coral banded shrimp
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1knight164
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Originally Posted by sandymya
my CBS stays in the same spot all day and only scavenges at night, during the day or night my fish get right beside him and he just moves over a bit, but does not touch them. My blenny is small. 2 inches and always hang out by the CBS and he is ok also.
I second that. Mine does the same. Rarely leaves his area but does tend to chase away anything that gets close. Forages both day and night but mostly active (out and about) at night.
my CBS stays in the same spot all day and only scavenges at night, during the day or night my fish get right beside him and he just moves over a bit, but does not touch them. My blenny is small. 2 inches and always hang out by the CBS and he is ok also.
I second that. Mine does the same. Rarely leaves his area but does tend to chase away anything that gets close. Forages both day and night but mostly active (out and about) at night.
snookedsteve
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Since we are on the subject. I have another question about CBS. i just bought one from SWF. I put him in the tank yesterday. I have not seen him since. I don't have any aggresive fish that I know of. (2 Perc clowns, Green chromi, 6 line wrass, and a Pajama Cardinal). I do have ALOT of LR though. He may just be hidden where I can't see him. Is this common?
slugg3r
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He will hide for awhile. Mine took a long time to even start to come out. For a long time he would only come out at feeding time, now he comes out all the time. Also when they molt they will stay hidden for some time. Try to look around for his tenticles you might spot him.
I have a skunk cleaner with my CBS. They don't get along, but tend to stay out of each others way.
I have a skunk cleaner with my CBS. They don't get along, but tend to stay out of each others way.
cocoboy821
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i have a cbs and a cleaner that stay out of each others way. the cbs will charge at a fish if it gets too close but it has never attacked and only comes out of his corner at night when everyone else is settled in
cannonman
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This is only my opinion BUT: I think they are pretty good to have, I think that many times they get caught with their hand in the cookie jar so to speak, a fish dies and the CBS does his job to clean it up but when the unsuspecting aquarist turns on the light and the CBS is sitting there chowing down on a fish he gets blamed. I'm not saying they can't or won't catch a healthy fish.. .that I don't know, I'm just saying they get blamed for more than they do I think.
66chuck
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My CBS killed and ate a small peppermint shrimp that I added. But, he has never bothered any of my cleaner shrimp. I think the size of the peppermint did him in.
My CBS molts about once a month and is huge. He is active day and night. He chases away any fish that get too close, but he will let a cleaner shrimp scavenge right between his claws.
He is still probably the proverbial wolf in sheep's clothing and I may have to trade him in one day, but he is one of my favorites to watch.
My CBS molts about once a month and is huge. He is active day and night. He chases away any fish that get too close, but he will let a cleaner shrimp scavenge right between his claws.
He is still probably the proverbial wolf in sheep's clothing and I may have to trade him in one day, but he is one of my favorites to watch.
monalisa
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My CBS has been in my tank for almost 2 years now. He shares the tank with a pair of false percs, a coral beauty angel, a royal gramma, and a sand perch. The only time I've seen him go after a fish is when Sister Mary Angelica (my CB angel) decides to provoke him, which is whenever she darn well feels like it. Scampi, my CBS, has never done any harm to fish nor coral. I do, however, wonder where all my emeralds go after their first molts
Lisa :happyfish
Lisa :happyfish