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Another shrimp ?

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Topic: Another shrimp ?

Posted By: ewaldsreef
Subject: Another shrimp ?
Date Posted: July 10 2003 at 5:45am

I have a 125 gallon Do you think I would be ok to mix a coral banded shrimp, A pistol shrimp and a cleaner shrimp, oh and an arrow crab. Does anyone see any problems with this mix? I currently have all these in seperate smaller tanks but would like to condense.

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Posted By: Firefish
Date Posted: August 11 2003 at 1:02pm

If it is a long 125 I bet that it would be no problem but you really should try your best to make them take sides of the tank. Try to force them to do so. I don't know much about pistol shrimp but the coral banded might think of the cleaner shrimp as a meal some day, unless they are far enough apart. I would put the cleaner in first. Also if the coral shrimp is fed well enough he might not be tempted.

Posted By: KeoDog
Date Posted: August 11 2003 at 2:46pm

I added a coral banded, two cleaner shrimp and a fire shrimp at the same time. The other shrimp are faster than the coral banded so they just move away from him if he gets to close.

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Kevin Kunz (Sandy, UT)
300g reef

"A trade by which one gains and the other loses is a fraud." Ayn Rand

Posted By: ewaldsreef
Date Posted: August 11 2003 at 5:38pm

i added them all a little while ago and no problems yet!

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Posted By: leviwin
Date Posted: September 17 2003 at 11:48pm

Never have had an arrow crab before, but i've heard that you can' t keep them with coral banded. I have have pepermint and cleaner shrimp in the same tank without any problems. I have also kept Coral banded, cleaner, and a little hitchhiker shrimp which i've heard called a sexy shrimp together without any fighting. They just seem to know who was boss and when to get out of the way

Posted By: SSpargur
Date Posted: September 18 2003 at 7:00am

In the line of shrimp, I have the following in my tank, presenting no problems:

3 Cleaners
1 blood shrimp
4 pepermints
4 sexy anemone shrimp

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Sean Spargur
West Valley, UT