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Unread 06/10/2006, 11:53 AM   #1
mntl
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Question Golden Coral Banded Shrimp (need info)

My tanks has been fishless now for about a month (ick took out my starkii damsel and black-cap basslet). I am now about ready to start looking for a new fish and I came across the opportunity to get a mated pair of golden coral banded shrimp. I have not kept shrimp in this tank in the past and if I add this pair I will not be adding any fish (too small imo). I have no experience with cbs or golden cbs for that matter and would like to know some info:

-The tank is all sps, will they hurt them (walking on them wont hurt them, picking would)

-The tank is reletively high flow/BB with many worms/sponges/pods but lacking micro/macro algea completely. I can feed them but what to feed (specifically)?

-Are there certain parameters that stress them out (iodine/high/low salinity/ certain temps/etc)

-The tank is polished/rimless, are they likely to crawl out/go carpet surfing?

If you have expierience with these (or normal CBS, I am sure they are similiar enough to compair) please post. What do you feed, what stresses them out, do they like caves or are they out in the open, does flow bother them etc.

just researching before buying, I have googled as much info as I can about natural habitat now I am looking for first hand experience.

Thanks in advance, any help would be greatly appreciated!!

-John-


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Unread 06/10/2006, 12:16 PM   #2
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I have had one for three years. He is doing just fine only I rarely see him. He stays pretty much hidden in the rock caves in my tank.


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Unread 06/10/2006, 12:36 PM   #3
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Mine does the same.
He will stay hidden in the caves during the day coming out occasionally when it's feeding time. He is more active at night.
As far as salinity and temp goes I keep my tank at 1.025 and 80.1 deg. with 0 nit, 0 amo and
8.2 PH.
What I do to prevent him from picking at the corals is completly target him with a baster full load of brime shrime. That keeps him enteirtain while I target feed the corals.

BTW, they wont crawl out from the tank.


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