fire shrimp

[jay0705]

I have 3 pep,and a cleaner shrimp in my tank. I was thinking of adding a fire. Do they mix w other shrimps ok?

 

[foodshape]

I'm curious to see what others have to say on this... I added a cleaner and three peppermints initially, then added a fire red a few weeks later. The peps disappeared one by one (started happening even before adding the fire red - I don't know for a fact that it was aggression/predation though, could have been some other reason - and I only ever found 1 corpse). As for the fire red and the cleaner they've been tolerating each other ok for the 6 mths or so they've been together. The cleaner is all over the place, the fire red is a bit more cautious. The fire red is a bit territorial, does not like the cleaner to be 'in his space' and chases him off (like 4" away). The cleaner couldn't care less and no damage is done. This is a 75g.

 

[bang guy]

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Originally Posted by jay0705 http:///t/396560/fire-shrimp#post_3533527
I have 3 pep,and a cleaner shrimp in my tank. I was thinking of adding a fire. Do they mix w other shrimps ok?
Peppermint Shrimp and Fire Shrimp are Cleaner Shrimp so I'm not sure what you mean when you say you added a Peppermint and a Cleaner Shrimp. Lysmata sp. = Cleaner Shrimp

In general all Cleaner Shrimp get along except for one thing: they are all cannibalistic and will eat shrimp that are much smaller. If they are all about the same size then they will get along fine.

Fire Shrimp are normally nocturnal so if you want to see them you will want to start hand feeding them in the daytime as soon as they are settled in.

 

[jay0705]

The cleaner is a scarlet striped cleaner. Redwhite striped.the peppermint don't really clean much there just excellent scavengers. I didn't know they will eat each other tho. I've had mine about 4 months w no issues.