Ignore the clown killi fish, she likes to photobomb.
Yes I know some shrimp keepers cull the duller ones, but I refuse, I love all my skrimps. I don't care if their 'grade' goes down over time, they're my babies.
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I love my neocardina! If you have a suitable tank you should get some immediately because you'll be cleaning it much less often. Unfortunately tank mates are hard, most fish will eat the fry and probably at least attempt to go for the adults, although I have successfully had them thriving and even breeding in a 15 gallon with a betta who once, with a full stomach, devoured 4 the moment they were added and before I had a chance to intervene. Trick was to add the betta to an already established group, although people report mixed results with this method. Really interesting behavior, basically the perfect aquatic pet
I have dwarf barbs in one of my tanks for the exact same reason, unfortunately despite supposedly having some of the smallest mouths they are nimble af and suspiciously this is the only tank in which the shrimp have not taken off. I never caught them in the act, but same with my betta and when they passed (fuck dropsy) the population exploded. Fwiw, in my limited experience the detritus worm and copepod community has always calmed to what I consider an acceptable level with time and without predators, I'm not sure why this is
Oh and snails are good friends for shrimp, but they eat like crazy and produce a lot of waste