SilverBand Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Primary tank goals are ricordeas and inverts... I am torn between sexy shrimp and/or pom pom crabs. I am guessing a crab is a crab is a crab. Opportunistic . So am I safe just going with sexy shrimp or are the pom pom crabs going to play nice with the ricordea yumas? Will the pom pom crabs bother the sexy shrimp? Thanks guys and gals! Link to comment
GoingPostal Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 I've had a couple pom poms and never had them bother anything. Usually they find a hole or cave and hide out. My current one ignores my porcelain crab but seems scared of the cleaner shrimp. Sexy shrimp would be more visible ime. Link to comment
SilverBand Posted October 8, 2015 Author Share Posted October 8, 2015 Thank you GoingPostal, sounds like the two (pom pom and sexy shrimp may cooexist?) Great news, but what about picking on the ricordea yumas? I would love to have both inverts in the tank but not at the life of the yuma's.... Another question about the sybiosis of pom pom crabs.... When the crab sheds, is the sybiotic anenome always going to grow on the crabs claws? If so i wonder if the the symbiotic anemone is deep rooted into the crabs flesh regardless of shell/shed? Link to comment
Jrlevn Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 I have had Pom Pom's and Sexy shrimp co-exist perfectly. Never had a problem with it picking on Yumas either. Link to comment
ajmckay Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Actually I read more accounts of sexy shrimp bothering corals... Link to comment
NinjaReefer Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 I had a trio of sexy shrimp in a 2.5 gallon and they ate a baby rock flower anemone and picked the skirts off some zoas. Before that I had 10 of them in a 46 gallon and they all lived in a group under a frogspawn and never bothered anything. I think they will be less likely to bother your corals in a well fed tank. Link to comment
Hammerstone Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Thank you GoingPostal, sounds like the two (pom pom and sexy shrimp may cooexist?) Great news, but what about picking on the ricordea yumas? I would love to have both inverts in the tank but not at the life of the yuma's.... Another question about the sybiosis of pom pom crabs.... When the crab sheds, is the sybiotic anenome always going to grow on the crabs claws? If so i wonder if the the symbiotic anemone is deep rooted into the crabs flesh regardless of shell/shed? I think I read somewhere that the Pom pom crabs set down ther anenomies, shed, and pick them back up again. Link to comment
SilverBand Posted October 15, 2015 Author Share Posted October 15, 2015 Thank you Hammerstone, that makes sense. Link to comment
Fishstiks Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 I have both a pom pom crab and sexies. They have been model citizens, neither bothering any corals I have, and they co-exist perfectly. Link to comment
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