Zebra moray eel + Coral banded shrimp = dinner served????

[JadeM]

I was wondering if when I get a zebra moray it is going to eat my CBS tho I have seen them cleaning them and living happily and some websites say that every shelled creature in my reef is doomed? help?

 

[JadeM]

will a zebra moray eel eat a CBS what do you think?

 

[JadeM]

anyone???

 

[sevens_up77]

I kept a snowflake with one for a while but the CBS was huge and I bought the eel at 6in but at some point my CBS disappeared and there was only one possible culprit.

 

[JadeM]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.... tho i'm getting a zebra and they feed only in the wild on hard shelled foods but I have seen them cleaned by them and they are most reef safe and are really docile sooooo? what about a zebra and are they ok with rabbitfish? as I have them been sting and sometimes die I have two one one spot and the other doesn't yellow foxface?

 

[Howard1234a]

Zebra's are great with fish / usually no risk. That shrimp will be eaten quickly. We used to feed large frozen shelled shrimp to one at a store I worked at. That is their preferred food.

 

[JadeM]

thanks

 

[pondman]

I guess depends on the fish I had a snowflake that never bothered anything in my tank he did like to Cary my snails though it was like he was playing with them lol

 

[JadeM]

ha ha thanks

 

[lion king]

My jeweled eel chowed my cleaner shrimp, food is food, especially in a confined space. Zebras do eat shrimp in the wild, and crabs would definitely be on the menu for these guys. I don't know about snails, I've never had a problem with snails and eels. Urchins are also a good cleaner.

 

[Old Fritz]

sometimes if the tank is large enough and if the eel is fed enough I have heard of them being kept with shrimp without problems, however 9 times out of 10 that shrimp turns into a snack