shrimps
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Abarnswell
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I've heard that fire shrimps are rather aggressive. I don't know about pistol shrimps. Do you hear his noises??
mikeguerrero
Active Member
I kept a 6 gallon eclipse with mutiple shrimps in the past. It housed: 1 banded coral shrimp, 1 cleaner shrimp, 2 red blood shrimps, 2 harlequin shrimp, 1 peppermint shrimp, 1 sally lightfoot crab, and 1 hermit crab.
My CBS ate my sally light foot when he molted; my pepermint shrimp died didn't know what killed it, just found it lying on it's side.
All others did well for many many months. But this was in my younger years when I was very green; and nanotank was not out to help me. I lost a lot back in the days trial and error; so I have lots to share.
Please don't do what I did, but know it's doable and the only reason they live is survival, they don't want to get eaten; so they run or move out of the way.
What I did learn is that all critters learned the exact coordinates of the CBS and avoided him like the plaque, then the next top predator was the redblood shrimp followed by the cleaner and then the pepermint.
Larger tanks can house all of these critters but the nanos are asking for trouble, just get a pair of your favorite and watch them become bold and crawl all over your rocks.
Hope this helps out.
Mike
My CBS ate my sally light foot when he molted; my pepermint shrimp died didn't know what killed it, just found it lying on it's side.
All others did well for many many months. But this was in my younger years when I was very green; and nanotank was not out to help me. I lost a lot back in the days trial and error; so I have lots to share.
Please don't do what I did, but know it's doable and the only reason they live is survival, they don't want to get eaten; so they run or move out of the way.
What I did learn is that all critters learned the exact coordinates of the CBS and avoided him like the plaque, then the next top predator was the redblood shrimp followed by the cleaner and then the pepermint.
Larger tanks can house all of these critters but the nanos are asking for trouble, just get a pair of your favorite and watch them become bold and crawl all over your rocks.
Hope this helps out.
Mike
ok thanks alot mike- i will take your advise
as for abarnswell's question:
yes!!!
he snaps his claw all the time --its pretty cool but annoying at night when im trying to sleep
hey by the way-
do any of you have sea slug in your tanks? to be more specific--the lettuce looking slug--i forgot its exact name--are theses slugs hard to keep? i like them and i was interested in buying one? anyone have any feed back
as for abarnswell's question:
yes!!!
he snaps his claw all the time --its pretty cool but annoying at night when im trying to sleephey by the way-
do any of you have sea slug in your tanks? to be more specific--the lettuce looking slug--i forgot its exact name--are theses slugs hard to keep? i like them and i was interested in buying one? anyone have any feed back
There is a lettuce nudibranch available in the hobby that isn't hard to keep but you have to have sufficient algae for him to eat, thats all they will eat and if there isn't enough available they will starve so IMO they are not a suitable specimen for a nanotank. Skip
jcs,
i had a lettuce nubi in my ten for about 5 months until i got my peppy. i noticed my peppy would peck at him and pull pieces off him. eventually the peppy killed him, little by little. those lettuce nubi's are cool and enjoyable to watch. i plan on getting another one soon for my refugium. i have a little problem with hair algae in my fuge. hope this gives you a little insight.
i had a lettuce nubi in my ten for about 5 months until i got my peppy. i noticed my peppy would peck at him and pull pieces off him. eventually the peppy killed him, little by little. those lettuce nubi's are cool and enjoyable to watch. i plan on getting another one soon for my refugium. i have a little problem with hair algae in my fuge. hope this gives you a little insight.