Symbiotic

[Areeflover]

hey guys I’m going to be putting together an anemone rank and i still am.. but I was thinking of the clownfish and the anemone.. and there symbiotic relationship.. well I think I want to add other species that have symbiotic relationships.. can you give me some ideas, I’m going to add sexy shrimp

 

[TysTanks]

hey guys I’m going to be putting together an anemone rank and i still am.. but I was thinking of the clownfish and the anemone.. and there symbiotic relationship.. well I think I want to add other species that have symbiotic relationships.. can you give me some ideas, I’m going to add sexy shrimp

Pistol shrimp and goby is another classic symbiotic relationship.

 

[Areeflover]

Pistol shrimp and goby is another classic symbiotic relationship.

Would that shrimp be okay with the sexy shrimp?

 

[TysTanks]

Would that shrimp be okay with the sexy shrimp?

I don’t see any reason why they wouldn’t. I don’t have any sexy shrimp so I can’t say from experience.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Porcelain crab w/anemone

Periclemines shrimp w/anemone

Squat lobster w/urchin

Pearl fish w/cucumber

 

[mort]

Pearl fish w/cucumber

Some fish lead interesting lives don't they.




I'd add if your tank is large enough you could try a diadem urchin and cardinals but I've no idea whether they would actually form the same relationship in a tank. I once had 1-200 bangaii cardinals in a 8x2ft coral tray and added 3 urchins, periodically the cardinals were in there but I don't know if too many fish spoiled the symbiosis.

 

[shrimped]

Xenia swimming crab with Xenia coral

Trapazia Crab with SPS coral

Emperor Shrimp and Sea Slugs/Sea Cucumber

 

[Maritimer]

I have sexy shrimp, Periclimenes brevicarpalis, and a big tiger pistol in a 220. The sexies and the pistol are no problem together, but one of the P. brevicarpalis kicked the sexies off the maxi-mini carpet garden. The other brevicarpalis took up residence in a long-tentacle anemone, and the 'nem doesn't seem to like it much at all.

~Bruce