Best first time SPS... new fish question for this tank page 3

ok no problem there I think... I have a gramma and two peppermints that have been together in another tank for a few weeks without incident... and the scooter from a different tank that eats just about anything that I put in the tank (food wise of coarse). just don't tell me the shrimp will eat the scooter now pleeeeesssseeeee LOL

 

just don't get a Coral banded shrimp, or arrow crab.

 

thanks.... learned about the CBS when it ate my first yellow watchman not a happy day

arrow crabs eat fish too? or bad for sps corals?

 

eat fish. sometimes pick at polyps. Sometimes stabs fish with pointed head.

 

ok! I think I'll just stay away from arrow crabs myself

Thanks for the info!

 

I would get a fire shrimp over sexy shrimp. I like sexy shrimp in real small nanos....otherwise you'll rarely see them unless you get a whole bunch and put them into an anemone. Often, they won't do their "sexy" dance unless you have multiples.

 

Thanks Inwall maybe I'll keep them in one of my 10 gallon DT's that are hooked to the sump/fuge then? for viewability? (is that even a word? LOL)

 

Yep....for viewability. I have a similar issue. I have a mantis shrimp in the 125. I want to catch him but not for the reasons most people want to catch a mantis. I'm not worried about him being in the tank at all but I'll never see him in there. If I move him to one of my nanos, then I will be able to see him. i.e. Viewability.

BTW....this guy is tougher than Chuck Norris. When the 135 went kablooie, we had to put the corals into one tank, put the live rock into rubbermaid tubs, etc. I was working so much overtime that I didn't get around to replacing the tank. This little guy survived for 6 months eating nothing but worms and such that he found in the LR tub.

 

I have all the mentioned shrimp. Sexies are very cool, I have 12 in a 8g BioCube, but the walk on corals all day so the coral suffers a bit, but boy are they a trip to watch. My fire shrimp always hides. However, it is a very striking specimen. I think cleaners have the best attitude.

 

thanks for the heads up I'll set them up in the 10 gallon dt on the sump. viewability

I wish my regular supplier offered mantis shrimp and bristle worms... I'll have to order them online I guess.

thanks again amigo
GreyBeard