cleaner shrimp question

[muck]

I Echo Tonys observations. Get a pair at least.

[Finaddict]

thanks guys, I will be on the look out for more shrimps then!!!
Does it matter if the new shrimps r smaller??

[Delphinus]

I don't think so.. should be OK. Worst case scenario they won't hang out with each other ("you dang kids, back in MY day, ....."). Methinks anyhow. Ultimately there shouldn't be any problems amongst themselves..

[muck]

I had 2 large cleaners and added a smaller one a while later and they didn't want to play nice with him. They harassed him constantly. It might be different if you only have 1 and then add another one or two.

[Delphinus]

Interesting! I wonder what would happen if you added more than 1 then, if that would help, or if really they all must be added at the same time and then let to live out their lives. I guess the standard rules of adding a stranger into an established territory applies then. (Sorry for the earlier bad advice then!)

[mr_alberta]

From what I understand, if you have an established pair or group, they won't tank the addition of others very well. Don't know what the scenario is though when adding a group when you only have a single shrimp in the tank.

[kari]

Not that I know anything about this but,
had a pair of cleaners and one fire shrimp for many years. Recently one cleaner took the big dirt nap in the sand bed so I replaced it with a smaller one. Only seen the new shrimp for a few minutes.