Multiple shrimp combatability

[Mathfreak71]

I have had my tank for about 4 months now and I have a pair of ocellaris clowns, a yellow watchman goby, an emerald crab and various hermits and snails.

It turns out my wife likes the shrimp and crabs as much as the fish. So she would like to add at least one peppermint shrimp, a randalli pistol shrimp (to buddy up with my watchman goby) and at least one sexy shrimp (Possibly 2 or 3 because I have read they do well in small groups.)

I don't think there should be any problems with these. I know pistol shrimp can kill other shrimp but that is why I am picking the randalli because it is the most peaceful of the pistol shrimp.

Anyone have experience with the cohabitation of any of these? Anybody believe there would likely be problems?

 

[Airwolf75]

Most likely the problem will be the emerald crab with those tiny shrimp..

 

[Bongo Shrimp]

You should be fine. I have two sexy shrimp, a randalls pistol shrimp, a blood shrimp, a skunk cleaner shrimp, a peppermint shrimp, and a venustus anemone shrimp. All together with a pair of small clowns, a helfrichi fire fish and a yashia goby in a 29g cube. So yeah no problem with the shrimp, but I would definitely NOT put an emerald crab with them. Crabs in general (excluding hermits) are destructive and opportunists. Basically if they can catch it, they will catch it and they will eat or at least kill it.

 

[gunslingerone9]

with that size tank i would get 3-5 peppermint shrimp

 

[gunslingerone9]

emerald crabs are flat out evil. a year could go by without incident, then one day BOOM! it becomes a killing, destroying machine.

 

[shoprat001]

I agree about the Emeralds and also sally lightfoot crabs are the same way. Cool to watch but things will start disappearing at night. The truth be told Hermits are just as vicious as the others but are too small to do any real damage, except possibly to snails

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