I have been eyeing these two types for a couple months now. I need help decided which, or both, would be suitable for my tank.
Right now my neo shrimp & snails take priority so I don't want to put them at risk. However, most of what I'm reading claims that this breed of fish is peaceful & can coexist with pretty much anything.
Also, if you have any advice about these fish that may be useful please let me know 🙂
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Posted by theliiquor
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I like the bottom one
I’ve heard of cpds devouring shrimp, so prob the bottom one.
A small rsbora will eat less shrimp than a CPD
I’ve kept both successfuly with neocaridina. Both are very peaceful fish, but I lean towards CPDs as they are more colorful and slightly bigger – chili rasboras feel too small, haha. Feels like you need alot of them to ‘fill’ your tank.
They won’t attack adult shrimp at all. However, newly born shrimplings definitely will be eaten by both, or any other similarly sized fish for that matter. If you have a lot of plants, however, with a lot of small leaves and foilage like water wisteria or ampulla, most of your shrimplings will survive. Don’t beat yourself up over losing a few – they’re very enticing to micro fish.