banded coral shrimp reef safe? [Archive] - Reef Central Online Community

doox00

07/10/2006, 01:36 PM

are banded coral shrimp reef safe? they okay with a peppermint shrimp and emerald crabs also?

thanks

Jeremy Blaze

07/10/2006, 01:38 PM

They can get aggresive, and may eat your peppermint shrimp.
I had one that lived with a lionfish, and would eat feeder platties, it would actually catch them as they swam by!

saltychris

07/10/2006, 02:07 PM

I had one that got eaten in a day............still not sure if it was the crabs or the hermits............possibly the starfish?

akrimmel

07/10/2006, 02:17 PM

50/50 like all things you put into your tank.

poedag

07/10/2006, 02:53 PM

very hit or miss. just as akrimmel said. they are fairly varied from individual to individual.

akrimmel

07/10/2006, 02:57 PM

like anything in this hooby unfortunately. looks good i think.

sing4lts

07/10/2006, 03:55 PM

Mine seems to be getting along just fine.

DylanE

07/10/2006, 05:12 PM

all in the personallity... ive heard of some occasionally acting as a cleaner shrimp, and some that would eat anything it could ge its claws on.

Krazy

07/10/2006, 05:26 PM

I had a mated pair of the CBS, day 1 they killed my peppermints... day 2 they went to the LFS ...

I now have a pair of cleaner shrimps.... Very peaceful guys !

jwhitlow1031

07/10/2006, 05:32 PM

http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL906/4312776/9080079/136020453.jpg
mine is huge and doesn't seem to bother the fish much, i think he's just kinda slow now.. lol doesn't bother the coral at all though

masterqaz

07/10/2006, 08:47 PM

i have 2 cleaner shrimp, 1 bloody red, and 1 Very large CBS and on top of that the tank is fulll of coral and there have never been any problems. Like said before there is always a possiblily that it may not be Reef safe.

fio1022

07/10/2006, 09:04 PM

I have one that is large,nasty and territorial.hasn't killed anything but i'm sure if he could get his claws on something he would.

labatt

07/11/2006, 06:56 AM

I "had" a cbs untill one morning I woke up to him holding my percula clown in his claws above his head like a trophy.

chrisstie

07/11/2006, 07:38 AM

I thought cbs were supposed to eat starfish.. erm.. legs as it were- not the other way around.

I personally prefer cleaner shrimp- mine is very friendly... he'll clean your hand if its in there and it tickles like something else.

cchoffman

07/11/2006, 09:19 AM

Soon after adding my CBS my 3 peppermint shrimp were MIA.

jwhitlow1031

07/11/2006, 07:34 PM

yea, i dont have any other shrimp... afraid to add any.. lol, my crabs and emeralds are fine though...

Octoberfest

07/11/2006, 08:34 PM

I've got a large one, bigger than my hand. He "snaps" at anything that gets too close but as far as I can tell he hasn't killed anything.