Will I be able to add 3 (or 4?) sexy shrimp and 1 cleaner shrimp? My Parameters are always steady at Ammonia-0 Nitrites-0 Nitrates-0 PH-8.2 (Don't have phosphate or calcium). My current fish and inverts are in my signature.
Can I add these shrimp?
- Thread starter rockethippo
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Catpicklesdog
Hindsight is a wonderful thing!
I had it the other way around. I had 4 cleaner shrimp and 1 sexy all at the same time with no problems. The only thing with sexy shrimp is that they are so small at least with the cleaners you'll get to see them more often, but it can be fun trying to spot the sexy!!
Okay so my final plan is 1 cleaner shrimp, 3 sexy shrimp, and 1 pistol shrimp. Does everything sound good?
Since I am having lots of inverts, will it be better to add iodine, to help with molting, or will just regular water changes be fine?
yep, too easy to OD iodine IMO
as for the sexies i think they look better in larger groups 6-10 but they seem to get along fine in smaller
as for the sexies i think they look better in larger groups 6-10 but they seem to get along fine in smaller
My Pistol Shrimp killed my peppermint shrimp, and their natural prey in the wild are cleaner shrimp. If sexy shrimp hide alot, and like to go in caves, your pistol will most likely make a meal out of them. But this has just been my experience. I do not know alot about Sexy, but I know peppermint like to hide and are rarely seen, and I went from 4 to 1 in 4 days from the pistol I had. I got rid of him, and my last peppermint has been fine.