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Inverts for Apistogramma cacatuoides, Neon, Cory tank?

Wulfen

Wulfen

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Hello all.
Could anyone recommend inverts that would get along with Panda cory,s, Neons and Apistogramma cacatuoides?
I believe they add interesting characters and provide a nice cleanup crew.
I would love to have shrimp but I have read that the Apisto will eat them.
Different types of snail would be cool, as would any other type of invert, I just love aquatic inverts 🙂
The system will be a jungle tank with Co2 & fert dosing.
 
Nerite snails would be a good work horse.

Big amano shrimp could hold their own. Just be sure to feed the fish very regularly though.
 
rebel said:
Nerite snails would be a good work horse.

Big amano shrimp could hold their own. Just be sure to feed the fish very regularly though.
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Many thanks, rebel. These look really nice, lots of different colors and shapes.
I especially like the horned nerite's.
Those shrimp are pretty chunky 🙂
Are Malaysian Trumpet Snails suitable?
 
I suppose ... though my wild caught group spawned & managed free swimming fry (community tank) in pH 7.4 - 7.5, >310 TDS tap water

(initially picked up a group of 7 nondescript grey juveniles, the eventual 3 females & 4 males coexisted happily enough - 2 females always seeemd to spawn at the same time ... OK, they were my favourite, all time group :happy:)
 
Apart from the snails and Amano shrimp, are there any other inverts that can be added to the aquarium?
 
Don’t count on A cacatuoides good behaviour with regards Amano shrimp - shop display tank has a couple males & I notice there are very few Amano’s remaining 😉
 
alto said:
Don’t count on A cacatuoides good behaviour with regards Amano shrimp - shop display tank has a couple males & I notice there are very few Amano’s remaining 😉
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Cheers alto 🙂
Does this always occur, or depending on the individual fish?
If the shrimp are already present before the ac are introduced maybe it would help?
 
alto said:
Don’t count on A cacatuoides good behaviour with regards Amano shrimp - shop display tank has a couple males & I notice there are very few Amano’s remaining 😉
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Agree. That's why I said make sure you keep those fish fed very very well. Even then, you'd need to start with the largest of amano shrimp and juvie fishies. fingers crossed for you.
 
I find that once my fish start shrimp hunting (& really who wouldn’t! Such FUN!!! ) they while away the hours between Food Shipments from The Sky indulging in their baser (natural) instincts
 
Wulfen said:
so torn between agassizi, cacatuoides, and female panduros
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All the femmes look stunning in breeding dress 😀
as do the boys :wideyed:

As for who goes hunting, it’s a natural instinct so wilds are usually the most dedicated (& instant 😳 )
I’ve never had Chocolate Gouramis shrimp hunt - then had a group that cleared the tank 😱 ... had another group that decided one day to chop down certain plants, they’d bite the stalk in half, worry a bunch of leaves, then release ... took me almost 2 weeks to catch them out 😡


Having shrimp etc established & adding juvenile Apisto’s etc last, can definitely help; also good ground cover (think MC, HC & similar) means lots of place for baby shrimp to live ... I’d establish some easy breeding Cherry type shrimp as well as the Amano’s - shrimp will be more confident in numbers, bolder, less likely to “respond” to initial “hunt” attempts
(a bit like the cat that won’t run so, dog gets confused - this can work with juvenile non-wilds ... unless tank bred fish grew up in a shrimp hunting culture 😳 😳 😳)

I had a group of Altums that completely accepted the harlequins rasboras they’d grown up with but hunted any new harlequin additions (saw them at 3am while getting a glass of water)
 
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