saltrookie
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Quick question guy's can a claener skunk shrimp and a fire shrimp coexist in the same tank????????????
compatibility of shrimp
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nm reef
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Yup......I've kept cleaners....peppermints...sexy shrimp...and blood reds in my 100 display for about two years now....along with a tiger pistol shrimp.....no problems between them at all. The only species readily available that I've avoided is the coral banded shrimp. From what I hear they can be problematic.......
saltrookie
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Thanks so much for you help and advice!! Guy at LFS told us we couldn't have both and we couldn't have more than one cleaner. We've seen on this site that we could have more than one cleaner but, it didn't say that you couldn't keep them together so we just wanted to make sure before we went and got one. I love this site....don't know if I like the LFS though. 
You know what would be a dream of mine...I know the people on this site are from all over, everyone should open a store and put the LFS stores out of business that don't know anything. Unfortunately, I'm from a very small town and I have to travel a good distance to go get any fish.
You know what would be a dream of mine...I know the people on this site are from all over, everyone should open a store and put the LFS stores out of business that don't know anything. Unfortunately, I'm from a very small town and I have to travel a good distance to go get any fish.
nm reef
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Originally Posted by nicole05
hey nm reef i just put a peppermint shrimp in with my niger trigger and he ate it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!is this normal and is there other fish we should worry about?
That supports my position that if I had a niger I don't believe I'd be much interested in adding any ornimental shrimp.
I guess it is done.....risky at best...but possible.
The key to this hobby...and to success keeping what can be expensive species...is to know stuff like that "before" the purchase is made or "before" a decission to mix temperments are made.
hey nm reef i just put a peppermint shrimp in with my niger trigger and he ate it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!is this normal and is there other fish we should worry about?
That supports my position that if I had a niger I don't believe I'd be much interested in adding any ornimental shrimp.
I guess it is done.....risky at best...but possible.
The key to this hobby...and to success keeping what can be expensive species...is to know stuff like that "before" the purchase is made or "before" a decission to mix temperments are made.
