Need to know something about banded coral shrimp.

[Mr. R]

I know a site says they are scavengers, but those claws look pretty tough. It wouldn't attack any of my fish while they were sleeping would it?

 

[gibbiceps]

Yes you some times wake up with a fish with a ripped fin but it usually heals in a day. They are the meanest shrimp besides a mantis and can't live with any other shrimp. They also will eat pods and pretend to be a cleaner shrimp and just poke at the fish with their claws no major damage though and by far the coolest shrimp. Mine has a 5 inch arm span he is huge and my trigger wont mess with him.

 

[Hara]

I have a pair in my 55 and wouldnt trade them for anything...really cool shrimp. I also have some peppermints in there as well and they dont have problems with each other. The shrimp leave the maroon clowns alone, but most things would

 

[lando]

I have one in my 72 gal. and it lives with two cleaners, one peppermint and one pistol shrimp. No problems.

 

[Mr. R]

I guess I'll be adding one soon then. I've been adding some live rock recently and have also found out that the copper levels in my tank are safe so now I can start adding inverts. I like that since I don't plan on starting another sw for a very long time. Too bad my tank is only a 29 gallon.

 

[Hara]

just in case you werent aware....the only safe level for copper with inverts is non existant.

 

[Mr. R]

I had a water test done at my lfs. The test scale was dark blue to no color, dark blue being high copper. No color showed up in the test. I figured I would make sure by getting a snail first.