will dottyback eat cleaner shrimp ?

[LIM CHYE HUAT]

my few cleaner shrimp has gone awol, suspect the strawberry dottyback is the culprit . any bro/sis

please input.

[FuEl]

Depends who got in your tank first..the cleaner shrimp or the dottyback?

[Anemone]

i think its quite likely the dottyback will see the shrimp as food. esp if its bigger.

[Wolvie]

Dottybacks will eat small crustaceans, including ornamental shrimp. It's highly likely to be the culprit.

[LIM CHYE HUAT]

Depends who got in your tank first..the cleaner shrimp or the dottyback?

will it be ok if the shrimp is bigger than the dotty back ?

[Kelmen]

will it be ok if the shrimp is bigger than the dotty back ?

Yoh, bro. Look it this way:

You are likely "gambling" on this one leh.

Unless your shrimp will ALWAYS be bigger than the fish, "maybe" ok quah.

In the fish-eat-meat world, size doesn't really matter. Unless its oversize quah.

But then, we never know when the bigger shrimp is molting, whether the fish take chance or not leh, knowing (is its own way) that the big burger is now more soft leh.

BTW, skunk cleaner shrimp quite cheap quah, can try try and see see loh

[Jun Hong]

Even my big size boxer shirmp was eaten by my dottyback.

FYI, shrimp losts its defensing power when it is molting

[qazwer]

I found this chart on the web.

Dunno is it useful for you ...

http://www.thepetstop.com/fish_shop/chart.html

Qazwer

[qazwer]

Few more ...

http://daniareeflife.com/Compatibility_Chart.htm

https://www.liveaquaria.com/general/compatibility_chart.cfm

http://saltwater.8m.com/compat.htm

http://groups.msn.com/MarineReefAquariums/...litycharts.msnw

Hope it helps ....

Qazwer

[damienkee]

my dottyback attack my cleaner shrimp till dead.

[qazwer]

my dottyback attack my cleaner shrimp till dead.

did you watch the entire process?

That would be quite a shock and heartache!!!!...

Qazwer

[shaohui75]

Personal experience when i intro my cleaner shrimp. When shrimp was first intro, the dottyback will attack it because it is trying to protect its "territory". But after a while, it just doesnt bother the shrimp anymore. This happen twice for me.

The shrimp will do "disappearing act" for a few days occassionally when it is molting, it is normal.

[qazwer]

Personal experience when i intro my cleaner shrimp. When shrimp was first intro, the dottyback will attack it because it is trying to protect its "territory". But after a while, it just doesnt bother the shrimp anymore. This happen twice for me.

The shrimp will do "disappearing act" for a few days occassionally when it is molting, it is normal.

Dunno whether I'm right anot ... how about providing a better hidout, like more LR and coral, for the shrimps will reduce lesser chance of being attack?

Qazwer

[daimy068]

will it be ok if the shrimp is bigger than the dotty back ?

Think that it doesn't matter when it comes to size between shrimp and fish.

In my case it was a six-line wrasse.

Had a banded coral shrimp that was abt 1.5 times the size of the wrasse. The wrasse pecked out the shrimp's eyes first, then the head. You'd think that with the long claws of the banded coral shrimp it'll at least put on a fight but no chance for the shrimp at all. Became fish food in under 10 sec!

[Marineman]

my few cleaner shrimp has gone awol, suspect the strawberry dottyback is the culprit . any bro/sis

please input.

The bigger dottybacks species will eat shrimps but not the smaller species like sunrise, orchid, royal, etc. Look at it's size and mouth in comparision to the shrimp as a guide.

[damienkee]

did you watch the entire process?

That would be quite a shock and heartache!!!!...

Qazwer

yup! u r rite...

[LIM CHYE HUAT]

so no more shrimp for me ?

[Gouldian]

so no more shrimp for me ?

For me, I would rather loose the Dottybacks rather than the shrimps.

If you like a Dottyback looking fish that is friendlier towards shrimps, you can try P. fridmani, P. flavivertex or even the Gramma sp.

[qazwer]

For me, I would rather loose the Dottybacks rather than the shrimps.

If you like a Dottyback looking fish that is friendlier towards shrimps, you can try P. fridmani, P. flavivertex or even the Gramma sp.

Agree!!!

I like shrimps more ...