Crosshatch trigger and cleaner shrimp. Or Neon Gobies. ??

[christyf5]

expensive snack, to both

[Trigger Man]

When i had my crosshatch it was about 2 inches or so and had it for over 3 years before tank sell off. I added a couple of cleaner shrimp and snails atleast a year later. I always add new items to my tank with the lights off and leave them off for 24 hours. My Crosshatch did not bother with my cleaner shrimp or snails.
Good to see you ended up getting a crosshatch Tony, to this day even with the many other fish i had it was one of my favs.

[Delphinus]

Good to hear, thanks. It seems like the scales are slightly tipped in favour of trying although seems there is still some hit and miss. Someone eats snails in the cube tank although I can't tell if it's the eel or the trigger. Either are about as plausible.

Yeah I've had her since December 2009. Great fish, great personality. She lets me scratch her head. Although she's also nipped fingertips once or twice too. When I was reaching in a few weeks ago to pick up a clam to transfer over to the new tank, my other hand had just the fingertips poking through the surface and this must have looked like ..... food or something. Didn't draw blood or anything but surprised the heck out of me as I didn't even realize my other hand had breached the surface at all.

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

Peppermint shrimps, but what about cleaner shrimps? I think in nature the fishes recognize the cleaner as a usefull shrimp and they don't get eaten. Does the peppermind and pistol get the same favor?

peppermint shrimp are "cleaners" too, so are fire shrimp......come to think of it....I think even coral banded shrimp perform cleaner functions.....

I think it solely(pun intended) depends on the fish and its disposition...

[daniella3d]

My fire shrimps never cleaned any fish. My cleaner do.

Originally Posted by fishytime

peppermint shrimp are "cleaners" too, so are fire shrimp......come to think of it...