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You did not mention if you were referring to fresh or salt water angels. Yes both can eat shrimp with no ill effects. The freshwater angel prefers the small grass (also called ghost) shrimp, and live brine shrimp when trying to get into breeding condition.

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YEs they do. I've seen mine eat the "hair" like algae growing from my live plants.

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Sometimes, yes. ok ALL the time one time a kitten fell in the tank and they attacked it. my daughter was devastated. we had to buy her a new kitty.

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Yes. Fully grown Angelfish will certainly eat small (less than 1.5 inch) shrimps.

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Some saltwater butterflies eat some types of algae but the freshwater African butterfly is a carnivore.

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