do pistol shrimp kill cleaner shrimp?

[kpatrick]

I wanted to get a pistol shrimp to go along with my 2 highfin gobies but the LFS told me that if I had cleaner shrimp that I should not get a pistol shrimp. He said the pistol shrimp prey on cleaner shrimp and will kill and eat them. I have cleaners and fire shrimp in the tank so is this true? If not true, what is the best type of pistol shrimp to get. I also have a watchman goby and red lip blenny in the tank, whats the chances of the pistol shrimp pairing up with one of them instead of the highfins?

 

[speg]

That would explain why my cleaner shrimp mysteriously disappeared without a trace... I took out all my rock to remove these two pistol shrimp in my tank.. then I felt sorry for one so I threw him back in..
Pistol shrimp in a reef tank are annoying anyways... they kick up and build up sand everywhere you dont want them to.. Im sure the relationship between them and a goby is cool.. but to me if I had a second chance at that pistol shrimp.. he'd be gone (and he still might go).
Do pistols eat cleaner shrimp? I doubt it... maybe a dead / dying one.. but it sure would make sense to me if they did (would scare me too seeing as how I JUST got another cleaner shrimp)

 

[speg]

btw, pistol shrimp are very skittish because they are nearly blind. If you have a few fish in your tank it would be hard for the pistol to come out to attack anything without being scared and running back in its one of many holes.

 

[zbrook1]

I have one Fire shrimp in my tank and got a pistol shrimp as a tag along on some rock and have had no problems for about a year now.Both are doing fine.But both being animals and unpredictable who knows what could happen.

 

[nm reef]

I've had a pistol for about a year...with a pair of skunk cleaners...a pair of blood reds...3 sexy shrimp...and several pepermints....no problems between them.