Posted by chooch on January 16, 2003 at 12:32:09:
In Reply to: Invert compatability question posted by kjjoseph74 on November 07, 2002 at 08:49:35:
KJ,
I just joined the list but I have had a 75gal with a Coral banded shrimp, spiny urchin, rose urchin, yellow tang, spotted hawkfish, snowflake eel, 2 blue leg hermits, 1 red leg hermit, 3 flower anenomes, choc. starfish bubble coral, morning glory live rock and a few snails. So far they all live pretty well together. I had a blue lobster for a while, and he ate everything, all the time, he killed a V tail grouper about 7 inches long, and 2 serpent starfish which i had for a while. The coral banded shrimp I have has eaten many gobies, and a few damsels. but usually leaves the larger fish alone. The urchins will topple some of your live stuff, and will get on your corals as well. The emerald crabs are nice and ususally dont mess with anything, and i have not had any luck with cleaner wrasse they usually dont last long, and if they get picked on at all they coral banded shrimp will scoop em up when they are slower. Everything you have there should be ok, except for the lobster, he is a real menace, and the coral banded shrimp may go after the cleaner shrimp, it is hard to tell as mine has eaten ghost shrimp before.
hope this helps
Rk
:Hello and thank you for your help!
:I have a 75 gallon saltwater tank with 3 false perculas, 1 yellow tang, one blue tang, one chocolate chip star fish and about 45 lbs of live rock (as well as a filter and skimmer). I am planning on adding many invertebrates, but before doing so, wanted to see if these were all compatable with each other (would not eat or disturb each other).
:My list includes:
:1 chocolate chip star (already have)
:10 bumble bee snails
:2 scarlet reef hermits
:1 emerald crab
:2 red leg hermit
:2 blue leg hermit
:2 cleaner shrimp
:1 coral banded shrimp
:1 blue spiny lobster
:1 long spined urchin
:1 cleaner wrasse
:Will the cleaner wrasse attach the starfish and shrimp?
:Will the urchin topple my live rock?
:Will the crab or lobster eat my other livestock?
:Thank you greatly for your assistance in advance (sorry I posted this in the wrong area of the forum(saltwater general)first (I am new at this).
:KJ
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