TrueTricia March 7, 2015 Share March 7, 2015 I've got one in my tank. He's decent size. The boyfriend showed me some articles where they've been super aggressive in a tank and even killed fish. Thoughts & experiences? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuffyGeos March 7, 2015 Share March 7, 2015 Watch out for small sleeping fish is what I have heard. As in small gobies and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime March 7, 2015 Share March 7, 2015 I had a coral banded for a while. He mean mugged my cleaner shrimp, and had a few "go's" at them while lights were out. I sumped him, and promptly got rid of him. I prefer the cleaner shrimp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keraxis March 7, 2015 Share March 7, 2015 I have one. He only goes after fish that violate his space. He will eat snails that flip over though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueTricia March 8, 2015 Author Share March 8, 2015 Watch out for small sleeping fish is what I have heard. As in small gobies and such.So like a 1.5-2" clown should be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueTricia March 8, 2015 Author Share March 8, 2015 I had a coral banded for a while. He mean mugged my cleaner shrimp, and had a few "go's" at them while lights were out. I sumped him, and promptly got rid of him. I prefer the cleaner shrimp.Hmmmmm. Good to know. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WheresTheReef March 8, 2015 Share March 8, 2015 I've had a large one for a couple years and really like it. It was fine with a couple clowns and a lytrail anthia that were all under 2" at some point. It is in my 40g breeder now, but had him initially in a 29g with the 2 clowns and a 2" yellow watchman goby. It only tries to scare fish away when some food is dropping towards it and a fish is trying to eat the food before it falls to the bottom. It cleans the tank very well for me. It always finds the pellet foods when they fall to the bottom. Mine will actually eat out of my hand. Never seen it eat my snails (unlike my hermits). I haven't added any other shrimps since I read they will go after them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime March 8, 2015 Share March 8, 2015 I have a video on my build 2 tanks 1 room of my coral banded eating snails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zygote2k March 9, 2015 Share March 9, 2015 they are hit or miss. it's like keeping an angel with corals. keep it until it proves to be a menace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenB March 9, 2015 Share March 9, 2015 I have one and just bought a pair of juv clowns and noticed he was eying them up this morning. hopefully they don't become a snack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueTricia March 9, 2015 Author Share March 9, 2015 I have one and just bought a pair of juv clowns and noticed he was eying them up this morning. hopefully they don't become a snack. Oh good luck! I got mine from dante411. It was in his tank with a bunch of fish, so I'm hoping this one hasn't developed a taste. He waves his little claws at my big fish as they go by, but I haven't seen any actual aggression towards anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffG93 March 10, 2015 Share March 10, 2015 I have had a pair of these for two years now, never noticed any aggression at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeferMadness March 10, 2015 Share March 10, 2015 I think mine got my blue damsels. But he is aggressive. Although very pretty. Doubled in size over last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante411x March 15, 2015 Share March 15, 2015 Oh good luck! I got mine from dante411. It was in his tank with a bunch of fish, so I'm hoping this one hasn't developed a taste. He waves his little claws at my big fish as they go by, but I haven't seen any actual aggression towards anyone. I'm glad he's alive and well And don't be shy about his size. That thing is a monster. He never bothered anything in my tank and my snails have reproduced at a rate that's a little alarming. But it was a big tank and he did have a lot of room. Honestly, if you see him being aggressive, toss that thing. It's worth a fraction of a fish. That was always my plan, but he never managed to kill anything. Did like waving his claws. I never got the te*****lar fortitude to see if he would eat from my hand. I like my fingers a bit too much for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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