Questions about pistol shrimp

[tang daddy]

As far as I know pistol shrimps will not harm cleaner shrimp because they mostly remain on the sand bed and the cleaner shrimps live under crevaces.

I had my pistol shrimp in my refuge with sand and aragonite mixed, they constantly rearrange the tunnel and surrounding areas where they live. It won't be a problem keeping it in your tank. They kinda remind me of a bulldozer in an excavation site where they constantly bulldoze back and forth. Very active buggers!!

[Frenchie2]

I've had a pistol shrimp living in my 90 gallons for quite a while along with 2 cleaner shrimps & one fire shrimps - no problems. Neither with hermit crabs. BUT I added an emerald crab twice in a row - and they were gone within 2 weeks. Same with porcelain crabs.... Peculiar...

[SkunkClown]

Thanks everyone! Sounds like it will be ok. Frenchie, do you think the pistol shrimp killed your emerald crabs?

[Frenchie2]

I believe so since it is the 2nd emerald crab that has disappeared... Would not surprise me... Good luck!

[fido19]

If you look close enough he doesen't have a pistol

[mohammadali]

i have a pistol shrimp,fire shrimp and a Peppermint Shrimp i dont see any problem
and my firefish and pistol shrimp is pair i guess cuz i always see the fire fish goes to the sands hole with pistol
i have 5 fish in my 29 gallon there