coral banded shrimp

[joenano]

Im thinking of getting one of these today because they look sweet, but read a lot about them eating/ picking at corals. Any one have an opinion about them?
thanks joe

 

[TomNeely]

I NEVER had this happen...I had one in my 20 gallon SPS and zoa tank.

 

[pgolnick]

Make sure that you do not want anyother shrimp in the tank. My understanding is that they will take out cleaners, pepperments and other shrimp. Not sure about other crabs or snails. JMO
Phil

 

[Jim Morrison]

Consider the gold/orange color variety because they stay smaller than the red/white ones. They are more expensive though. I never heard of them eating coral but i have heard of large ones eating small fish and other small shrimp.

 

[the budman]

i have a pair of yellow ones. they are ok with my pistol and peppermint shrimp and really dont seem to bother anything. they are smaller than the normal ones

 

[Ohiomom]

I had one that basically took out everything in my tank..sucker was MEAN! He ate any snails and crabs in the tank and tried to get any fish. Finally had to put him in the sump.

 

[99probfishaint1]

Mine went for my corals, and then I traded it in.

 

[the budman]

my corals are all soft or lps. maybe that matters?

 

[martinhal]

Hi ,

I have one with two cleaners and never had a problem with them or the corals.

 

[the budman]

martinhal where is johannesburg?

 

[martinhal]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14563017#post14563017 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by the budman
martinhal where is johannesburg?

In South Africa

 

[the budman]

thats what i thought. wanted to make sure you werent in a little one horse town in ohio i had never heard of. welcome

 

[Milkman78]

i have one in my sps tank with a blood red and a cleaner shrimp and have no problem

 

[rwp1202]

My coral banded took out my cleaner shrimp onoe by one. He also chases what ever fish gets in his way and occasionally find battle scars where he has managed to get a claw burried in the side of a fish.

 

[99probfishaint1]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14563011#post14563011 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by the budman
my corals are all soft or lps. maybe that matters?

Mine were all soft at that time...but from what I read I got the bad apple of the group, as it doesn't happen too often.

 

[DiscoReefRover]

mine is in the sump from killing sprees also!!!!! free to who everf wants him

 

[Bowman]

Sean If you still have him I will take it Can I get it at the meeting?

 

[funkyman]

I've had a mated pair for years. They've never harmed any of the corals in the tank. It's a given that they won't get along with other shrimp, although a pistol should be able to hold it's own.