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Could anyone offer me any advice on this --

I was wondering if it's possible to keep M. Assamensis together with M. Lanchesteri. I currently keep two Lanchesteri together with a group of 6 amanos and 6 rasboras. None of these seem to bother each other.

Incidentally, there was one thread on this subject before. It didn't seem to be very helpful though...

Unless you have a huge tank and just 1-3 macros and tons of hiding spaces the M. lanchesteri will end up as either dinner right away or will be stressed out to such a degree that they will die and then become dinner.

Dwarf shrimp actually do much better with macros in larger tanks (in small ones they become dinner/lunch/snacks too). You can even have a reproducing colony of dwarf shrimp in large macro tanks with lots of hiding spaces.

I guess I should wait until I have the space for a larger tank then. Thanks!

Yep, I've successfully kept Amano and Ghost shrimp with Red Claw adults and juveniles, only where there was no over crowding.