Blood shrimp w/ cleaner shrimp ok?

Can i put a cleaner skunk shrimp and a blood shrimp together with a clown and orange spotted goby in a 16g tank?????

 

I wouldn't. They are likely to fight in your small system.Cleaners can be a pain anyway imo.

 

My blood and cleaner never had a problem but they were on opposite sides of the tank.

Blood shrimp is useless, never wants to come out and just stays upside down in dark caves.

 

I've housed them many times together but in much larger systems.

 

I have 2 fire shrimp with 2 skunk cleaner shrimp and they get along fine. They live on opposite sides of the tank. They only meet when I feed the fire shrimp and the cleaners come over because they want food too (even then, the fire shrimp just back away). Although, I do have a 140 gallon tank so as previously stated they probably get along better when in a larger system.

 

+1, i too had both of them in my old 48g but they steered clear of each others path, suggesting they aren't exactly fond of each-other.

 

Agreed.

Cleaners get fairly large and can become extremely aggressive toward other shrimp species, especially in smaller systems; I once had one that killed a coral banded shrimp in a 29g. They also steal food from corals.

BTW, the orange-spot goby is a known shrimp killer.

 

I have a large blood shrimp with a medium size skunk shrimp in a 36 gallon tank. I've never had a problem with them. The blood shrimp will chase away the skunk shrimp if it gets too close but nothing major then a back of jack.

The skunk shrimp is a character because its everywhere and when you have your hand inside the tank it tries to clean your hand. The blood shrimp on the other hand stays upside down and will come out in the open when it thinks you're going to feed or its time to eat. It's a beautiful shrimp but doesn't really do anything except hang around.