Cherry Shrimp

I just received 12 cherry shrimp approx 1/8 to 1/4 inch in length and I am wondering if these are two small to put in my tank right now. the fish that I have in there now which are 1 sunburst platy, 2 mickey mouse platy, 1 salt & pepper platy and 7 zebra danio. My question is will these fish eat these cherry shrimp which are so small at this time. Or should I just put them in and see what happens? Please somebody advise ASAP---Thanks

My guess is yes they are to small. I would recommend letting them get bigger. I use ghost shrimp that are about that size for feeders form my community tank.

Phil, I would agree with littleman. I have 15 rcs and 10 yellow shrimp which I just recieved about a month ago. I put a few in my tank to see what would happen and the rest into a 10 gallon by themselves. The 5 to 10 i put into the tank gotten eaten by the cherry barbs and puffer that i own with 2 actually still alive.

If your tank is well planted and no omnivorous fish than I would say good to go, but play it safe and wait a month until they are a little bigger.

Just wondering, Are you planning on breeding them?

Just to let you all know, I did release them in the tankabout 5 hours ago and so far so good, the fish haven't devestated them so far, at last count I was able to count 10 that I was able to see, and the wee small ones are still there. I do have a lot of cover for them to hide in. Tomorrow morning when I turn on the lights, I think that will tell the true story. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed.
My plans are not to breed them, as I won't seperate the males and females. If I see they are breeding and I'm sure they will and they survive, I will contact my local LFS and see what kind of deal I can swing, as none of the LFS around here have these red cherry shrimp. Thanks for the replies.
Phil

I have mine in a 10 gallon, I couldn't tell you how many are in there now. I just have a couple endlers in there other than the shrimp.

You can see the eggs on the females when they lay. They carry them under their abdomen. It's pretty cool, they're yellow, and rather small. Their feet are constantly moving over them.

The shrimp are a blast to watch.