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I kept chameleon shrimp with dwarf puffers for about a year and had no problems. The DPs didn't go too the bottom of the tank when sleeping, thus avoiding the shrimp, while the shrimp were too large to be pestered by the DPs. A few other DP keepers reported the same success. I was surprised a little...

I've kept bristlenose plecs with the shrimp since it was very small and so far they've left alone. (The shrimp is now about 7" with orange claws.) I'm not convinced I could keep other fish with the shrimp without them becoming food. The shrimp is just too good at 'fishing' with those long claws...

Thanks, Mustapha and badflash. I managed to see the first reply about 10 seconds before my net cafe session ended so I moved the crays as soon as I got home. They're both in their own little tanks for now. By the way, I have 2 adult bristlenose catfish in the tank and they have survived (and laid eg...

Hi I have a M. Rosenbergii of about 6 inches long in a 100 litre tank. Yesterday I 'rescued' 2 2inch redclaw crayfish from a friend who's tank was leaking. I like these little crays and will probably be keeping one of them. They were together 1 day and, after waving claws at each other, now leave th...