Looking for tankmates for a 20 gallon rcs tank

[Numero111]

I will soon obtain a 20 gallon high rcs tank and was thinking of what else I could put in there. I have endler guppies I'm putting in and I was thinking of something like a kuhli loach. Are those shrimp safe and what are some other good tank mates?

[sunkenmetal]

that loach will murder your skrimp

Ottos are always a sure thing with shrimp...

[Numero111]

Ok I think ill get some ottos. Do u think Amano shrimp will cause trouble with the rcs?

[eklikewhoa]

Amanos will steal food
Kuhlis will eat babies and if hungry will go after adults
RCS are some of the most prolific dwarf shrimp and only R_MasterShrimpKeeper has mastered the art of keeping his shrimp from overrunning the tank.

[Numero111]

Good to know i think ill just leave it at rcs and endlers

i can always feed extras to my shell dwellers

[aquabee]

Wrongness.

My kuhli loach never touched my shrimplets enough to decrease their population by a noticeable amount. I kept him well fed though and the tank was very heavily planted. I also kept CPDs, chilis, ruby tetras, and green neons and they all did very well with my yellow shrimp.

[eklikewhoa]

I watched mine eat CRS on several occasions, they won't decimate the population but will keep it in check.

Endlers would probably be worse off than the kuhlis

[aquabee]

I watched mine eat CRS on several occasions, they won't decimate the population but will keep it in check.

Endlers would probably be worse off than the kuhlis

I agree that the endlers would be worse. I can accept that maybe the kuhlis ate some shrimp. My yellows still went from 4 to 40 in 4 months, even with the loach in there.

[aquabee]

And RCS are so roach-y they'd probably multiply even faster despite the loaches.

[Numero111]

Most likely I will stick with ottos and I never knew endler would do that I had some with snowball shrimp and they were fine until I put a bumblebee goby in there

[mnemenoi]

I keep a ton of stuff with ours in a small densely planted 10 gallon. The denser the plants the more shrimp will survive with predators being in the tank. We have kuhlis, halfbeaks, tetras, pencilfish, white clouds, amanos, bristlenose, corydoras with ours and they can keep our cherry population in check.

[Bedlamer]

I have 3 corys in a 5.5 gallon with a hoard of RCS. I've never seen the corys go after one. Sometimes the shrimp go so far as to crawl on the corys, or almost get in their mouths when there is some food on the substrate.

[Totenkampf]

i have kept CPD and chili rasboras in with my shrimp and have never seen them hunting the shrimp. i would feel pretty safe about dwarf cories too. my ottos will pounce the algae discs but the shrimp have no problem walking right up to them and picking at whatever part isnt actually under the otto.

[Numero111]

ok good i have 3 chili rasboras and maybe i can get some more...

[Totenkampf]

fish gallery often has chillis and strawberries but i like the chillis better. i will try green neons next.