Coral Banded Shrimp

[carnophage]

i have a 120g reef thank, with a bunch of snails, hermits, some feather dusters, 2 cleaner shrimp. i really want to get a coral banded shrimp. i have heard that they will kill other shrimp and inverts. but on every site i see it says that they are peacefull and reef safe. anyone have any experience with this? Thanks!

[Aquabucket]

Coral Banded Shrimp may attack shrimps, worms, feather dusters, hermit crabs, anemones, corals, snails and other crustaceans. They can even act aggressively to smaller fish. The larger they get the more trouble they can be.

With that said I know plenty of people who have kept them in a reef. The key is to keep them well fed and watch them at night to see if they are feeding on things you don't want them to.

[zooloo]

they will definitly go after your other shrimp mine killed any shrimp i put in the tank.

[steve1963]

They can be buggers.

[sabazerehi]

mine's acts aggressive towards my fish but only cuz he likes his space, never hurts anything. i love him, can't imagine my tank without him and i only have a 30g

[Aquabucket]

Also if you make a nice cave for it the shrimp will pretty much stay there, even at night, especially if you keep food coming its way. In a 120 what may happen is your other shrimp will stay at the opposite end of the tank.

[carnophage]

i also have feathers and hermits, snails, will he bother them too?

[sk8rreefgeek]

I have a snail, and some small feather dusters. My banded shrimp has gotten pretty big, and has never bothered anyone.
maybe it's just a matter of time haha

[Skipper J]

I have a big one in a 28 gallon and he has never hurt anything. I have many snails, hermits, etc. He does pinch the fish when they get too close, but he's not trying to eat them.

[kar93]

Originally posted by zooloo
they will definitly go after your other shrimp mine killed any shrimp i put in the tank.

definitely???? i have mine with 2 cleaners

[allenpantino]

keep them well fed (every 2 days) or they will attack inverts i have 1 in my 65 gal. and he's fine.

[jaguarmonk]

I have 2 of them. One in my 75gal and it hasn't bothered anything, there are 2 peppermint shrimp, a pistol shrimp, a sally lightfoot, and all kinds of hermits.

The other is in my Nano, it has nipped at a fish once or twice, and has killed all my turbos, but it is the most interesting inhabitant in the tank. On its last molt is lost one of its big claws, so now it isn't going to be doing much damage to anything for a while.

In a 120 you should be perfectly fine, from my experience the more space they have, the better.

[vito is hooked]

Had mine bout 3 weeks, killed and ate(I watched him)3 of my cleaner shrimp. IMO stay clear! If you want, try fire shrimp,IMO.

[HPD Turbo]

Do your self a favor and forget about this bastard.

[Nanz]

Originally posted by carnophage
i have a 120g reef thank, with a bunch of snails, hermits, some feather dusters, 2 cleaner shrimp. i really want to get a coral banded shrimp. i have heard that they will kill other shrimp and inverts. but on every site i see it says that they are peacefull and reef safe. anyone have any experience with this? Thanks!

Mine is really peaceful. I have 3 peppermint, 1 skunk, 1 Pistol, 1 saly lightfoot and some scarlet hermits. My CBS is 4 inches long and he is peaceful so far. I have had him 6 months and no problems.

[DylanE]

I have one in my 24 and he shares his cave with my purple firefish

[carnophage]

in some of my reading i saw that the fire shrimp are mean too, or at least to corals?

[plummike]

I have 2 in my reef, never a problem. I feed them fish or Krill in the morning. I also have Cleaners, Peppermints, Hermits, and Snails without issue.
They mostly eat worms and small things from the rock.

[Sk8r]

They will hunt and kill fish, let alone snails. They really are not for community reefs.

[coral rules]

I have one in my 90. He is very peaceful and minds his own business. The only time he tries to grab a fish or other crab is if they swim too close to him. No worries, the fish are faster.