would a goldfish eat shrimps?

wheezo · Post by **wheezo** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 4:57 pm

hmm... 4inch goldfish + cherry shrimps = ???

Pconnieae · Post by **Pconnieae** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 5:13 pm

Hi,

I have had a goldfish with my red cherry shrimps for a few weeks, I never saw him catch any shrimp. It was a 3 inch goldfish, he was not rapid enough to swallow a shrimp

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I then put that fish in another tank because he often mistakes pellets and shrimps even if he couldn't catch the shrimps

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beckypyyeung · Post by **beckypyyeung** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 5:19 pm

Sometimes I give shrimp shell to my two goldfish. They enjoy this kind of 'snack' very much.

Adrianna · Post by **Adrianna** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 8:21 pm

I had 5 red cherries and 3 bumblebee shrimps in my community tank with red rainbowfishes (Glossolepis Insicus) for a day... After that I haven't seen them

I tested if the fish would eat these shrimps: I threw a dead green shrimp into the aquarium. The fish ripped it into peaces in seconds!

So I would'n try keeping small shrimps with any fish. In a finnish forum (http://www.aqua-web.org) I remember seeing stories on amano shrimps with goldfish.

-Adrianna-