Anyone have Cleaner Shrimp and Coral Banded Shrimp

[crzyfshygy]

I have a coral banded shrimp and I went to get a couple cleaner shrimp and my book said the coral banded shrimp would kill the cleaner!!! Is this true? Does anyone have these two together?

 

[speg]

Coral banded shrimp are known to kill cleaner shrimp and other shrimp...
Shrimp on shrimp crime makes me sick.

 

[mbowker]

I have a coral banded, cleaner shrimp, and a fire shrimp in a 150 gal. no problems.

 

[chazz66]

Cleaner + Coral Banded=

In my tank!

 

[hurt]

Cleaners + CBS =

Dead cleaners in my tank three times
I lost 2 cleaners in my tank, before I finally witnessed my CBS kill a third right before my eyes. I was wondering why they kept disappearing, until I finally saw him in action. Needless to say the CBS is no longer in my tank. I personally would not put a CBS in a tank with cleaners or most other shrimp. They are very aggresive and if they get a chance will take out most other types of shrimp. Again, I saw the CBS take out a cleaner right before my eyes, they're little devils in my book. Not beneficial like cleaners.

 

[gold strip]

Most CBs will hunt down other shrimp and kill them. Especially when the other shrimp are molting.
I have a 180 gal reef with half a dozen cleaners and a couple Fire shrimp in it but my Maroon Clown and my CB are in a 16gal in my office because I cant trust them in my main tank. The CB even goes after the Maroon every once in a while and the Maroon is over 4 inches! Mean suckers, both of them!

 

[smoney]

I had a cleaner shrimp, fire shrimp, camal shrimp, and coral banded shrimp all together in a 50 gallon, I guess you could call me a shrimpaholic. All of them are living together and have been for almost a year, except just recently my cleaner shrimp died. I really would not recommend a CBS because they chase fish away and chase sleaner shrimp away. My CBS even killed my two month old bamboo shark, who happened to just be sleeping next to him.

 

[viper_930]

I've had two CBS, fire shrimp, scarlet cleaners, and a few sexy shrimp in the same 36g tank with no aggression. Could just be because I had the dwarf CBS instead of the full sized kind. The yellows and blue's are dwarf and max out at about 2.5-3".

 

[tgill]

I have a cbs and a cleaner for over a year. The cleaner just stays out of the cbs's way. I like how the cbs thinks he is the king of the tank.

 

[bang guy]

Usually, once a Coral Banded matures it will eventually track down any Cleaner Shrimp during it's molt and eat it. It can take a couple of years for a Coral Banded to reach maturity.
In my opinion they are not compatible long term.

 

[fishieness]

i wanted to try it, but not worth the 25$ donation to my LFS. Mine is very well fed. He crawls around me zoos and rocks and finds amphiopods, and also i spot feed him some, but he still hunts the amphiopods, and it is this need for hunting thatmakes me worried.

 

[mudplayerx]

Although a cbs is not compatible with other shrimp... I still say get the cbs. They are a joy to watch with their 6 incredibly long tentacles and the attitude in which they carry themselves.
At the moment I have three saron shrimp in my 55 gallon with the cbs, and whenever they rarely cross paths, the cbs tries its hardest to catch the saron shrimp.

 

[ssweet1]

I have a huge coral banded shrimp and a large cleaner both have molted before and they kinda hang out together- no problems. The cleaner shrimp isnt cleaning these days but the fish keep trying to pull up for service and the shrimp ignores them

Carrie

 

[johngebw]

Originally Posted by crzyfshygy
I have a coral banded shrimp and I went to get a couple cleaner shrimp and my book said the coral banded shrimp would kill the cleaner!!! Is this true? Does anyone have these two together?

I'm holding 2 coral banded shrimps and 1 Cleaner. You not supposed to put 2 coral banded shrimps together because they will fight. but I added my second one right after my first sheded which shouls not cause a problem. All 3 of them are doing fine in my 80.

 

[smoney]

Bang Guy: Usually, once a Coral Banded matures it will eventually track down any Cleaner Shrimp during it's molt and eat it. It can take a couple of years for a Coral Banded to reach maturity.
Hey Bang Guy, nice point that sounds like what happened to my cleaner shrimp. Right after he molted he died.

 

[futurama]

CBS's are

[hr]
. I had one that would catch my clowns by the tail & that ate a fire shrimp. He bullied the entire tank. I returned the CBS & now have two peppermints & a cleaner that eat out of & clean my hand. I will NEVER own another CBS.