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I have several tanks of bushy nose plecos, most all longfin- there are no fish with them- can anyone tell me if caridina / neocaridina would live and breed compatibly with these plecos? The plecos cannot move super fast due to the extra long finnage..... I am quite certain that plecos will not eat healthy shrimp- my biggest worry is that the shrimp would need to be on their toes, as plecos tend to move in an unpredictable way. Anyone have experience? There are a few disadvantages I can think of off the top of my head- plecos love lots of current. Also, plecos put out quite a lot of waste. Maybe too much ammonia for the shrimp - or maybe it is ok in a well cycled tank....?

Should work well ,as long as it is not breeder tanks filled to the max with
young ancisterus.I have seen ancisterus recomended as a tank mate for dwarfshrimp.

I keep 2 male bn plecs (not together of course since males are territorial and will harass the weaker males) with amanos and cherrys with no problems.

I would avoild clown plecos as I think mine was eating baby cherries.

TKD

The only two fish species I would personally consider would be an otocinclus cat or the bristlenose.

However, I still like shrimp-only tanks and believe that shrimp do best without competition from larger organisms.

thanks for your opinions- these are breeder tanks with several ancistrus per tank. Well, the more I think about it, people feed live baby brine shrimp to plecos- so I do believe they may eat the baby shrimp, if they are given the opportunity. I know that plecos will not purposely go after any live food, but if it is on the substrate, and in their eating path, and small enough, they will vacuum it in. SO I guess I better to stick to my species specific tanks. thanks all !

Baby brine aren't quite the same as FW shrimp fry. The FW shrimp are in their natural environment, and more likely to move if something larger comes too close.