Shrimp Compatibility

zmattie · 03/19/2009, 05:24 PM

I am going to be setting up my 90 gallon system in a few weeks here and have a question about shrimp compatibility. I currently have 2 skunk clearner shrimp, and have been thinking about adding a few "Sexy Anemone Shrimp" to the system. I have a chance in the next couple months to go hand pick some specimens at a very large facility, and I am assuming they would have some there. So my questions is, will the two different species co-exisit (get along lol) in my 90 gal system?

interceptor · 03/19/2009, 05:43 PM

Zach I have a 125 gal. tank housing 2 skunk cleaner shrimp, 2 red blood shrimp, 2 peppermints, 2 coral banded shrimp, 7 sexy shrimp, and 100 cleaner ghost shrimp and they're all thriving well. Each different type of shrimp have their own rock and claim their own, if any of the others invade that area they are chased out, so they're all living behind the rocks from left end of the tank all the way to the right side. Looks really cool at feeding time that they all come out to feed and also at night viewing them with the night lights, going on two years now with no deaths.

Fred

zmattie · 03/19/2009, 05:54 PM

WOW! thats awesome! Im glad to hear that, now I feel at ease about it! Id also like to have some Coral Banded in there as well, but ive hearnd NOTHING good about mixing them (with success) in a smaller tank like mine (90 gal).

So another question arrises, what do you think about mixing the Sexy Anemone Shrimp, Skunk Cleaners and Coral Banded together?

interceptor · 03/19/2009, 06:09 PM

As long as you have plenty of rock work in your tank for them to move around and hide, also I picked up these coral banded shrimp as a pair, and all the others paired up on their own! Now each female from the different types of shrimp I have are all Prego. I also have green mithrax crabs (1 Male, and 5 females) with a couple of the females giving birth to baby little crabs, and a mated pair of anemone porclean crabs (white ones) and also a mated pair of blue porclean crabs, and they all get along great! Plus an Arrow crab which I may be removing because of its size! Its as big as my hand already and I dont like it eating my feather dusters.

zmattie · 03/19/2009, 06:23 PM

Alright, I think I may try the coral banded then, not quite sure yet, but I will for sure be going with the Sexy Anemone Shrimp! Thanks for the Help!

BeanMachine · 03/20/2009, 12:52 PM

You may be OK mixing a coral banded with the others in a 90, but if I were you I wouldn't get to upset if the coral banded makes lunch of the others at some point in time.

Everything I've read and heard is that they are pretty agressive & opportunistic.

Bean

03/19/2009, 05:24 PM	#1
zmattie Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 60	Shrimp Compatibility I am going to be setting up my 90 gallon system in a few weeks here and have a question about shrimp compatibility. I currently have 2 skunk clearner shrimp, and have been thinking about adding a few "Sexy Anemone Shrimp" to the system. I have a chance in the next couple months to go hand pick some specimens at a very large facility, and I am assuming they would have some there. So my questions is, will the two different species co-exisit (get along lol) in my 90 gal system?

03/19/2009, 05:43 PM	#2
interceptor Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: El Paso Texas Posts: 15	Zach I have a 125 gal. tank housing 2 skunk cleaner shrimp, 2 red blood shrimp, 2 peppermints, 2 coral banded shrimp, 7 sexy shrimp, and 100 cleaner ghost shrimp and they're all thriving well. Each different type of shrimp have their own rock and claim their own, if any of the others invade that area they are chased out, so they're all living behind the rocks from left end of the tank all the way to the right side. Looks really cool at feeding time that they all come out to feed and also at night viewing them with the night lights, going on two years now with no deaths. Fred

03/19/2009, 05:54 PM	#3
zmattie Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 60	WOW! thats awesome! Im glad to hear that, now I feel at ease about it! Id also like to have some Coral Banded in there as well, but ive hearnd NOTHING good about mixing them (with success) in a smaller tank like mine (90 gal). So another question arrises, what do you think about mixing the Sexy Anemone Shrimp, Skunk Cleaners and Coral Banded together?

03/19/2009, 06:09 PM	#4
interceptor Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: El Paso Texas Posts: 15	As long as you have plenty of rock work in your tank for them to move around and hide, also I picked up these coral banded shrimp as a pair, and all the others paired up on their own! Now each female from the different types of shrimp I have are all Prego. I also have green mithrax crabs (1 Male, and 5 females) with a couple of the females giving birth to baby little crabs, and a mated pair of anemone porclean crabs (white ones) and also a mated pair of blue porclean crabs, and they all get along great! Plus an Arrow crab which I may be removing because of its size! Its as big as my hand already and I dont like it eating my feather dusters.

03/19/2009, 06:23 PM	#5
zmattie Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 60	Alright, I think I may try the coral banded then, not quite sure yet, but I will for sure be going with the Sexy Anemone Shrimp! Thanks for the Help!

03/20/2009, 12:52 PM	#6
BeanMachine Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Orange, CA Posts: 11,200	You may be OK mixing a coral banded with the others in a 90, but if I were you I wouldn't get to upset if the coral banded makes lunch of the others at some point in time. Everything I've read and heard is that they are pretty agressive & opportunistic. Bean