flameangel9
OnyxInc.
Question about pistol shrimp. I know they will kill cleaner shrimp but I've see them in tanks with coral banded shrimps and fire shrimp. Are they o.k. with these shrimp?
pistol shrimp
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SNAKEMANVET
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I have a 3'' tiger pistol with my cleaner shrimp in a 12 gallon nano.They got along great.Just make sure you get a pistol that will pair up with a goby.Some pistols will kill small fish.
singold
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I have successfully had a Pistol Shrimp in tank with a Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp for over a year. My Pistol Shrimp is paired with a YWG. The Pistol Shrimp is very shy & the Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp is quite bold, not in bad way, but bold. When I feed tank it is more than happy to go after the food along with all the fish.
geffhardy2
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Coral bandit shrimp will try to kill a cleaner anytime they see it. Their are the one to worry about killing shrimp. I have 2 tiger pistal shrimp and they have never seen each other in a 55gal for about 3 months now.. Their are still some inverts in my tank that have never seen the pistols yet. Basically they should not attack anybody . They don't usally travel to far from their burrow before darting back with lighting speed. If you want to pair a goby with a pistal shrimp don't get a bulls-eye pistal. They are one of the few pistal shrimp that don't really like sleeping with gobies. They are red and blue with a black dot on the side . I would stay away from japenese pistal shrimp to. Go for a tiger pistal shrimp.
ecomdesign
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I bought 3 cleaner shrimp last weekend to put in my tank with a coral banded shrimp. 1 cleaner disappeared the other day, but I think it might have been the anemone that got him. For some strange reason all the cleaners have picked a cave right under the anemone. The coral banded doesn't seem to bother with them very much at all.
