Cleaner Shrimp vs. Fire Shrimp???
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norfolkgarden
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We have 1 of each in a 75 gallon tank with 200 pounds of live rock. Lots of hiding places and overhangs so they can do their thing hanging upside down.
They don't go near each other or intentionally interact that I've ever noticed.
2 years running.
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They don't go near each other or intentionally interact that I've ever noticed.
2 years running.
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norfolkgarden
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More visible. The cleaner shrimp hides a lot more.
The fire shrimp stays inside the cave network at the edge 24/7. Usually visible but shy.
The cleaner shrimp comes out completely but only overnight. (2 or 3am) Seldom see more than antenna.
I sometimes work really bizzare inconsistent hours so occasional I'm getting ready for work in the den with just a nightlight. Just enough to see into the tank.
"Oh good, you're still alive."
We have 1 flame hawkfish and a bonded pair of Longnose hawkfish.
They are the main reason the shrimp are mostly hidden.
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norfolkgarden
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More visible. The cleaner shrimp hides a lot more.
The fire shrimp stays inside the cave network at the edge 24/7. Usually visible but shy.
The cleaner shrimp comes out completely but only overnight. (2 or 3am) Seldom see more than antenna.
I sometimes work really bizzare inconsistent hours so occasional I'm getting ready for work in the den with just a nightlight. Just enough to see into the tank.
"Oh good, you're still alive."
We have 1 flame hawkfish and a bonded pair of Longnose hawkfish.
They are the main reason the shrimp are mostly hidden.
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The fire shrimp stays inside the cave network at the edge 24/7. Usually visible but shy.
The cleaner shrimp comes out completely but only overnight. (2 or 3am) Seldom see more than antenna.
I sometimes work really bizzare inconsistent hours so occasional I'm getting ready for work in the den with just a nightlight. Just enough to see into the tank.
"Oh good, you're still alive."
We have 1 flame hawkfish and a bonded pair of Longnose hawkfish.
They are the main reason the shrimp are mostly hidden.
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Crooked Reef
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I have had the opposite experience. My skunk cleaners have always been out more than fire shrimp. I have had multiple over the past 16 years in various tanks. Never any with hawkfish though.
Monkeyfish
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When I had a cleaner, he set up shop on top of a rock and the fish would come to him for a makeover. The fire shrimp was rarely seen.
mndfreeze
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Fire shrimp are definitely a lot more shy. Cleaner shrimp are like little neurotic methheads. Mine would jump on my hand and go nuts cleaning my nails and stuff any time my hands were in the tank. Also would steal food from my LPS corals mouths.
My fire shrimp in my current tank has a little overhang in the back side he sits in, and comes out when I feed and stuff and isn't "scared" of me or anything, but he isn't on that meth pipe either.
My fire shrimp in my current tank has a little overhang in the back side he sits in, and comes out when I feed and stuff and isn't "scared" of me or anything, but he isn't on that meth pipe either.
