Mean Coral Banded Shrimp
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m0nk
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I have one in a tank with a cleaner and a peppermint shrimp and although it chases the other shrimp, they were there first and know the tank so they always get away. I sorta had to add the CBS in an emergency when the tank that it was in had to be converted to handle QT. Any way, it's not too aggressive and I think that's because everything else was there first....or maybe that's my imagination....heh. It's been about 3 months without incident, but I've seen these "horror story" threads so I do keep an eye on everything.
66chuck
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The CBS I had was fine at first. As he got older, he became more nocturnal and more aggressive. My cleaner shrimp usually gave him plenty of room, but peppermint shrimp didn't stand a chance. My CBS got huge before he died. He would stalk the live rock in the mornings like he owned it and everyone except my hogfish gave him plenty of room. By that time, he had cleaned out all the other shrimp.
He was very entertaining to watch, but he was still a predator and did what a predator does in nature.
He was very entertaining to watch, but he was still a predator and did what a predator does in nature.
paintballer768
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CBS dont have claws for looks. Cleaner shrimp is cool, he cleans my firefish and perc daily. The only thing agressive Ive seen him do is take a piece of brine from one of my zoas. It was hanging out of the closed up zoa, and the shrimp jumped over and took it out of him and jumped back. CS is full of personality too, jumps on my hand every time I go near the cave in my tank.
sepulatian
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Originally Posted by Jon in Tx
Interesting to hear so many stories about problems with CBS considering my LFS said they won't bother anything.
What about cleaner shrimp? Is there any downside or potential danger to other tank inhabitants?
I have never had a problem with cleaners.
Interesting to hear so many stories about problems with CBS considering my LFS said they won't bother anything.
What about cleaner shrimp? Is there any downside or potential danger to other tank inhabitants?
I have never had a problem with cleaners.
princess8077
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Originally Posted by petjunkie
Did you just add the cleaner? It could have died naturally and been eaten, a healthy cleaner should be able to get away from a CBS, at least IME. Mine just swam away whenever he was chased, the CBS can't move nearly as fast or didn't want to. I've had one for three years and he's never been a problem, even in my smaller tank with small slow fish.
Cleaner was new.
Did you just add the cleaner? It could have died naturally and been eaten, a healthy cleaner should be able to get away from a CBS, at least IME. Mine just swam away whenever he was chased, the CBS can't move nearly as fast or didn't want to. I've had one for three years and he's never been a problem, even in my smaller tank with small slow fish.
Cleaner was new.
some1fishy
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kinda funny with all these CBS stories... I decided one day to add a cleaner to my tank and he did not make it. the CBS had him for lunch. Ironically though, I have had my CBS for 2+ years and he is king of the inverts sort of speak. He likes to perch on the top of the rocks and wait for feeding time. I have a purple reef lobster and a decent size emerald crab in there as well as 20+ hermies and they all get along. Even more in a twist of irony, when I had a breakout of a parasite in my tank, he actually helped pick some of it off my fish! no lie. I could not believe it but he sure did. just figured I would add my .02 in here..
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skipperdz
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cbs's are known to pick parasites, pretty good cleaners from what ive seen, just as good as cleaner shrimps...just have an alpha male complex.
my cbs use to pick on my maroon clown when it was small, now however between a 3 in maroon, eibli angel, starry blenny, hawaiian blue puffer and a fairy wrasse my cbs only comes out to eat and walk around at night when all are sleeping. so all in all a talker not a walker lol
my cbs use to pick on my maroon clown when it was small, now however between a 3 in maroon, eibli angel, starry blenny, hawaiian blue puffer and a fairy wrasse my cbs only comes out to eat and walk around at night when all are sleeping. so all in all a talker not a walker lol
peachie98
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I had a CBS a few months ago...it was a baby when I got it but when it got big (it was the largest one I'd seen...huge!) it started picking at my maroon clown. I couldn't figure out why the clown had lines all over it and marks, until I saw the cbs go after it. I hauled it back to the lfs right away. After that, the clown healed right up (just a little scar on one of it's stripes by the head if you look close).
The only problem I had...just to warn you...when I netted the cbs, it grabbed onto the net with both claws when I was putting it in the bag, and the claws/arms stayed on the net! Doh...the lfs almost wouldn't take it since it was so big and pretty, but no 2 front claws/legs!
I think if you can use some cup or something it can't grab it's less of a risk of it de-clawing itself.
The only problem I had...just to warn you...when I netted the cbs, it grabbed onto the net with both claws when I was putting it in the bag, and the claws/arms stayed on the net! Doh...the lfs almost wouldn't take it since it was so big and pretty, but no 2 front claws/legs!
I think if you can use some cup or something it can't grab it's less of a risk of it de-clawing itself.
jon in tx
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Originally Posted by peachie98
I had a CBS a few months ago...it was a baby when I got it but when it got big (it was the largest one I'd seen...huge!) it started picking at my maroon clown. I couldn't figure out why the clown had lines all over it and marks, until I saw the cbs go after it. I hauled it back to the lfs right away. After that, the clown healed right up (just a little scar on one of it's stripes by the head if you look close).
The only problem I had...just to warn you...when I netted the cbs, it grabbed onto the net with both claws when I was putting it in the bag, and the claws/arms stayed on the net! Doh...the lfs almost wouldn't take it since it was so big and pretty, but no 2 front claws/legs!
I think if you can use some cup or something it can't grab it's less of a risk of it de-clawing itself.
I had the same thing happen when I tried to catch/remove my CBS... both claws broke off. I figured the LFS wouldn't take him back and he got trashed.
His claws broke off so easily I wondered if it was a deliberate survivial technique if another creature grabbed one.
I had a CBS a few months ago...it was a baby when I got it but when it got big (it was the largest one I'd seen...huge!) it started picking at my maroon clown. I couldn't figure out why the clown had lines all over it and marks, until I saw the cbs go after it. I hauled it back to the lfs right away. After that, the clown healed right up (just a little scar on one of it's stripes by the head if you look close).
The only problem I had...just to warn you...when I netted the cbs, it grabbed onto the net with both claws when I was putting it in the bag, and the claws/arms stayed on the net! Doh...the lfs almost wouldn't take it since it was so big and pretty, but no 2 front claws/legs!
I think if you can use some cup or something it can't grab it's less of a risk of it de-clawing itself.
I had the same thing happen when I tried to catch/remove my CBS... both claws broke off. I figured the LFS wouldn't take him back and he got trashed.
katieb
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I love my CBS, he is aggresive but most everything else does fine to stay away. I had a sally lightfoot also until he dies geeting very big, both left my fish alone, the only time the CBS touched my fish is when the fish mistake him for a cleaner( I lost a cleaner, noticed all the fish surrounding the CBS and had to emediately replace the cleaner so they would go to the right shrimp), now all is fine. Peppermint shrimp don't stand a chance in my tank, but don't have enough proof that it is soly due to the CBS attacks. But he is the coolest shrimp, besides what the cleaner does, I will always have one!