cleaner Vs. fire Shrimp for a 2nd shrimp..

[bill109]

hello
i want ot add another shrimp to the tank tht cleans paraites and such
so i wanted either a cleaner or a fire shrimp. i have a cleaner already.
coud i buy anohter cleaner if they arent the sam size.. will they fight?
or shoudl i go with a fire. are they hard to keep i hear som ppl cant keep em alive.. my water perameters are just abou good 24/7 exct for cycling..

wjays your thoughts for shrimp now i have a cleaner and a pepermint.

 

[michaeltx]

my water perameters are just abou good 24/7 exct for cycling..

one word WAIT!!
your asking for trouble adding things when your still in cycle.
as far as the shrinmp I cant answer that cause I cant even keep one alive for some stupid reason so I quite trying long ago.
Mike

 

[bill109]

Originally Posted by MichaelTX
one word WAIT!!
your asking for trouble adding things when your still in cycle.
as far as the shrinmp I cant answer that cause I cant even keep one alive for some stupid reason so I quite trying long ago.
Mike
lol no its not cycling.. lol tht was the only time it was bad lol
wierd you cant kee one alive in the 90 i have a cleaner and a pepermint

they are about 7 months for the cleaner and about 4 for the peppermint

 

[michaeltx]

I thought you were saying it was cycleing my bad.,
I have tried everything over and over to get one to live over the years I can keep just about everything else alive just not shrimp. I have even tried just throwing them into the water to a 1-2-3-4 hour acclimation with no luck. so instead of killing another one the only way I buy my shrimp now is peeled and devained LOL
Mike

 

[jam1e]

I would go for the cleaner .. I have 7 peppermints, 3 cleaners, and 1 fire shrimp all in the 210 gallon .. I would go with the cleaner .. most active shrimps in my tank .. fun to watch and whenever i stick my arm in to clean the tank or do something else all the cleaners jump on my arm and "clean" me . hah .. it felt weird first and startled me but after you get used to it it's cool

 

[jpa0741]

I don't think you will any problem adding another cleaner of any size. I have 2 cleaners and a fire shrimp. The 2 cleaners are always out and about but the fire shrimp hides except at feeding. I don't think the fire shrimp is much harder to keep then cleaner.

 

[jam1e]

by the way .. the only thing my fire shrimp ever did for me was eat my pair of diamond gobies eggs ..

 

[firefish_48]

You can keep fire & cleaners in the sme tank known probelm. I have one of each in my 50 gal. and they get a long fine. I'm thinking about adding one more of each. They are fun to watch.
Mike.

 

[jfingers088]

I have 2 cleaners in my 90 and they do just fine together and are very active.

 

[mandarin w]

I have three skunk cleaners in my 180, They all three hang on the same rock waiting for my sailfin to swim by, Then all three run up on the sailfin and start working. In about a minute they all run off and the sailfin swims away. It is so funny to watch,
(reminds me of that movie "Shark Tale") The car (fish)wash scene.

 

[bang guy]

ummm... Fire Shrimp are Cleaner Shrimp.

 

[catawaba]

Skunk cleaners prefer to be in groups to set up their 'cleaning stations' so I'd get another skunk

 

[skipperdz]

i have a coral banded shrimp that cleans and hes molted twice over the last 2 1/2 months. although he is territorial sometimes towards fish ( hes a badass ). iverheard and seen people have more than one cleaner in a tank on several occasions, although the tanks were at least a 55g

 

[kayak385]

Originally Posted by skipperdz
i have a coral banded shrimp that cleans and hes molted twice over the last 2 1/2 months. although he is territorial sometimes towards fish ( hes a badass ). iverheard and seen people have more than one cleaner in a tank on several occasions, although the tanks were at least a 55g
my CBS is the exact same way, even with the molting... he molted his second time in 1 1/2 months just 2 days ago...interesting...

 

[skipperdz]

they are eating machines, they get along ok with bold fish but not passives like skunk clowns...im hoping my maroon clown will do fine especially when he hosts my condi. my cbs only gets along with the condi....now thats wierd

 

[bill109]

well you all convinced me a cleaner is b est. so im geting a 2nd one.