Betta Fish And Cherry Shrimp

For the betta fish getting betta bulbs is also recommended.

Betta fish and cherry shrimp. A cherry shrimps size varies. In fact the cherry shrimp will be happy to mostly feed of the remnants of food and other scraps that are leftover from when the betta feeds and then falls to the bottom of the tank. With larger plants it will surely help your betta fish to find a lot of spots to hide.

A female cherry shrimp will grow to 1 inch but the males will be a lot smaller. I ve been thinking of putting cherry. And luckily cherry shrimp and bettas love the same conditions.

Cherry shrimp on the other hand can survive in a temperature between 77 81 f and a ph level between 6 2 7 3. As cherry shrimp are very small in comparison to the other species we ve mentioned there is a good chance that larger fish in your tank could try to eat them. Because cherry shrimp are smaller you can normally put them in a smaller tank albeit with less of them.

If you only want 10 shrimp and a betta then a 5 gallon tank is a great choice. You can try and give your cherry shrimp the best chances of survival in a betta tank by setting up your tank in a favorable way for both fish. I have made a craft mesh divider that i have sewn moss to both sides and it looks good but it is patchy and i don t want the betta to stress each other if they see through the gaps.

Unfortunately the cherry shrimps flashy colors can attract your betta s attention which could provoke an attack. The betta is not likely to be threatened by small red shrimp scurrying at the bottom of the tank and the cherry shrimp are not going to be in direct competition for resources with the betta. These kinds of plants are excellent for cherry shrimps particularly because when it grows large enough the cherry shrimp can use them as hiding places for themselves.