Garuf
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Yeah, if already dead all fish will pick at a tasty shrimp inc things we consider algae eaters like otocinclus. I’m gut instinct is that is what the op has observed.
deep breath howeverrrr, knowing the species in question from daily observation, I know that if they get a chance and get lucky, they can will and do take down cherries as large as themselves.
I aren’t sure there is a shrimp safe fish, just varying degrees of predation, tiny male least killi, will take shrimp up to as large as themselves, male endlers if they aren’t chasing females will take shrimp up to 1cm, mosquito rasbora will take shrimplets up to about 6mm…
I’ve been called out before for coming over as high and mighty, So, Please don’t take this like I’m saying you aren’t an observant fish keeper, I’m not exactly 10/10 one myself.
But it’s my experience from observation that if it can eat it, it will eat it. My vampire crabs would actively hunt endlers and cherries yet many insist there’s never did. My cpds and least killis I see hunting shrimp, Ive seen otos take a newborn cherry and so on. Just because it hasn’t been seen, doesn’t mean it’s not happening.
