Peppermint Shrimp and cleaner coHabitating?

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DeMarcusR

I'm about to scrap my nano and place the Mandarin and cleaner shirimp in the 75g however I'm needing to know if the peppermint and cleaner will get along? There are 3 peppermint and 1 cleaner. I'd rather not have any gang violence in my tank especially since the 1 cleaner cost more than all three peppis together..
 
As with all things in this obsession, er, hobby, your mileage may vary, but I've never heard of peppermints and cleaners clashing...

I've got 8 peppermint's and 1 cleaner, and I haven't noticed them paying any attention whatsoever to each other...
 
I'll second Brian's experience.. 6 peppermints, and one cleaner, and they ignore each other. I even have one peppermint who thinks he's a cleaner.
 
@Crazyc625 wrote:
sorry to highjack the thread but will a coral band be compatiable with the other shrimps as well said:
As with most things, your mileage may vary..... However, Banded Coral Shrimp are known to attack most other shrimp and it is not uncommon to hear of that. So if you decide to add one, do it with the understanding that it may be the only shrimp left when it's all said and done.
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Coral banded = bad and mean.

The peppermints and cleaners will get along fine. I've had both for years. Fire/blood shrimp will also mix with them by the way.
 
I have peppermints, cleaners, and a coral banded. No trouble with anyone except the coral banded. He would kill the cleaner if he could catch him. They have been in there for about a year but the cleaner has had some close calls...scares me to death. Luckily he's huge and really fast. I wouldn't have got the CB if I knew then what I know now and a cleaner shrimp is a little too expensive for a snack IMO. Weird thing is the CB cleans the tangs more than the cleaner. I've seen him pinch their noses really hard though.

Angela
 
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