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08-07-2004, 03:37 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA,Pennsylvania
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 |  coral banded shrimp vs. cleaner shrimp
hi, i just got a coral banded shrimp and i am interested in getting 1 or 2 cleaner shrimp i heard that the coral banded shrimp might attack and kill the cleaner ones is this true or is it safe to put a cleaner in my in my tank???
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55g tank&&Excalibur protien skimmer&&Regent 30-60 power filter&&35lbs. fiji LR (still workin on it)&&60lbs. argonite&&2 False Perculas, 2 Yellowtail Damsels&&1 Domino Damsel, 1 Bicolor Blenny&&1 Coral banded shrimp, and a few snails......&&10g tank refugium
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08-08-2004, 04:37 PM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone
Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: , SC,South_Carolina
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| Re: coral banded shrimp vs. cleaner shrimp
I've got a coral banded with two cleaners, and I have yet to see any problems whatsoever. How big is the CBS? _________  &&Right now I'm in the middle of a conversion from reef to Discus/ planted aquarium. Hair algae beat me down. Maybe a nano in the future. Everything screwed up so I'm converting to FOWLR. Wish me luck. | |
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08-29-2004, 12:06 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Mentor, OH,Ohio
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| Re: coral banded shrimp vs. cleaner shrimp
I have 2 cleaner shrimp & a CBS they get along fine... I might add that my cbs is much larger than my cleaner shrimp. CBS killed a much larger arrow crab to my dismay! | |
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09-28-2004, 08:56 AM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Miami, FL,Florida
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| Re: coral banded shrimp vs. cleaner shrimp
I'd say that if you have CBS and any other type of clawed crustacean they will try to duke it out. I had my cleaner and my emerald mithrax crab go at it. I've also seen them destroy the red blood shrimps, and cleaners, not to mention that the CBS tried to eat a firefish I had.
I would've thought though that the arrow crab would've destroyed the CBS those guys really suck. _________ &&&&20 Gal. , Millenium 1000 & 2000 filter, 130watt Corallife 50/50 reef lamp. Maroon Gold-striped Clown, Pygmy (Cherub) Angel, Skunk Cleaner shrimp, 8 Turbo Snails, 1 unknown cone snail , a branch of red grape calerpa , Sun Polyps, Blue-Green Striped shroom, Red shroom, Zoo Polyp colonies, & Green Star polyps, green monti. | |
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01-17-2006, 09:11 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Luis Obispo, CA
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It's definately safer not to add the cleaner!!! | |
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01-17-2006, 10:54 PM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 26
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coral banded shrimp are a**es. They are very territorial and very aggressive, be careful and if you do add a cleaner, update us on the progress, as I want to add one myself and would be interested to see how the CBS responds to another shrimp in the tank.
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30g reef tank, CPR CY192 filter w/ DIY plumb running Rio 17HF return, Coralife 3x 9w UV Sterilizer, 3 24W T5-Helios 10K Daylights/3 24W T5-Helios Blue lights, 2 Logysis blue meteor light strobes (moonlights/24 Blue LEDs).
Tiger tail cuke, asst. snails/hermits, asst. feathers, rainbow acan,zoos,shrooms,bubble,galaxea, asst. shrimp, 2 ocellaris,mandarin,zebrasoma xanthurum,pink-spot watchman,red-striped pistol. | |
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01-20-2006, 03:32 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St. Paul/Woodbury, Minnesota Age: 50
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I learned the hard way years ago when my CBS killed and ate a Fire shrimp I had just added to my tank. _________ 75g reef with Nova Extreme 8 bulb HO T-5 lighting, refuge, Remora skimmer, DSB, Seio powerheads, Acro's, LPS corals, assorted zoo's & mushrooms, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown, Blue Cleaner Goby , Cleaner, Fire and Sexy Shrimp, Coco Worm, T.Crocea Clam, Derasa Clam
120g FOWLR, 260w Orbit power compact lights, Remora Pro skimmer, 30g DIY Sump/Refuge, DSB,Seio Power heads, Powder Blue Tang, Purple Tang, Flag Fin Angel, False Eye Puffer, Copperbanded Butterfly and a Moorish Idol  | |
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01-22-2006, 07:10 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 44
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I had a CBS and an Arrow crab and 3 Peppermint Shrimp in a 30gal.hex and just lost the Arrow Crab probably to the CBS. But on the whole the CBS just minds his own business. | |
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01-22-2006, 07:30 AM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Dec 2005
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Hi : I have had a mated pair of CBS for about a year. Yes I did loose a arrow crab, however I also have 2 cleaner shrimp and they seem to be fine. i have noticed that the CBS come out at night and rarely see them in the day. On the other hand the cleaner shrimp are out during the day. Good luck , I think they all can have somewhat different temperaments. | |
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