quick shrimp question

[slowradio]

is it okay to keep a cleaner shrimp and a pistol shrimp in the same tank?

my buddy (who insists upon living his life without internet access) wants to add a cleaner to his 30G and asked me if it would work. i really don't know a whole lot about pistols.

thanks!

[shrimpin]

I have both in my 27 no problem at all yet, but i have been warned about it though....

[relaxednature]

I also have both with no problem

[Philwd]

IIRC it was Tiff who had a great pic a while back of the goby caught swallowing her cleaner shrimp. It apparently got too close to the burrow.

[Doglover_50]

I guess in this case, per Phil's share, Tiff's cleaner shrimp was not a quick shrimp [that's a little humor at the title of your thread].

It's a good question, but I'm wondering who would harm whom? Isn't the point of the pistol shrimp's pistol and reliance on a shrimp goby that he cannot defend himself (and harm other shrimp). Looking forward to responses from the knowledgeable...

[widefx]

Pistol shrimp use there pistol claw to stun shrimp so they can eat them. I have seen a video of this in action.

[widefx]

Here is a video

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/659916/pistol_shrimp/

[osprey3883]

Verry cool video, thanks!
Matt

[relaxednature]

Holly cow, I here mine doing that click clicking of its claw all the time, but never seen it do that.. that was sweet.

[racecaraz]

Cool video, quite dramatic. temperature of the sun eh?


I think my pistol shrimp got most of my peppermints. But I have no proof.

[slowradio]

thanks for your input everybody. very cool video, btw.

looks like he'll be rolling the dice if he goes through with it. we'll have to wait and see.

[Elliott]

how cool is that video? thanks Denny