coral banded shrimp

i have a 29gal reef that has tomany bristle worms so i ordered a coral banded to put in but know i am some what nervous if it would mess with my black banded goby and pistol shrimp thanx for any replys...

 

not sure how much a coral banded shrimp would do for bristleworms, they are kinda jerks tho and may mess with your shrimp as i had one that would fight with a cleaner.

arrow crab would be what you want for birstleworms, but that guys a even bigger jerk then the cbs.

i would just try to limit there population with reduced feedings and traps. bristleworms are really a good scavenger to have if there the reef safe kind

 

CBS are all bark and no bite. Their pincers are sooooo fragile one good pop and they're off the body. A pistol shrimp would have the upper hand. You can also get a yellow tail damsel or six line (or eight line) wrasse. They are small. And will eat bristle worms. Quicker than a CBS.

 

Most likely, your pistol shrimp will kill and eat any shrimp that you put in the tank so you may have just wasted your money.

 

a snack for your pistol shrimp! mmm!

 

The only reason i would think that you would have a prob. is from tank size. Not enough room for them to move around w/o bumping into eachother causing a fight. Pistol shrimp usually dont go looking for fights but if there is a meal in front of them they will take it. My pistol shrimp pop at fish only to warn them not to come near them. If you target feed them all there shouldnt be any prob. I say target feed because you dont want to over feed the tank.

 

the pistol is a half inch and it hide all the time i was mostly worried about my goby its also a half inch i thought cb were good for bristle worms and yes i know their good scavengers but there in my 29g if they were in my 75g i wouldnt carei just dont wanna see them in the tank. but thanks for the replys ill go out and find me a six or eight line wrasse i have a 4 line in my 75 i woner if he would eat them???

 

Got a Coral Banded and Tiger Pistol in the same tank without issue. The Coral banded could care less and vise versa. I have them in my 30GL for about 5months.