Harlequin shrimp with coral banded

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zjenks3 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Joined: March 08 2008 Location: West Jordan Status: Offline Points: 152	Post Options Post Reply Quote zjenks3 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Harlequin shrimp with coral banded Posted: November 15 2012 at 5:43pm
	I have some asterina stars invading my tank so I was thinking of getting a harlequin shrimp to help with the problem, I've read about people having issues with there coral banded shrimp killing other shrimp. I have a cleaner shrimp and 2 peppermints and the CBS doesn't bother them at all. Maybe they will be fine, the only other thing I read is the HS is a slow moving shrimp so will this make it a easy target for the CBS? Any suggestions or info would be great thanks
	-Zach-

ReefdUp Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Joined: March 20 2011 Location: South Weber Status: Offline Points: 4166	Post Options Post Reply Quote ReefdUp Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: November 15 2012 at 6:03pm
	I've never tried it...but... Usually things only fight if they look similar (fighting for mates) or eat similar food. In this case, neither is true. My Harlequins after about 6 months now are absolutely huge. I doubt a banded coral shrimp would mess with them. Harlequins are only slow when they want to be - I've seen them move FAST! Anyway, I don't see it being a problem, but I don't have first hand experience. Saying all that... I am personally against buying Harlequins to solve an asterina problem. Harlequins are secretive shrimp that prefer to stay in a cave, hunt for a bit, and then drag their kill back to the cave. They aren't the type to go hunting all day to just eat whatever they find along the way. Even if they could and did eat all the asterinas, it wouldn't sustain them long at all. I would still suggest supplementing their diet with a real starfish leg every week or two just to make sure they aren't starving.
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zjenks3 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Joined: March 08 2008 Location: West Jordan Status: Offline Points: 152	Post Options Post Reply Quote zjenks3 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: November 15 2012 at 6:26pm
	Great info thanks! Ya I was planning on getting one to help with the asterina over time and I was also told about feeding the a starfish leg weekly and was planning on doing that also just wanted to make sure.
	-Zach-

Crzyfshguy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Joined: August 23 2007 Location: Bountiful Status: Offline Points: 953	Post Options Post Reply Quote Crzyfshguy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: November 15 2012 at 8:09pm
	Mine never had an issue together
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