Will lemon tetras eat shrimp in a planted community?

[crimsonmoon]

i am brainstorming ideas for what i can do in one tank after i move, and have a random question.
will lemon tetras (or tetras in general) eat shrimp or shrimplets in a planted community setting?

 

[Virtuoso2K12]

Not that i know of,unless they are in the large family,but i think they mad eat the shrmiplets.

 

[crimsonmoon]

google says their max size is 3.8 centimeters. is that considered big for tetras?

 

[Virtuoso2K12]

nope.

 

[crimsonmoon]

sweet thanks

 

[zzyzx85]

if it can fit in their mouth, they'll try to eat it. I've seen my black neons try but i think the shell saved the shrimp.

 

[crimsonmoon]

are they avid hunters of shrimp babies or is it only a "if i see it ill go for it" kind of thing. because if it is the second would some of the babies make it in a densely planted aquarium?

 

[ChrisK]

Lemon Tetras are fine with shrimp

 

[colinsk]

I have 9 Lemon tetras in a 29 gallon with 10 amano shrimp and they don't seem to notice each other.

 

[Bubbles2112]

I have Lemon Tetras with Red Cherries. They will eat the shrimplets but do not actively hunt them. If they happen to meet......the advantage goes to the Tetra!