Will a Maroon kill skunk shrimp?

[cyeast97]

I have a 29 gallon Biocube with just an inch and a half maroon clown. Kind of want to add a shrimp but don't know if it is wise.

 

[GSMguy]

mine have never attacked shrimp

 

[xxseawolf]

you will be fine with your cleaner shrimp. i had 2 with my maroon for 5 months. i lost mine when i added a marine beta(LOL my fault). your maroon will be fine with your cleaner shrimp. good luck.

 

[timrandlerv10]

I just posted a thread about shrimp disappearing, and lots of people chimed in--one guy even had a female that BROUGHT her nem shrimp...I'm out a scarlett, skunk cleaner, and a peppermint...

 

[cyeast97]

that sucks Tim. I was mad enough when I lost a peppermint which isn't that expensive. I just bought a skunk shrimp and am watching him float in the bag as I type. If I lose him, I'm done with shrimp.

 

[illcssd]

My female black ocellaris has fed both sexy shrimp and small cleaner shrimp to my merten's. Be wary.

 

[Elmo18]

I would say that if it thinks it is food, it would.

I 'tried' to put a peppermint shrimp in my GSM/with abundant rose anemones tank, and I made the mistake to let the shrimp go from the top of the water column after acclimation.

Well, the big female GSM grabbed it, and since it was too big, went right into her big rose anemone, held it in her mouth for a couple seconds, then spat the shrimp out to the anemone....

Well..the anemone then just thought it was food, and closed down...on a nice $5.00 meal.

Best,
Ilham

 

[vt_snowman87]

my maroons never had a problem with my cleaner shrimp, my maroons pretty small.

 

[dc]

Probably at that age no. But Maroons tend to get testy as they get older.

 

[GSMguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9899404#post9899404 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dc
Probably at that age no. But Maroons tend to get testy as they get older.

the age and size thing is key.

i would not say anything is safe when there is a big female maroon in the equation, my buddy has one that sucks snails out of their shells. and will kill anything that moves it seems like.

 

[dc]

Mine doesn't kill the snails or existing fish, but she has killed all my corals, and won't let me add anything else to the tank. It's become a Maroon/hairy mushroom tank as opposed to a reeftank.

 

[GSMguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9899655#post9899655 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dc
Mine doesn't kill the snails or existing fish, but she has killed all my corals, and won't let me add anything else to the tank. It's become a Maroon/hairy mushroom tank as opposed to a reeftank.

does she have a BTA or just the mushrooms?

 

[dc]

No BTA

 

[cloudjockey]

My Maroon is fine with my shrimp, actually the shrimp hides under the BTA all the time

 

[timrandlerv10]

slight sidetrack (not a hijack):

my peppermint disappeared three days ago, and i was ****ed! (see my previous post and then jump to a conclusion).

this morning i found him trapped into the tiniest part of my sump where the downpipe and heater are. it is literally only large enough for the pipe and the heater. i had to use a chopstick (one, not even two!) to flick him out and then catch him.

he was ok, so i let him go at the surface (my tank is at work and i was wearing a dress shirt).

he floated downward at a curving 30 degree slope, landing squarely in the middle of my BTA.


@#$@#%@%@#$%@#$@#$


suprisingly, i yelled and stuck the net in to harass the bta, and he let go. she (maroon) then attacked the net, the shrimp and then me in that order. she spent the next hour glaring at me across my office.


sigh...how's that maroon/mushroom tank working out? i may have to try that...

 

[mr. clown man]

never had a problem with my shrimp and my maroon, they actualy became buddys and "watched out for each other"