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im thinking of getting some other type of shrimp but dont know what one to go for the water in the tank is normally soft acidic water have a rockery a plastic wood tunnel a verry bushy plant and going to get some java moss soon and another plant(not too keen on plants but seems to be going ok with my new plant). anyway i have amano shrimp, 1 bamboo shrimp,1 giant african fan shrimp,some apple snails, phantom tetras,neon and glow light tetras,some male and female guppies,3 coolie loaches and a dwarf ram Cichlid all are verry friendly towards each other and never chase each other around the tank (apart from same spicies chaceing each other) anyway would like some help choosing the best suited shrimp for my tank i read about them but cant decide so i picked some i liked and thaught id ask for some advice as i have to specially order them in i dont want to get a type of shrimp that wont like my tank too much and just want the best one for the tank.
thanks

Caridina serratirostris ,Neocaridina sp. "blue", Caridina sp. "Crystal Red",Caridina sp. "Tiger",Caridina sp. "Chinese Zebra"

my opinion is the ram will probably snack on any of the specie you mention there ....
japonica, and fan shrimp are of but dont push the temptation to hard

my rams jump on any shrymp smaller than adult japonica, but can be my Rams problems also

i do have some small red nose shrimp and my ram is fine with them (the pet shop i got them from said they would be fine in my tank even tho they are supposed to be in "medium hard, very alkaline water " if i knew about this website before i got them then i wouldnt of got them but they seem fine.) mine seem to be fine, verry clear bodys and nice red noses and tails and verry active and my ram is really shy towards its tank mates (it swam away from my smallest red nose as if it was scared of it the other day when it wa swimming off the plant to the rockery. i do spend alot of time watching them and never seen anything have a go at another fish/shrimp apart from my african fan shrimp tell my bamboo shrimp where to go when it was in his log. the smallest shtimp i have atm is about 1 cm. thanks for the reply.