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Hello all, I was wondering what my odds were of this working.
Currently I have what I like to call a predator “community” tank. Currently, the predators I have are an antennata lionfish, fuzzy dwarf lionfish, and a newly added Niger trigger. I was wondering how a cleaner shrimp may fare should I add one in?
I’m aware that shrimp are the trigger’s natural food source, so I can see that being a problem. Same with lionfish. However, I’ve seen both cleaned by cleaner shrimp before and seemingly coexisting. I used to have a juvenile volitan who enjoyed being cleaner by a shrimp.
I like predator fish but I also like inverts too. It’d be nice if I could have the best of both worlds. If not, I could always make my betta cube into a pico for inverts. However, I’d still like to hear everyone’s opinion on the matter.
Currently I have what I like to call a predator “community” tank. Currently, the predators I have are an antennata lionfish, fuzzy dwarf lionfish, and a newly added Niger trigger. I was wondering how a cleaner shrimp may fare should I add one in?
I’m aware that shrimp are the trigger’s natural food source, so I can see that being a problem. Same with lionfish. However, I’ve seen both cleaned by cleaner shrimp before and seemingly coexisting. I used to have a juvenile volitan who enjoyed being cleaner by a shrimp.
I like predator fish but I also like inverts too. It’d be nice if I could have the best of both worlds. If not, I could always make my betta cube into a pico for inverts. However, I’d still like to hear everyone’s opinion on the matter.