Shrimp compatiblilty

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  1. libog2fish

    libog2fish Fire Shrimp

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    Ok we'll I've been giving some thought on adding a few new inverts to my eco.
    I want to get a pair of fire blood shrimps and 1 harlequin shrimp...
    My first question is upon the compatibilty of these inverts to my already have inverts..
    the Inverts I have are:
    a pair of 3 Inch skunk cleaner shrimps
    a pair of 2 Inch peppermint shrimps
    a 4 Inch coral banded shrimp

    the shrimps have been living in peace for 9 months now and molt on a normal basis...
    I snotice my banded is the boss on the eco becuase once he comes out from hiding and grabbing flake food the cleaners and peppermints move to a certain area away from him...

    as for fish I have are as follows:
    1 large yellow tang
    3 percula false
    1 sixline wrasse
    1 orange spotted goby
    3 blue/green chromis
    1 ebili angel(just purchased)

    I also wanna add in that the harlequin shrimp is 1 and a half Inch in size
    the fire blood shrimps are 2 Inches in size.
     
    libog2fish, Aug 9, 2011
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  2. libog2fish

    libog2fish Fire Shrimp

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    anyone here housing more then 3 types of Shrimp???
    btw I have a 83 gallon custom
     
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  3. ferretfish

    ferretfish Sea Dragon

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    IMHO i would skip on the harliquin shrimp they only eat sea stars which can get very expensive
    also i watch the six line wrasse because mine ate my peppermint shrimp
    all the shrimp should get along execpt the CBS might show some aggresion
     
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  4. clarkkey594

    clarkkey594 Aiptasia Anemone

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    That would be a lot of shrimp for an 83 gallon.
     
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  5. libog2fish

    libog2fish Fire Shrimp

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    I like shrimp
     
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  6. Seano Hermano

    Seano Hermano Giant Squid

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    Haha. That sounds like what my response would be. :p

    5 shrimp is a bit more than what most people would have in their tanks, but I don't think that is a problem at all. I would be worried about aggression of the coral banded shrimp toward the other guys...and also the wrasse toward the shrimp, like mentioned above.

    I love harlequin shrimp. They look very cool. But I don't think I would ever get a pair (or even one). Their diet consists almost purely of starfish. You would have to have starfish (several) just to be had as food. That would get pretty expensive...and I like starfish too. :) :p

    In my 29g...I plan to get 2 pacific cleaner shrimp, two pederson shrimp, and 3 - 5 sexy shrimp. But pederson shrimp and sexy shrimp only get about an inch long, each.
     
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