Title: RE: Shrimp
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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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