Fire shrimp = Bad News Bears?

[speg]

Was lookin to pick up a fire shrimp for my nano.. going to be a nice little reef soon..
Was reading 'Marine Invertebrates' and it says that fire shrimp will pick at many different corals from polyps-lps-sps.
I used to have two fire shrimp years ago and they only seemed interesting in what I added (food wise) into the tank..
Anybody had any experience with them picking at coral?

 

[mrdc]

I had a fire shrimp once and never saw it pick at any coral. I also had him in with two skunks and they never messed with anything either.

 

[bang guy]

Some Fire Shrimp will eat Zoanthids. I've never heard of them eating SPS but it doesn't sound far fetched. If you keep them well fed they rarely eat corals.

 

[speg]

Interesting.. thanks..
I wonder if I should go for a skunk cleaner instead of fire shrimp for the nano then... since it'll house a lot of zoas.

 

[mrdc]

Seems like it would be safer. But I agree with Bang, a well fed shrimp should leave things alone.

 

[socalnano24]

I've had a flame shrimp in my 24 nano for about 10 months, and I've never seen him eat anything but mysis and pellets. Even the few times I had some polyps die off in the tank he wouldn't eat the remains...as where the emerald crab would.
Mine has even taken up a symbiotic relationship with my lawnmower blenny.