question about some shrimps

[dwendler4]

i recently added a coral banded shrimp to my tank, and i wanted to add a fire shrimp, both for its awesome appearance and for its tenancy to pick parasites off of fish. i was wondering if the coral banded shrimp and the fire shrimp would be okay together. will either of them have a problem with the other one? thanks.

 

[seasalt101]

they should be ok, how big is the tank, just don't put in another cbs in there this is jmo, but there are no guarantees in this hobby, 1 rogue critter and things can go bad and fast, but i am pretty sure things will be ok tobin

 

[dwendler4]

its a 75, i think they will be fine together, just nervous for the reason that you pointed out... one bad tank addition and..........

 

[mrmike]

Sometimes fish or inverts seem to have personalities, just like people. I also have a 75 gallon. I was assured I could add two cleaner shrimp with coral banded and would be okay. I did and the cb killed them both in one night. So its a little bit of a gamble. Fire shrimp are pretty expenisve. If you try it I would suggest having a lot of caves and hidding places.
I no longer have a cb. I have a fire shrimp (they are beautiful). He does not clean fish. He spends almost all his time hiding and rarely ventures more than a few inches from his cave.