Sexy shrimp

[minkin]

I currently have 1 cleaner shrimp and 1 peppermint shrimp.

Would I be able to add some sexy shrimp to my 30g fowlr??

 

[saltcreep1025]

I have two peppermints and 3 sexy shrimp in my five gallon and they do fine together. Go to town!

 

[Zactheninja]

How big is the cleaner?

Mine got territorial when I put in a peppermint, nearly killed him, and if I hadn't moved him he would have been a goner.

 

[minkin]

The cleaner is an inch, maybe an inch and a quarter.

He is the boss between him and my peppermint.

That's what I'm worried about. With the sexy's being smaller, like less than an inch that he will attack them.

 

[Zactheninja]

Yeah, you would definitely be taking a chance on it, I think mine was about that size when he attacked the peppermint.
You never know, the cleaner could completely ignore the sexies, if you get them watch like a hawk for a while.

 

[saltcreep1025]

Well I'll be ****ed... from what I've seen peps and cleaners behave very similarly. Didn't know they were more territorial/aggressive.

 

[Kristy3693]

There is no telling, a lot has to do with the size of the tank.

 

[Raleighfishnerd]

I currently have 1 cleaner shrimp and 1 peppermint shrimp.

Would I be able to add some sexy shrimp to my 30g fowlr??

I have 5 sexy shrimp in my 40b with two skunk cleaner shrimp and a fire shrimp they don't even look twice at the sexy shrimp and they hang out about two inches from the fire shrimps cave

 

[saltcreep1025]

Here's a pic I took of mine the other day

 

[minkin]

They look cool, how big are they like an inch?

 

[saltcreep1025]

Smaller than that. They also curl their tails up, so they are pretty tiny. Bout dime sized.

 

[minkin]

Nice, I heard to keep them in groups. How many do you have?

 

[saltcreep1025]

Ive got 3 of them. Two females and a male.

 

[minkin]

Rossv,

What other livestock do you have in your tank?

 

[saltcreep1025]

I also have two peppermint shrimp, a rainford goby, and snails.