Peppermint, Cleaner shrimp, and Neon goby

[ClownieTang]

100 gallon reef tank with 100lbs live rock and live sand, which group would you suggest?

1. 2 peppermint shrimp (to clean up uneaten fish food and eat aiptasia) and 2 neon goby (to clean other fish in tank BUT! there is a chance that it wont even touch another fish)

OR

2. 2 cleaner shrimp (to clean other fish in tank)

OR

3. 2 peppermint shrimp and 1 cleaner shrimp

I am thinking about the first 2 options but i don't know if the neon goby will clean the other fish in the aquarium or clean ICH.


other fish in the tank : blue tang, ocellaris clown, firefish, green chromis, ignitus anthias, and mandarin fish

[Reefing Madness]

100 gallon reef tank with 100lbs live rock and live sand, which group would you suggest?

1. 2 peppermint shrimp (to clean up uneaten fish food and eat aiptasia) and 2 neon goby (to clean other fish in tank BUT! there is a chance that it wont even touch another fish)

OR

2. 2 cleaner shrimp (to clean other fish in tank)

OR

3. 2 peppermint shrimp and 1 cleaner shrimp

I am thinking about the first 2 options but i don't know if the neon goby will clean the other fish in the aquarium or clean ICH.


other fish in the tank : blue tang, ocellaris clown, firefish, green chromis, ignitus anthias, and mandarin fish

Why not all of them? And, that Blue Tang is going to outgrow that tank, not a recommendation for that size tank. And a Mand
arin Dragonette, you will need to feed the tank PODs in order to keep it alive, unless you get one that has already beed trained to eat pellets.
Saltwater Aquarium Fish for Marine Aquariums: Blue Tang

[peasofme]

peppermints kill coral

[Reefing Madness]

peppermints kill coral

Camel Shrimp are not Reef safe.

[peasofme]

Camel Shrimp are not Reef safe.

yes, and camels are much worse. they will kill anything they can. and they are very tough, aggressive, and fast.

[Reefing Madness]

Peppermint Shrimp are Reef Safe.
Saltwater Aquarium Shrimp for Marine Reef Aquariums: Peppermint Shimps

Camel Shrimp are not.
Saltwater Aquarium Shrimp for Marine Reef Aquariums: Camel Shrimp

[peasofme]

peppermints are not at all safe. google it.

[Reefing Madness]

peppermints are not at all safe. google it.

Do you have any experience keeping them? Or is all you experience from reading? Don't believe everything you read.

[peasofme]

yes, i've had peppermints kill eachother, kill coral, kill other shrimps.

[Reefing Madness]

yes, i've had peppermints kill eachother, kill coral, kill other shrimps.

You sure they were Peppermint Shrimp? I've never heard of that before. I've had 12 in a tank at one time, never an issue. Most Reefers keep Peppermint Shrimp, for a big reason, they eat Aiptasia.

[peasofme]

yes, they were peppermints. just google it.

[Reefing Madness]

yes, they were peppermints. just google it.

No need to Google. I talk to enough Reef Keepers who have them. Including me.
Thanks

[Kmoriarty]

For what it's worth, I've keot three peppermints in s 40 gallon mixed reef tank with no problems for over a year now.

[ClownieTang]

peppermints kill coral

So far, I have chosen to stick with a peppermint shrimp and a scarlet skunk cleaner shrimp.
I have for about 5 days.. and both shrimp don't seem to mind other fish and eachother.
They are not aggressive, they will let the fish eat their food before the shrimp start scavenging.
I put yellow colony polyps in the tank and the peppermint shrimp completely ignores it
I do not think you got peppermint shrimp, or atleast at the .01% chance of getting misbehaved peppermint shrimp- you got it.