S. lineolata and RCS?

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S. lineolata and RCS?

Post by Aquarist_Fist » Tue Apr 28, 2009 12:08 am

Hi, quick question: Do S. lineolata prey on red cherry shrimp? I introduced a bunch of juvenile RCS, assuming that the lineolatas don't have the tools to actively take down a live shrimp.

Well, today I saw one chewing on a shrimp tail. Of course, she could have found the shrimp dead...
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Post by Mad Duff » Tue Apr 28, 2009 4:55 am

I have found that S. lineolata, Sewellia spotted and Homaloptera will actively hunt very young shrimp, if an adult or a juvenile has died or is in a position to be caught I think they will eat it.
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Post by Jim Powers » Tue Apr 28, 2009 3:44 pm

I have shrimp in both tanks that contain Sewellia and I wish they would eat more shrimp. Both tanks have lots of shrimp and I would like to have a little (but not too much) predation. They may be eating some, but I have cherries, tigers and another clear species reproducing like mad.
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Post by Mad Duff » Tue Apr 28, 2009 4:15 pm

Mine are still going wild Jim and to be honest if I hadn't seen them going after them I wouldn't have thought they were eating any.

Maybe you are feeding them to well Jim :wink:
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Post by palaeodave » Tue Apr 28, 2009 4:23 pm

Oh if only I could find tiger shrimp!!!

Snailshop have some blue tiger shrimp, but even on a special offer of 5 for fifty quid, I'll have to pass for now! Pictures don't look great either:

http://www.snailshop.co.uk/p/742673/5-x ... hrimp.html

Jim, got any pics of your shrimp?
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Post by Jim Powers » Tue Apr 28, 2009 4:47 pm

My tiger shrimp are the regular black striped kind. The pictures don't quite do them justice. They develop a nice gold color as they settle in.
I have been surprised at how well they are reproducing.
http://www.planetinverts.com/Tiger%20Shrimp.html

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Maybe you are feeding them to well Jim
You may be right. Have you seen how fat some of my fish are?
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