How Many Cleaner Shrimp??

[TRUKINGNY]

i have a 120 gal reef tank with 5 fish and a few corals in it so far i wanna get some cleaner shrimp how many should i put in my tank i will be getting more fish just doing a few at a time tank is still young thanks in advance....

 

[ryangrieder]

pretty much your choice. i choose to put only two in my 72g. my other buddy has a 135 and has 2 as well. yet someone else i know has 6 in his 90g. all i noticed that was different was that when there were a group of cleaners they teamed up to clean one fish. mine only does it one at a time even though the two shrimp never leave each others side and shares a peice of krill together everyday.

 

[TRUKINGNY]

i also have pepperment shrimp this wont be a problem will it???

 

[ryangrieder]

some might say yes, but i have 5 and never saw a problem. i also had a coral banded and that did not turn out well and had to get rid of the coral banded

 

[mcnuggget]

i had 5, then slowly 1 by 1 pass away in the course of 2 years. left with 1 left.

 

[Lenny718]

I have 3 in a 45g cube, there cool but a pain in the a$$ when I feed my corals.

 

[SevTT]

i have a 120 gal reef tank with 5 fish and a few corals in it so far i wanna get some cleaner shrimp how many should i put in my tank i will be getting more fish just doing a few at a time tank is still young thanks in advance....

I'd say just put in two, particularly if you're interested in having a lot of LPS-type corals. More than that gets annoying 'cause the little SOBs steal food from corals.

 

[rickb]

Get at least 2 and make sure you have at least 2 peppermint. I think when i had one peppermint the cleaner took him out.

Now I have two of each in a 90 and all seems good