Whats the odd's?

[UnderwaterExotic]

What are the odds of adding some cleaner shrimp to my Semi-Aggressive FOWLR? I have 3 Baby triggers, a baby S&S Puffer, Koran Angelfish, Bi-Color Parrotfish, And a Medium Hawkfish? These occur with these fish in the wild so I don't see what the big deal it would be unless they thought I was dumping it in for them for food! Let me know how to do this! I think if I introduce the shrimp at night after the lights are off I will be ok! Help me out guys! BTW the tank is a 210gallon, and 350lbs live rock!

 

[74nautique]

I had a hawk fish that ate all my shrimp and crabs.

 

[AdidaKev]

The puffer, the hawkfish, and the bicolor parrotfish would probably all go after the cleaners.

 

[UnderwaterExotic]

THE LFS has puffers as big as footballs in there 210 and they seem not to bother them, There are also, snowflake eels and other Aggressive fish in there. How are they doing it?

 

[capt. insano]

I had 4 cleaner shrimp in my 240 aggressive with triggers, a puffer, hawkfish, etc for almost a year and a half, until I moved and placed the shrimp in my reef tank

this is an old pic, but you can see two of the cleaners:

 

[UnderwaterExotic]

Did you put them in after or before the fish? I think i have talked to you about this before insano!

 

[capt. insano]

the tank had been up and running for about 2 years before I added the shrimp. I just keep my fish very well fed and have plenty of rockwork.

even though the shrimp are no longer in the main tank, I do have numerous snails and hermits in there for cleanup crew. My fish are so well fed it seems as though they think "why go to the trouble of hunting when this guy dumps a bunch of food in here twice a day?"