Two cleaner shrimps in 29 gallon?

fishboy15 · Jun 4, 2015

Can I do this? Will they fight? Will one eat the other?

sureal00 · Jun 4, 2015

they should be fine together.

moulton712 · Jun 4, 2015

They will be fine. Mine like to bunch up together anyways

jolt · Jun 4, 2015

Yep, I have a pair of skunk cleaners in my 32 gallon and they hang out together.

cloak · Jun 5, 2015

fishboy15 said:
Can I do this? Will they fight? Will one eat the other?

I had an adult cleaner shrimp in my 20 gallon tank one time. Although it was very pretty and had lots of personality, it was more of a nuisance than anything else. Constantly walking all over the corals, stealing food, just bouncing off the walls in general. I couldn't imagine having two of these in the tank.
I know your tank is a little bit bigger than mine, but definitely take this into consideration before you pull the trigger. GL.

jolt · Jun 5, 2015

cloak said:
I had an adult cleaner shrimp in my 20 gallon tank one time. Although it was very pretty and had lots of personality, it was more of a nuisance than anything else. Constantly walking all over the corals, stealing food, just bouncing off the walls in general. It was definitely fun to watch, but just a knightmare all around. I couldn't imagine having two of these in the tank.
I know your tank is a little bit bigger than mine, but definitely take this into consideration before you pull the trigger. GL.

That's a good point. It's important to understand how they behave!

fishboy15 · Jun 5, 2015

Good point. I kinda like them do whatever. I know my fish will get food so hopefully the hermits can snack up on some left overs. I don't have corals. And it's kinda funny how they just fly in the tank lol I think I might just stick to one see how it goes.