Fish And Others

I have kept amano shrimp with fish like apistogrammas and dwarf chain loaches, so with plenty hiding places they should be OK. The only problems is their lack of colour and the fact they can't breed in fresh water.
The colourful cherry shrimps (red, orange, yellow and even blue) are smaller and could be picked off by the tetras or barbs. The baby shrimps would be eaten as they are tiny, but a few might make it.

You could try two or three cherry shrimp and see how they get on. If they thrive, buy some more.



Shrimps do need somewhere to hide away when they moult. Because their 'skin' is hard, they have to shed it as they grow and they are very vulnerable while the new 'skin' hardens. The cabomba, bing a fine leaved plants, would be a reasonable hiding place, as would small caves if you have those. And those shed skins look like a hollow dead shrimp on the bottom of the tank, a shock when you first see one of you don't know what it is 

I did keep cherry shrimp in my 200l for a while but they were very rarely seen which is why I set up a tank specifically for them. I do have shrimp in the 200l still though, a common clear shrimp whose name eludes me atm. They are prolific breeders however and seem to be maintaining their population. That said I don't have any big fish in there, so that might have a lot to do with it.