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Unread 12/28/2017, 02:25 PM   #1
Bellesfish
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Blue boxing shrimp?

Hi everyone, I’ve been offered the opportunity to purchase a blue boxing shrimp, what would you say? Are they good in reefs. My current stock is:
Comet grouper
Purple tang
Scopas tang
Fox face
Pink skunk clownfish
Maroon clownfish
Leopard wrasse
Blue chromis (2)
Blue damsel (3)
Hawk fish
Black spiny urchin
Blue tuxedo urchin
Sea cucumber
Various snails and electric blue leg hermit, mithrax, red and blue leg and other hermit crabs
Purple lobster
Blue linckia star
Pink and red starfish
4 different species of anemones including mini maxi, fairy and bubbletip
Would I have any trouble iwith th any of these? Thanks, it is a reef with lots of different corals too


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Unread 12/28/2017, 02:26 PM   #2
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Sorry meant to add purple lobster is in acclimation and may be going back as I have heard bad things about them ..


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Unread 12/28/2017, 03:07 PM   #3
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I'd advise against it. They get very aggressive as they mature. They're known to snag sleeping small fish and other inverts and eating them. They're great as a species only tank.


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Unread 12/28/2017, 03:10 PM   #4
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I'd advise against it. They get very aggressive as they mature. They're known to snag sleeping small fish and other inverts and eating them. They're great as a species only tank.
Ah well okay then thankyou! I guess I’ll have to trade my lobster for a fish then


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Unread 01/14/2018, 03:43 PM   #5
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This is kind of DUH ! Lobster WILL EAT EVERYTHING it can catch.
Good thing I know that now before it got released into tank then! I would never have seen him again


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