Lionfish + Invertebrates
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sistrmary
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It depends on the type of lionfish and the size of the lionfish and the shrimp. I have a radiata and a fu man in my 100gal with a coral banded shrimp, a handfull of peppermint shrimp and a cleaner shrimp. The CBS sits and picks parasites out of the radiatas' mouth. My shrimp are all too large for the fu man to even think about, so they're *really* safe from it lol In my 200gal I have a CBS in with my groupers, harlequin tusk wrasse, zebra moray and volitans lionfish. I don't know that anything except other CBS eat coral banded shrimp. ( I don't doubt that some things will, but I've got all kinds of shrimp eaters in my tanks, and not one has even looked cross eyed at the CBS)
I think that if the shrimp are decent sized, go in the tank first and have lots of hiding areas they're okay. Of course, I could be a complete exception to the base rules.
I think that if the shrimp are decent sized, go in the tank first and have lots of hiding areas they're okay. Of course, I could be a complete exception to the base rules.
dubba-r
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Funny that you asked this because my Volitan and 2 cleaner shrimps were getting along fine for 3 months now. But yesterday I couldn't find one of my cleaners who usually is always in front of the tank.
I thought that it was just hiding. But today I still cant find it. My lion probably got mad for not feeding it for a couple days.
So, having a lion and shrimps is a hit or miss. But I think in the end, the lion would have one of those days where the appetite is too much to control.
I thought that it was just hiding. But today I still cant find it. My lion probably got mad for not feeding it for a couple days.
So, having a lion and shrimps is a hit or miss. But I think in the end, the lion would have one of those days where the appetite is too much to control.
fmarini
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Hi:
my experiences are a little different. I find that if you start your predators in w/ cleaner inverts early they kinda sorta leave em alone. However if you raise the preadator to a decent size w/o ever seeing a invert then introduce one...bam its food.
I recently tried to introduce cleaner shrimp into my 3yr+ established liontank and it took 30sec to 1 min before every lion ws chasing the cleaner shrimp.
However i have read situation like what sistrmary posts where everything is cool.
Zebra eels are kind hit or miss. totally cool eels totally safe w/ fish, but unpredictable w/ inverts. Some eels leave inverts alone and focus on shrimp or crabs and other hunt down crabs and shrimp. However again in a cleaner situation this appears to be unique.
I find that starfish are safe w/ those predators in general
frank
my experiences are a little different. I find that if you start your predators in w/ cleaner inverts early they kinda sorta leave em alone. However if you raise the preadator to a decent size w/o ever seeing a invert then introduce one...bam its food.
I recently tried to introduce cleaner shrimp into my 3yr+ established liontank and it took 30sec to 1 min before every lion ws chasing the cleaner shrimp.
However i have read situation like what sistrmary posts where everything is cool.
Zebra eels are kind hit or miss. totally cool eels totally safe w/ fish, but unpredictable w/ inverts. Some eels leave inverts alone and focus on shrimp or crabs and other hunt down crabs and shrimp. However again in a cleaner situation this appears to be unique.
I find that starfish are safe w/ those predators in general
frank