I used to have a coral banded shrimp which used to have a fire fish that slept next to him every night. It seemed as if the coral banded was guarding the firefish. Was this normal behavior? Because I have read they are terrible creatures who will eat small fish like firefish. Eventually the coral banded died and the firefish died shortly afterwards. I am wondering if this is normal and I can get another coral banded without it killing my gobies or will he eat my fish?
Friendly coral banded shrimp?
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terrypercula
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My friend has one that doesn't look at fish. Mine I used to have chased my clowns around until they were noticeably tired. Never know truly what they're gonna do.
I had one that would mine it's business too. Occasionally just raising both of its claws just to say "watch it" if anything came close to it. Sadly it died after three years. I was going to get another one the other day but the lfs just had the huge ones. I would prefer starting off with a smaller one to be safe.
most coral bandeds are territorial but not aggressive. more bark than bite. however, if something lets it catch it, it mite kill it. they're slow moving though. they don't really go out of their way to chase things. just don't get in it's way. it sounds like you're describing the symbiotic relationship of a pistol shrimp and goby. when my goby died, the pistol died shortly after. i guess it died of a broken heart.
Duna_
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I have a huge pair, and they do nothing to other fish, crabs and shrimp. I feed them pellets. They don't want any other creature in their cave, they raise their arms and the fish goes.
I was able to watch a coral shrimp while snorkeling in Mauritius (everyday, the same fish and coral shrimp under the same rock) and it was really big. It was sharing the cave with a lion fish and eight nocturnal fish.
I was able to watch a coral shrimp while snorkeling in Mauritius (everyday, the same fish and coral shrimp under the same rock) and it was really big. It was sharing the cave with a lion fish and eight nocturnal fish.
