Banded coral shrimp vs fire shrimp and skunk cleaner shrimp

[norfolkgarden]

We have a skunk cleaner shrimp and a fire shrimp that get along in a 75 gallon tank but don't spend any time near each other.

Would you add a banded coral shrimp to this mix and would it matter if it was the white one or the yellow one?

Thanks!

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[Ron Reefman]

Although it's kind of a hit and miss thing, IMHO a coral banded shrimp is far more likely than not, to kill your other shrimp. I had a red one that had an entire 180g tank to himself and he would hunt down and kill all other shrimp. I added 2 peppermint shrimp to help with an aiptasia issue. One didn't make it to the bottem and the other was killed less than a minute after being added.

I have a mated pair of young (small) golden coral banded shrimp in my 65g shallow reef tank full of local only stock. I added a couple of small pistol shrimp I collected in the Gulf of Mexico recently and they both were attacked and killed in under a minute!

That's just been my experience. I know some people have them and they are OK with other shrimp. But I think that is by far the exception rather than the rule. I wouldn't put higher priced shrimp at risk for a low priced shrimp like a Coral banded.

 

[Haunt]

FWIW I had all three of these shrimp in a 60 gallon tank once before and everybody got along swimmingly. There were plenty of hiding spots to go around and they were all kept well fed though.

 

[protie]

... I wouldn't put higher priced shrimp at risk for a low priced shrimp like a Coral banded.

Agreed and the reason I removed a Coral Banded from my new tank. Immediately after adding 2 of them, the larger one went right for the other and ripped his 2 larger claws off. Later he found a spot in the rocks to swipe at fish swimming by.

 

[norfolkgarden]

Thank you everyone!

Going to skip the CBS.

I heard they were mean but just in a general way. Thank you for the personal observations.

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[protie]

It has been what, 12 days since I mentioned the claws being ripped off of the smaller CBS and they are already grown back! Incredible