elleseajay
New member
Hey all,
I have my aquarium for a little while now, and almost 2 weeks ago I added its first inhabitants; 3 alpine newts! To try and create a self sustaining circle of life, I did my research and looked for a cleaning crew. I ended up with the following advice: neritina's for cleaning the glass and looked at cherry shrimp for general clean up. I was hestitant about the shrimp as I've been warned the newts might eat them. But I've seen multiple people online claiming they are succesfully housing newts with shrimp.
My friend has a cherry tank, of which she gifted me a good bunch of them, and added a piece of java mos for them to hide in/under. The first 2 days I would see them every now and then and after that; not a single shrimp spotted. Ok. They are shy creatures, benefit of the doubt for my newts. They may just be hiding. Then my friend suggested: 'you could add amano shrimp, they are bigger and less likely to be eaten'. Okay, makes sense. I looked at them at the pet store and yeah, they are bigger. Maybe even the size of a newt's head. Ok we'll see if we add 5 how things go. Same thing happend; first 2 days I see them every now and then, but the last few days; nothing.
I don't want to stress them out by going over this again and again, it's important there's a stable balance. With or without shrimp.
It seems to me that no matter the shrimp, my newts will love to snack on them. I'm looking for people with experience and tips and tricks?
I am new to newts and am trying my best so please be nice.
Thanks!
I have my aquarium for a little while now, and almost 2 weeks ago I added its first inhabitants; 3 alpine newts! To try and create a self sustaining circle of life, I did my research and looked for a cleaning crew. I ended up with the following advice: neritina's for cleaning the glass and looked at cherry shrimp for general clean up. I was hestitant about the shrimp as I've been warned the newts might eat them. But I've seen multiple people online claiming they are succesfully housing newts with shrimp.
My friend has a cherry tank, of which she gifted me a good bunch of them, and added a piece of java mos for them to hide in/under. The first 2 days I would see them every now and then and after that; not a single shrimp spotted. Ok. They are shy creatures, benefit of the doubt for my newts. They may just be hiding. Then my friend suggested: 'you could add amano shrimp, they are bigger and less likely to be eaten'. Okay, makes sense. I looked at them at the pet store and yeah, they are bigger. Maybe even the size of a newt's head. Ok we'll see if we add 5 how things go. Same thing happend; first 2 days I see them every now and then, but the last few days; nothing.
I don't want to stress them out by going over this again and again, it's important there's a stable balance. With or without shrimp.
It seems to me that no matter the shrimp, my newts will love to snack on them. I'm looking for people with experience and tips and tricks?
I am new to newts and am trying my best so please be nice.
Thanks!