coral banded shrimp

marie · #1 08-15-2009, 03:11 PM

coral banded shrimp aren't safe with feather dusters either. Mine did a good job of retraining my clownfish to not eat cleaner shrimp though

fishytime · #2 08-15-2009, 03:16 PM

One look at their claws is a good indication of what they are designed to do...these are not reef safe shrimp and we wish stores would stop selling them as such.

chris121277 · #3 08-15-2009, 04:31 PM

I wish the LFS hadn't told me that they were reef safe

mytank90 · #4 08-15-2009, 04:42 PM

thanks all for the info .will skip buying one

milesj250 · #5 08-15-2009, 05:06 PM

never had a problem with mine, have had her for almost 2 years and not a problem. Have her with 2 cleaner shrimps in a 220 g reef. i took a leg off (oops) and about 2 to 3 weeks later a new arm grew back. love mine.

burgerchow · #6 08-16-2009, 05:27 PM

Have had many cbs for years. They are "reef safe" in the fact that they won't eat your corals. Like anything else in the ocean, they are opportunistic eaters and will eat anything dead or alive that they can catch.
I think they are the best ornamental creatures "bang for buck" that you can put into a reef tank. I've got a mated pair of them in my 120 reef currently.
Now, if you really want to see fish disappear, try a " reef lobster"

Oceanic · #7 08-15-2009, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by fishytime

One look at their claws is a good indication of what they are designed to do...these are not reef safe shrimp and we wish stores would stop selling them as such.

Coral branded shrimps are reef safe and interesting to own. It is true they may be territorial with other shrimp but they are scavengers and won't actively hunt anything important. The worst thing they will do is steal food from your Corals.

I have had two for five years.

Ignore the non "reef safe" issue.

reeferious · #8 08-15-2009, 06:17 PM

i look on my cbs pair as food producing machines as the female give birth with clockwork regularity. same goes for my cleaner shrimp pair. i rarely see conflict between them although the cleaners usually pay acknowledgement to cbs when food issues arise. from what i could see no tankmates have been attacked by any of these shrimps.

Oceanic · #9 08-15-2009, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by reeferious

i look on my cbs pair as food producing machines as the female give birth with clockwork regularity. same goes for my cleaner shrimp pair. i rarely see conflict between them although the cleaners usually pay acknowledgement to cbs when food issues arise. from what i could see no tankmates have been attacked by any of these shrimps.

And they won't as they are reef safe!