thoughts on shrimp in reef

[Oscar]

Originally Posted by mseepman

I'm adding a pistol shrimp (and goby) to my nano tank today and I've had a Coral Banded in my main tank for over a year without any issues.

Looking forward to photos of shrimp and goby.

[Lance]

I had two cleaner shrimp that would aggressively steal food from corals.. I gave one away and the remaining shrimp is now much less likely to harass corals. It is a model citizen now. They are much more timid when housed singly.

[ponokareefer]

I've had, at one time or another, sexy shrimp, cleaner shrimp, pistol shrimp, peppermint shrimp, fire shrimp, and coral banded shrimp. I agree with other people that some of the shrimp will sometimes steal food. Also, I rarely ever saw the coral banded shrimp in the daytime. I think I still have one in my 125 gallon, but unless I look in the middle of the night, I don't see it. The pistol shrimp will take/bury corals in the sand if they are near its burrow. My sexy shrimp never go further than a few inches from my tube anemone's, so I haven't had to worry about them. I found that the cleaner shrimp are out and about during the day the most of all the shrimp I have kept.

[dsaundry]

Got a pistol shrimp and goby,,cleaner shrimp and pepermints..no probs

[Patrick1]

I keep Fire Shrimp, Cleaners, Peppermint, and Harlequin Shrimp. None have caused me any headaches. I feed my Cleaners and Fires some Krill of their own before I feed my corals. Keeping them fat and happy keeps me happy and my corals.