Coral Banded Shrimp question again!

[matthrushford]

Questions
I noticed last night my coral banded took a swipe at one of my clowns but missed. Should i worry about this and come to the conclusion it is time to give this shrimp away?

 

[earlybird]

Don't give it away get credit for it at your LFS.

 

[groupergenius]

Has he killed anything yet? He might just be exhibiting defensive behavior.

 

[matthrushford]

i noticed he has been getting bigger. i have only had him a month. Just worried that maybe when one of my clowns are sleeping he will attack them. Does anybody think that will happen?

 

[dragonzim]

My CBS grabs for my Chromis whenever one gets too close to his cave. Hasnt caught one yet, but I think these guys may be quite a bit faster than a clownfish

 

[dawman]

I tossed in a silverside for my Clarkii to feed it`s LTA and a CBS grabbed it first and fought with the Clarkii for a bit but the clown won .

 

[wangotango]

I don't think it'll attack the fish while it's sleeping, but if the fish gets too close it'll probably take a swing, that's just how they are. Mine does, so now the fish know to stay out of the shrimp's cave.
-Justin

 

[1journeyman]

CBS are known predators on fish. It certainly could hunt and kill a Clownfish when it reaches full size.

 

[petjunkie]

My CBS has never attacked a fish except for my maroon clown and that's because she goes over and smacks her tail in his face so she kinda deserves it, gets some ripped fins for a while and then they work things out but I've kept many small fish with it over the years, even a small wrasse that cocooned into the rocks but it all depends on the shrimp, some are mean, some are fine. Mine's been good for three years now and I'll probably get another when he croaks.

 

[janastasio]

I have 2 clowns in with a CBS in my 19 gallon nano. My CBS swipes at my clown fish when they swim too close, but has never tried to hunt them down. He's just sayin, Get off my turf! Can you blame the guy!!

 

[sfoister]

Originally Posted by janastasio
I have 2 clowns in with a CBS in my 19 gallon nano. My CBS swipes at my clown fish when they swim too close, but has never tried to hunt them down. He's just sayin, Get off my turf! Can you blame the guy!!

That's pretty dangerous.... "get off my turf" in a 19 gallon could eventually be deadly for those clowns.

 

[kanicky]

We've had our CBS for eight months now, and he has gotten fairly large. He's in the tank with two False Percs, a Pygmy Angel, Mystery Wrasse, Valentini Puffer and a Canary Blenny. He's taken swipes at anyone who passes by his cave, but is harmless outside of that. He even defends the Cleaner Shrimp when the Wrasse gets to looking at him in "that way."
CBS are generally too slow to catch fish; at least mine is. He eats the Mysis and Emerald Entree that I feed the tank and isn't worried about the fish, shrimp or crabs that are around.