Fireshrimp

[doggiepuffer]

Has anyone had any luck with mixing Fireshrimp, Coral Banded, Skunk Cleaners, and Pepermints?? I am getting at least a 90g in less than a month and though of placing the cleaner 7 mints on one end, the coral banded (mated pair) in the middle and the fire shrimp in the middle... any thoughts?

 

[rotarymagic]

There's always a chance that there may be intraspecies and interspecies fighting, aggression, territoriality... and the CBS may end up eating all the other shrimp..hit or miss.

 

[doggiepuffer]

What I have been told and researched, is that as long as i have alot of rock, i should be fine, but then I may wait until i get the 180 to get the fixed group of shrimp LOL.

 

[matt2364]

I have had a coral banded and a cleaner shrimp and they were perfectly fine together. I would honestly leave out the CB shrimp thouth, they are nothing but trouble. Mine ended up killing my clown fish and a leopard wrasse which barries in the sand at night. He also dropped his claws once which my starfish ate and he impaled himself with the claw. I had nothing but trouble with mine...they get very aggresive when they get big.

 

[jackri]

I have all 4 species in the same tank... well my cleaner just died after a couple years old. The coral banded shrimp is 3.5 years old? fire shrimp 6-8 months, peppermints are about a year old... they all seem to get along fine in my 90 gallon tank.
I do agree however about leaving out the coral banded shrimp if you were to leave any out. If mine goes I know I'd want to replace him and so would the wife, but maybe I'd just get an extra skunk cleaner next time

The 90 has lots of rock work and everyone leaves my coral banded shrimp alone, AND I feed him a shrimp pellet once or twice a week directly so maybe that keeps him happy as well.... all the other shrimp go crazy at feeding time but he hides during the day hours.

 

[doggiepuffer]

Thank you Both! I am going to go with the recommadation of leaving out the CB. Someone else told me that if i fed him a ghost shrimp weekly he would be happy, and reduce aggressive, but I think it would be safer to leave him out.. All the fireshrimp that I have seen, they seem to be very active shrimp.