pepeppermintshrimp and coralbanded shrimp

[reef321]

Can i put a coral banded shrimp in with peppermint shrimp or will it pick on them, because i heard that they can be aggressive to other shrimp.

 

[Tennyson]

It depends on what size the tank is.
Coral banded shrimp can be very territorial and need a big enough tank so there's room for them and others.
IMO, a minimum of a 30 gallon tank is enough for both

 

[serolis7]

IMHO, eventually the coral banded shrimp will eat the peppermints.

 

[xXReefXx]

you could, but with cautions, i have 20 skunk cleaner shrimp and 20 scarlet cleaner shrimp in my 125 mix reef, and a pair of banded shrimp over a year now and they seems fine. no death occur....yet!!

 

[viodea]

what's the different between skunk & scarlet cleaner?

 

[xXReefXx]

their the same just different appearance. IMO the skunk shrimp does more cleaning then the scarlet...

 

[zach jay]

i had a coral branded shrimp a few years ago and it killed a few of my fish somehow. miserable. haha

 

[Elysia]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14076573#post14076573 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by viodea
what's the different between skunk & scarlet cleaner?

It depends.... probably the difference is the location of the person with the animal. Lysmata amboinensis from the Indo-Pacific has several common names, many of which are used in the trade interchangably w/ the common names of Lysmata grabhami of the Atlantic, including Skunk-, Scarlet-, and White Stripe- cleaner shrimp. They look very similar to one another. Around here, they are sold as "skunk cleaner shrimp." Lysmata debelius is sold as the "blood shrimp" or "fire shrimp," although I could see people calling them "scarlet" as well. L. debelius is the one that is mostly red in color and is from deeper water, and doesn't seem as keen to clean in the aquarium as the skunks.