Will Rainbowfish eat shrimp?

[BiGBlak]

This is just a thought, i was thinking of getting some shrim and raising them in my planted tank and occasionally feed them to my cichlids for some live action . Would rainbowfish eat them since they are in the planted tank also? what do you guys think of that idea ?

[Gisela]

If they are the small kind, they sure will. My Rainbows act like Piranhas sometimes at feeding time!

[BiGBlak]

If they are the small kind, they sure will. My Rainbows act like Piranhas sometimes at feeding time!

So your saying the shrimp wouldnt last long in a rainbowfish community with some cory cats? Im talking about the red cherry shrimp

[Gisela]

Mine would eat them. They eat live smaller worms that size. Maybe they leave bigger shrimp alone.

[rich311k]

Yes they will eat them.

[BiGBlak]

Yes they will eat them.

i wouldnt mind them eating them i just wonder would they have time to multiply ? because i plan to add them to give my tank because i think they will look and when they get out of control set a trap and feed my cichlids every now and then. Or will they take them out as soon as i put them in the tank because i know they are good hiders

[rich311k]

I would doubt that many at all will survive very long.

[BiGBlak]

I would doubt that many at all will survive very long.

well i guess thats not going to work lol. i thought that the multiply so fast that it would be impossible for them to eat them all. thats all . i may or may not try and see what happens. if i do what shrimp could survive at adult size ?

[Omi256]

I have 3 dwarf neons in my 10 gallon aquarium along with 2 rhino shrimp and the rainbows have never harmed my shrimp, nor have the 6 gold tetras in the same aquarium. I have had this setup for monthes

[Taurus]

If it fits in their mouth, they eat'em. Dwarf neons do have smaller mouths