimp appeared)

@PrimeTimeAquatics

2 ай бұрын

Sometimes they will eat smaller shrimp.

Can confirm that the Galaxy is shrimp friendly... But , unfortunately the shrimp babies are not , and their survival rate is very low .. But , the upside is.... my Galaxies colors is mighty impressive

currently my shrimp live with some pygmy and hastatus cories with no issues

@amazingaquaticsandexotics3030

Жыл бұрын

also 2 pleco fry

I feed my cpds once a day and they still attack my cherries.

Loaches and guppies

Do you guys sell fish to locals outside the club?

@PrimeTimeAquatics

Жыл бұрын

We only sell at swaps but non-members are welcome to attend. Swaps are open to the public.

Prime time aquatics Large cup of coffee pancakes bacon and a glass of oj Life is good 😊

the best fish against algae is "knowledge fish" and "maintenance fish"

Mystery Snails are illegal in Europe v_v

Has anyone tried glass catfish with shrimp? Some people say it would be fine and others say it would be a bloodbath.

@PrimeTimeAquatics

Жыл бұрын

My guess is they would find the shrimp tasty, but I haven’t tried it.

I have an “algae destruction” tank below my shrimp tank (both 20 Longs) where I dump hair algae infested plants that the shrimp and snails don’t bother with, that tank contains a trio of Florida Flag Fish which decimate the algae… FFF are definitely NOT shrimp safe (think the personality of a betta combined with a cichlid and sunfish) but they obliterate algae…

@PrimeTimeAquatics

6 ай бұрын

That’s awesome!

My CPD's eats my shrimps 😪

@PrimeTimeAquatics

Жыл бұрын

Well that stinks!

Zebras

I have a fish tank,,, with Blue Dreams, Ramshorn Snails and Ember Tetras.. and a carpet of Pearl Weed, its Babies all over.. all 3 species :D

Would you recommend a hillstream loach with shrimp?

@PrimeTimeAquatics

3 ай бұрын

That would probably work.

The only thing mystery snails are good at is dying.