shrimp compatibility ...

[pc604]

Thanks for the reply.

Hm...maybe it's just my skunk cleaner that's aggressive. Or maybe my tank is too small. How big is your tank btw?

[Ruth]

I put a peppermint shrimp in my 44g with a common cleaner and voila - no more peppermint. I am not positive it was the cleaner though as I also have a small Niger trigger in there. To date he has not bothered any of my inverts but I know that they are prone to so who know if it just died of ??? or if there is a killer lurking in my tank.

[pc604]

Yup that's exactly what happened to me. My skunk cleaner just would not stop harassing the little peppermint.

[marie]

I've found cleaner shrimp have a tendency to be thugs, even picking on little fish at feeding time

[pc604]

and I just hate it when they steal food from corals when you're target feeding... i really want a peppermint though ... darn

has anybody kept peppermints and skunk cleaners in tanks <20 gallons w/ no problems?