will banded coral shrimp harm cleanup crew?

barrman

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My tank finished cycling a week ago. As of today, the tank is 3 weeks old and i currently have a cleanup crew consisting of;

3 Astrea Snails
3 Nerite Snails
1 Margarita Snail
3 Tongan Nassarius Snails
2 Scarlet Reef Hermits
2 Blue Dwarf Hermits

The cleanup crew has been in the tank since it finished cycling.

My water parameters are;

Salinity - 1.0255
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - >5
pH - 7.9

Would I be ok adding a Banded Coral Shrimp? Are my nitrates low enough for the shrimp? (i've read that theyre sensitive to nitrates) Will the shrimp kill/eat any of my cleanup crew?
 
Should be fine. Occasionally they are reported to hassle hermits, but it's mostly other shrimp that are a problem with them. I've kept a number of them in with hermits with no problems. The nitrates you mention are fairly low, so no worries there.
 
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