Fish stocking is now complete

As the main course. :-)

Wayne Sallee



George Patterson wrote on 1/7/2008 10:25 PM:
Wayne Sallee wrote:
Some times the coral banded shrimp like to have the other shrimp over
for dinner.

As guests or as the main course?

George Patterson
Worry doesn't improve the future; it just ruins the present.

Pseudochromis like to kill shrimp as well. If the
shrimp is in the tank first, it usually works out,
but if the pseudochromis is in first, then poor shrimp.

Wayne Sallee



KurtG wrote on 1/8/2008 8:42 AM:
George Patterson wrote:
If you ever expect to add a Mandarin, skip the shrimp (especially
cleaners). They compete for food, and the Mandarin usually won't eat
anything but copepods.

I have a fat and happy mandarin, so I guess that nixes the shrimp. I
also have a pseudochromis that hunts for copepods. I could easily live
without him, but I suspect that he'll be the last fish standing.

--Kurt

Wayne Sallee wrote:
Pseudochromis like to kill shrimp as well. If the shrimp is in the tank
first, it usually works out, but if the pseudochromis is in first, then
poor shrimp.

Good to know. I almost bought a pair of coral banded shrimp recently.
That would have been an expensive lesson.

People that see my tank like the pseudochromis, but I just see him as a
pest. I'd love to get a mate for the mandarin, but I think the
pseudochromis would have to go. (Any excuse will work these days).

--Kurt