Title: RE: Shrimp
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Thanks
for the warning, my pod population seems to be thriving, but I'll keep an eye on
the shrimp as it grows.
Chris
I'm not a big fan of CBS. They tendt to
deplete pod populations in all but the largest tanks. Also they are
known to eat small fish. Very similar situation to arrow
crabs.
HTH
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 2:12
PM
Subject: RE: Shrimp
Coral banded shrimp are also reef safe. I don't think they
serve a purpose though, other than decoration & maybe clean up a few
stray food particles.
Chris
-----Original Message-----
From:
Shane Clays [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:01 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: Shrimp
Camel shrimp are bad. Cleaner shrimp are good. So are
peppermint shrimp.
Camel shrimp will eat corals and
polyps. Also, peppermint shrimp will eat
polyps, but
only if you have too many of them in a tank. You can usually add
2-3 of them okay, but they seem to go for polyps when you
add 4-5 or more.
The advantage of peppermints is
they eat aptasia anemones. The advantage to
cleaners
is they will help keep your fish free of parasites. The
disadvantage to both is they will steal food from your LPS corals. A
nice
mix would be a couple of cleaners and a couple
of peppermints.
IMO
Shane C.
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