Betta And Red Cherry Shrimp
So they rarely cross paths.
Betta and red cherry shrimp. I have a shrimp tank with a betta and the betta shows no interest in the shrimp. The cherry shrimp also known as the red cherry shrimp scientific name. Betta s are supposed to be ok with shrimp but we have had to move him into another tank after a week.
Betta fish and red cherry shrimp. I do have a centerpiece of a large piece of driftwood with small. For best results you should try picking a betta that already lives with shrimp give your cherry shrimp plenty of hiding places and don t place them in a tank smaller than 10 gallons.
Because cherry shrimp are smaller you can normally put them in a smaller tank albeit with less of them. It is a freshwater shrimp which is one of the reasons why is compatible with the betta. Actually it entirely depends on the personality of the betta.
Their eye catching pink color gives the cherry shrimp its common name although the species can also be found in orange yellow green blue violet red and black. This is my new nano tank one betta five red cherry shrimp moss balls rocks and live plants. When setting up your tank make sure you add lots of plants such as java moss anubias and betta bulbs.
Bettas like the top to mid level of a tank while shrimps occupy the bottom. So i have a betta in a 6 gallon fluval edge that i would like to add red cherry shrimp to. If you only want 10 shrimp and a betta then a 5 gallon tank is a great choice.
The cherry shrimp comes in a variety of graded colors. Neocardinia heteropoda is a peaceful shrimp that is native to the waters of taiwan. A female cherry shrimp will grow to 1 inch but the males will be a lot smaller.