Shrimp question

Can a Blood Red Fire Shrimp live in a fish only tank with no live rock? I would like to get one, but have never had a shrimp before.

If you provide a lot of hiding places AND if 'fish only tank' does not host any of natural shrimp predators (a lot of fish!) I do not see any reason not to have it - it is beautiful animal.

When shrimp molts, its body is very soft and all fish would like to snack on its legs or antennas... So they need a lot of hidding places. I would get two - they will mate and produce planktonic larvae every week... A nice food addition for your smaller fish.

There is a pair of clarkii clowns, a 6 lined wrasse, a clown goby and a royal gramma in the tank. Would that be okay for it? I don't know if any of these eat shrimp or not. Thanks.

Ive not got shrimp now as i have a scarlet hawkfish and im pretty sure that will have a go at a shrimp.

Sounds like small fish... you should be fine. Provide hiding places for the molting time when the shrimp is softer than usual and every fish would like to snack on it.

Of course, having shrimps in the tank forces you to have cleaner water than you can have for a regular 'fish only' setup and no cooper-based medications in case of ich: crustaceans do not tolerate cooper.

That would be fine. I have 2 True Perculas, a Yellow Tang, A Royal Psuedochromis and the Blood Shrimp. They all do well together. Give the shrimp lots of places to hide. Mine comes out at feeding time and I feed him with an eye dropper. He loves it!

What an awesome animal the Blood Shrimp is. I was thinking of adding a second but I read that they can get testy about territory and not get along. I have 100 lbs of rock in the tank so I think they could each find their spots.

What is it that you feed him with an eye dropper? I was under the impression that they were scavengers and would eat off the bottom of the tank. He arrived today and he is beautiful. I really like him. He looks like he wants to be a boxer though.

Sarah

I feed him frozen Brine Shrimp from the dropper. He'll climb right up my arm. It's very cool when the fish present themselves and the shrimp cleans them. Very interesting and fun to watch. You'll love having him in your tank. I absolutely love mine. Best of luck with him.

You should not worry about this. I have 2 blood shrimps, 2 skunk cleaners and 3 peppermints in a 30 gallons tank. They all fare well together with some occasional but quite harmless 'arguments' at the beginning... After a couple of weeks they all found their place in the tank and within the hierarchy of shrimps: extra-species fights are almost nonexisting.

Scavengers mean 'carrion-eaters', not 'gunk/silt eaters'...

It needs to eat meaty food items, what fish could not catch. Don't starve it - if your fish eat everything you give them and nothing is left for bottom feeders than you need to feed some more for shrimps... Make sure it sinks fast.

I have tested the sinking pellets called 'crab cusine' with good results: http://www.hikariusa.com/crab_cuisine.htm This is dedicated diet composition for crustaceans like shrimps. My larger shrimps will have a pellet per bite, I feed about 2-3 pellets per shrimp 3-4 times a week - smaller ones will munch one piece as their whole meal... hiding from competition of other shrimps. They are huge fun to watch. Enjoy!

On reading this thread i really want to get a fire shrimp again, ive not setup my autotopup system yet though.. ive got one, they dont like SG changes do they

Anyways my question is will a scarlet hawk fish live happily with a shrimp?

W