Blue Coral Banded Shrimp (Steponus tenuirostris)

[dabgood21]

Anyone have experience with these guys? I know they stay small so I'm wondering if it would get along with a fire shrimp in a 40g with plenty of live rock.

Thanks

 

[lfsmarineguy]

They tend to be very secretive. I almost never see them once they are in the tank but when they do show up they're pretty cool. I've had one with a small yellow CBS and they seem fine together. Nobody is missing any appendages or anything. I don't have any experience with them and fire shrimp in the same tank. I would say that I don't advise placing them together just based on the size difference and fire shrimp have much larger claws than the small CBS. Hope that helps.

 

[dabgood21]

Thanks. My Fire shrimp is small right now so maybe it could work. I've just heard about how aggressive coral banded shrimp could be so I'm thinking if I get the Blue which stays very small, maybe it could work.

Thanks