Can Cleaner shrimp live with Coral Bandit Shrimp

[Reefynewby]

w/ longnose hawks it's hit or miss, but snowflake eels will definitely prey on shrimp.

just try getting a cleaner. Just acclimate him well. I can go over dripping w/ u

 

[reef rico]

i will try this but the thing im scared about it is it's $160.00 AUD
in Australia where i live and im only 15. I dnt got that kind of money and my dad will go ballistic if it dies. Lol so i will probably buy it but if they do fight the CBS gota go into the sump or be sold to my other cuz lol!

 

[Reefynewby]

NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.......

DON'T DO IT...

order online. go somewhere else. SOMETHING. they're 20 bux, and even w/ shipping cost less. find a lfs cheaper. DONT do it. you'll b ripped off

 

[reef rico]

lol ive looked at that option but it'll be pretty hard coz in the first place my dad dnt got a credit card and if i do choose do u no any good web sites that do ship to Australia and are reliable website.

 

[Reefynewby]

sry mate, cant help u on this one. I'm not an aussie. You can see if saltwaterfish.com ships to australia. Read their acclimation page, and you have to buy $75 worth to get anything. So if your making a bulk purchase, wanna add some extra stuff to your tank, that's a good way to do it.

NOTE: Most important part of shrimp care - ACCLIMATION!!!

 

[tmz]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10967344#post10967344 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by delsol650
Per Ron Shimek... These shrimp TEND to be VERY AGRESSIVE towards other shirmp, may attack and end up killing them.

For my experience I've had them before and will NEVER own these uber aggressive shrimp... only next to mantis shrimps... They may stay in their own side but any small fish especially other shrimp/inverts that go in his territory would be attacked or killed. My previous ones killed peppermints, camels, blood red and skunk cleaner shrimps... they also attacked smaller fish...

I've even traded the bigger CBS's for tiny ones which eventually did the same as the previous ones as they get larger or get more used to the tank.

That sums it up nicely In my experience Lysmata amboinensis(cleaner shrimp) and all Lysmata make expensive meals for Stenopus hispidus(coral banded shrimp) not to mention attacks on snails and hermits. It does however clean fish. :mixed:

 

[reef rico]

Thats not a big problem ill order with my cuz so we dnt have to buy $75.00 worth. He buys what he wants and i buy what i want in one purchase.

 

[reef rico]

lol it duz sum it up but some times youve got to make sacrafices for the things you love and that sacrafice are my CBS! LOL!

 

[reef rico]

does www.liveaquaria.com ship to Australia?

 

[Reefynewby]

i'm also not sure, but some good, semi-reliable sources i know are

saltwaterfish
marinedepotlive
and liveaquaria

good luck with the cleaners!

PS: once they get big, you hafta be careful about feeding, since they get lazy and look for handouts instead of cleaning
more feeding = less cleaning.:rolleye1:

 

[reef rico]

thanks for the websites but im sure non of em ship to Australia! I will probably have to buy it lol from a LFS!

 

[Reefynewby]

ask them how long they've had them in the tank and what the SG is. important for acclimation.

 

[reef rico]

k thanks. If any one knows any other sites which ship to australia it would be very help full.