shrimp with juvenile axolotl

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am i able to keep ghost shrimp in a tank with my 5 inch axie, or do i need to wait until he gets bigger? i was considering getting them, as they help with cleaning
 
HAHAHAHA! Ghost shrimp might help with cleaning but axolotl sees them as food! :D

As a rule of thumb, before you add anything to the tank, always make sure it doesn't have parasites. A ghost shrimp algae-eating cleaning crew is going to need constant replacement. As mentioned, axolotl doesn't see them as such. Axolotl sees food! :D
 
I added 10 ghost shrimp to my tank with my 5” juvi (after quarantine with meds to make sure no disease or parasites). It occasionally hunted and chased them, very cute. After a week there was 4 left and the axoltol seemed to have lost interest. So now they coexist.. wait patiently out of view while the axi eats then will scrounge around for scraps. People have mixed feelings but it’s worked out in my tank.
 

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