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01-10-2006, 07:24 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
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|  Cleaner Shrimp
Hello all, i have three cleaner shrimp...i wanted to know, is there a real limit to how many you can keep? as you know, i have a 55 gal reef...and i just love the cleaner shrimp, i wanted to know if i could maybe get 2 more? already the 2 new ones are chillen with the old guy...its just so facinating to me  _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
Bulbs:
1 x 54w Fiji Purple T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w Super Actinic Blue T5 HO Flourescent
1 x 54w 14000K AquaBlue 75/25 T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
Hard Stuff:
100+ lb. Fiji Live Rock
65+ lb. Live sand
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01-10-2006, 09:02 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: los angeles Age: 31
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well what i have seen in most tanks ive seen more than 3 shrimp...as a matter of fact the guy i bought the xenia from had 5 cleaner (skunk) shrimp...only thing was he said that they spawn every month...(food for corals????) _________ 
45g tank 70 lbs live premium rock40 lbs live sand
2 150w MH 14k hamilton bulb retro 36w actinic bulb
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01-10-2006, 10:14 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
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really? thats awsome...sometimes my hermits spawn, and if my cleaners do that would be good for my corals thanks | |
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01-11-2006, 05:31 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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There really is no limit as to how many shrimp you can keep. If there was a limit to be set the shrimp would set it themselves | |
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01-11-2006, 10:17 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
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hmm ic...executions eh? well i might get some more | |
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01-11-2006, 10:19 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
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Originally Posted by Bruce hmm ic...executions eh? well i might get some more | Ayup, you guessed it  | |
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01-11-2006, 10:49 AM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Coto de Caza, CA
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cleaner shrimp are awesome.. I have one that is fearless.. It will jump on my arm and start picking (at who knows what) when I have it in the tank. It's actually a bit unnerving at how agressive it is.. Mine thinks its the king of the tank perched on the highest rock. | |
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01-11-2006, 10:54 AM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Carpentersville, IL Age: 52
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How about mixing cleaners with a Coral Banded shrimp? I did the spur of the moment "that guy is too cool" buying thing on Sunday and now have a CB. I know that unless they are a mated pair, CBs will fight, but I'm not sure if he will play well with others.
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300 Reef; 325LR, 1/2" sand bed in tank, 3" sand bed in 215 gal sump/refugium and Berliner PowerPro SS twin becket skimmer. 210 Reef; with 225 lbs of LR, 300 lb DSB, Large W/D and Jebo 520 skimmer modified to accept a becket. 90 RR FOWLR; tied into the 300's sump with a closed loop for extra circulation. 55 hospital. | |
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01-11-2006, 11:22 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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Originally Posted by Blade_Runner How about mixing cleaners with a Coral Banded shrimp? I did the spur of the moment "that guy is too cool" buying thing on Sunday and now have a CB. I know that unless they are a mated pair, CBs will fight, but I'm not sure if he will play well with others. | They usually don't play well with other shrimp so keep an eye on the little bugger | |
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01-11-2006, 01:21 PM
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| | Pajama Cardinal
Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: berwick, PA,Pennsylvania
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you can have more then 2 cleaners also another way they are good for the tank is they reproduce often and at night when they do have the babies your fish have a free feast and go into a feeding frenzy i noticed this in my tank also cleaners work well with blood shrimp but i would not go with other types of shrimp other then that _________ karla  75 gall, 80 lbs sand, 110 lb lr, 10k pcs, atinics, emperor 400, prizm skimmer, hagen and maxi jet powerheads | |
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