Peppermint and Cleaner Shrimp together?

[pikachoi]

Hi folks, I was just wondering if it would be safe to put a peppermint and cleaner shrimp together in a ten gallon nano tank? I think i have enough rock for them, but i don't know if they would get along. Anyone have any experiences?
Thanks.

 

[BreadmanMike]

Have a skunk cleaner, a peppermint, and a fire shrimp in my 65. I haven't had any problems yet. They are all about the same size and rarely go near each other.

I think you will be fine with those two together. I would avoid a fire shrimp in that situation though. They can be aggressive to other shrimp.

 

[hansnfrans]

Had a cleaner and peppermint in a 29 gal. They were generally okay as long as the peppermint stayed on his side of the tank. Now there's no more peppermint. Don't know if cleaner killed him or not, b/c when the peppermint would go into the cleaner's territory, the cleaner would start beatin' on him.

 

[pikachoi]

Thanks guys.... Hopefully they'll get along well. There's lots of room for them to move around and places to hide. I've had the cleaner for about a week now, and it's almost twice the size of the new peppermint. Do I need to feed the peppermint special food? I heard that they are more nocturnal, they'd be missing the morning feeding session's that the cleaner shrimp seems to enjoy.

 

[hansnfrans]

mine would come out during the day and would also eat during the day when I fed the fish.

 

[fkdenton]

I have two cleaners and one pepermint. No problems at all. The two cleaners ignore the pepermint.

 

[pikachoi]

Cool, thanks everyone.
Right now the peppermint is in hiding mode.... hopefully it'll come and explore the rest of the tank tomorrow!