Cleaner Shrimp

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no the clown goby won't do it...

personally i'd a a few sexy shrimp, i think watching them interact is more fun than the shrimp/goby
 
I don't plan on adding another goby so I think i'm going to go with a pair of sexy's unless anything crazy catches my eye. I've also seen the coral banded shrimp but they look like they can snap my cleaner in half.
 
you should try a harleguin shrimp. About 150 bucks and almost impossible to keep alive for an extended amount of time lol. JK JK JK

Sexys are awsome shrimp and i think they make a great addition to most reef tanks.
 
$150??? I was at a store today and a 'Blue Harqulin Shrimp' was $32 lol. They eat starfish and look kick ***...are we talking about the same shrimp?
 
yeah... harlis are ok as long as you can get a reliable supply of seastars..... they are like 50-60 by me and we are usually a little expensive out here.

if you were going with the sexies, i'd do like 6 if you can afford them (last time i saw them they were $30 each, but again my stores are expensive)
 
yeah no, i know there not 150 bucks lol. more or less sarcastic, but around la crosse there still a bit exspensive. they range from 50-78 due to the care it takes to keep them alive before sale "is what im told"

I can get them online but im not going to attempt these little guys.
 
Yeah a guy at my work has kept a pair alive for about 9 months now and he keeps CC stars in his fuge and rotates which one he cuts the leg off of and it's worked for him so far.

I'd get a large number of sexies but I only have a 14 gallon bio-cube...woudln't that be too much?
 
inverts don't add a great deal to the bio load of the tank, but it will add up eventually. Whats the stocking like right now?? fish corals and inverts?
 
I think i'm kinda overstocked but it's a 14 gallon bio-cube i've got about 16-18 #'s of live rock. 1 Occelarris Clown, 1 Alleni Damsel, 1 Yellow Clown? Goby, 1 Firefish. For inverts i've got 1 Peppermint, 1 Cleaner, 1 Ghost 10 Hermits, 2 Mex Turbo's, 1 astrea. Corals i've got 1 Purple Mushroom, 1 Keyna Tree 2 Yellow Zoo colonies 1 green zoo colony, 1 hammer frag and somethign else that looks like big zoos. What do you think I can add? I do weekly waterchanges and my water has been really good.
 
yeah 4 should be fine.... but again last time i saw them they were 30 bucks, so as many as you can afford is good too...
 
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