Does Coral Band Shrimp grow back their pincer???

[kschew1498]

Hi

Just bought a Coral Band Shrimp from a reefer....(I have one myself)...the moment I put it in my tank.....both were on guard!! and for a moment I walk off and come back....one of them have their pincer drop off very likely from a fight....

Will they grow back??? sigh!!!

[twilight]

coral banded cannot be kept together unless they are paired... correct me if I'm wrong

[Octopuffy]

they will grow back

[kschew1498]

Thanks Octopuffy but I guess will be one big one small...hahaha poor thing

Now one is at the front of my tank and the other behind hiding behind the LR. Will they be friends again??

By the way can anybody advise if they will attack doctor shrimp?? Thinking of getting one.....

[Dazza]

Coral banded shrimp will not attack blood shrimp or cleaner shrimps. Only attack their own kind. If u hv a big tank then no prob

I had kept 2 in same 5 ft tank b4 with no fighting at all.

[kschew1498]

hehe mine only 2ft....guess that's it for me....sigh!!!

[lightningstrike]

the pincer will grow back, but advise u not to keep the same species together.

[Razo]

Hi

Just bought a Coral Band Shrimp from a reefer....(I have one myself)...the moment I put it in my tank.....both were on guard!! and for a moment I walk off and come back....one of them have their pincer drop off very likely from a fight....

Will they grow back??? sigh!!!

yes they will.. my female boxer lost her pincer last week n 2 days later saw the empty shell laying on the sandbed.. and she have a new pair of pincers..

[alanseah]

Coral banded shrimp will not attack blood shrimp or cleaner shrimps. Only attack their own kind. If u hv a big tank then no prob

I had kept 2 in same 5 ft tank b4 with no fighting at all.

who say they won't attck blood or cleaner..

i saw my band eat my cleaner... sianz.. luckily my blood fiece enough else also gatta eatten...

[Triggerhappy]

I had a older coral band shrimp for about 6 months and all it did was hide in the day and feed in the dark; until I added another coral band shrimp recently. They are now a happy couple going out in the open looking for food within whisker length of each other. Tank size: 400 litre. By the way, the older shrimp has his pinchers pull out twice by a yellow tang and it grew back within a week.

[Achilles Tang]

My old CBS couple spawned every fortnight. The amount of baby fry floating in the water was amazing!

[Achilles Tang]

Damn, my old post is gone during the last database crash but I found the pix in the server.... linking it here...

[Razo]

My old CBS couple spawned every fortnight. The amount of baby fry floating in the water was amazing!

althought my CBS always have eggs..i only saw once(spawning).. in the middle of the nite..

[kschew1498]

Wow!!! They spawned!! Amazing man! So I guess these will become food for the corals??

Now I am relieve....they grow back...hehe. Anyway...I will try to keep the 2 Coral Band and hopefully they can live peacefully....They are amazing creatures.....