is it ok to add a cleaner shrimp?

cooltankmate · 03/09/2006, 09:52 PM

since i already have a fire shrimp? it's a 30 L gal tank. will they fight? the fire is beautiful. but he hides all the time, only comes out when feeding. when i saw my friend's cleaner, i was like "damn, he's so active" the cleaner out walking and climbing all the time....if i buy a cleaner, will the cleaner make my fire more active?

cooltankmate · 03/09/2006, 09:56 PM

BTW, do inverts add to the bioload or not?

moose8721 · 03/09/2006, 10:37 PM

I have both a cleaner shrimp and a fire shrimp in my 38 gallon, no problems. They ignore each other. Inverts add to bio-load, but not as much as fish I'd imagine.

03/09/2006, 09:52 PM	#1
cooltankmate Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 160	is it ok to add a cleaner shrimp? since i already have a fire shrimp? it's a 30 L gal tank. will they fight? the fire is beautiful. but he hides all the time, only comes out when feeding. when i saw my friend's cleaner, i was like "damn, he's so active" the cleaner out walking and climbing all the time....if i buy a cleaner, will the cleaner make my fire more active?

03/09/2006, 09:56 PM	#2
cooltankmate Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 160	BTW, do inverts add to the bioload or not?

03/09/2006, 10:37 PM	#3
moose8721 Premium Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Montclair, NJ Posts: 268	I have both a cleaner shrimp and a fire shrimp in my 38 gallon, no problems. They ignore each other. Inverts add to bio-load, but not as much as fish I'd imagine.