Shrimps

[BlueTerror]

I just got my cleaner shrimp frm Reborn. It was the last one.

Do you guys feed ur shrimps? And with what?

How do you pair them up? How to diff between M/F?

Mine just hides in the rocks, does it come out at night?

I also saw a lot of red little lobsters there. Any one got one? I read they are not reef safe and eat little fishes.

[mv3i]

got 2 cleaners in my tank and they started off with cleaning the fishes ... but as time goes by .... it started on picking on MS meant for the fishes ...but it sill does it's job once in a while for the fishes ....

[dodo]

i always dun have luck wif CS....LFS said mus wait for them to grow to a reasonable size oredy then we can put into the tank

CS will eat MS and all kinds of food, incl pellets...they are schavengers(dunno is tis the correct spelling)...eat everything they can find in the tank

Pairing.... :blink: M/F (look underneath)

Hide under rocks...normal

Lobster not reef safe i hardly thk so...mine still surviving in my reef....

[BlueTerror]

got 2 cleaners in my tank and they started off with cleaning the fishes ... but as time goes by .... it started on picking on MS meant for the fishes ...but it sill does it's job once in a while for the fishes ....

You mean ur fish had ich when u intro the shrimps?

Anyway i wanted to buy a pair but only 1 left. Any other suitable companion for my CS? A fire shrimp?

If i add the lobster, it would eat my shrimp rite?

[mv3i]

think i would prefer CS then another shrimp .... my 2 CS now roams about everywhere ... not hiding on the rocks .... maybe when lights goes out !!

[BlueTerror]

I would like to ask, will a shrimp affect the bioload of a tank?

My tank is 2ft. I already have 1 pair of clowns, 1 cs and 1 astrea snail (cone shape). No skimmer running yet.

I would like to add a another shrimp and maybe a turbo snail.

And will my cleaner shrimp die of hunger if the crabs grab the leftovers first? I feed frozen mysis shrimp to my clowns and there are always a couple bits of meat dropped to the sand.

Ammonia, nitrites and nitrates are nil.

[mv3i]

as long aas they s#*t ... they are adding to the bio load

[BarraCudaTM]

They are sexless, whenever they change mold, they exchange spermies and eggs

so you need at least 2 to make eggs

[BlueTerror]

hey thanks. i din know that. do you guys dose iodine for ur shrimps?

i hope 2 shrimps isnt too much for a 2ft. a lobster would eat them rite?

[jason]

My 2 CS will even clean my nails whenever I put my hand into the tank. They will rush like mad for food whenever I put food into tank.

[mv3i]

lol

mine too .... run like no 2moro for food

[kingfisher]

My CS got attacked by my pseudochromis the moment it was put in the tank. The shrimp hadn't even had the chance to blink (figuratively speaking). By morning it was dead.

I read somewhere that pseudochromis feed on shrimps but didn't think that they were refering to large shrimps like CS. Can I introduce CS again? Perhaps bigger ones or should I go for CBS since they are more "combative"?

[kais]

My 4 CS die after 2 days from LFS. They appeared to be cooked. I'm tying out the camel shrimp now cos its cheaper. So far so good (1 week).

[mv3i]

i have 2 camel shrimp in the overflow tower to do the cleaning up of the tower ..... so foodstuff would not rot inside there lah !!

[BlueTerror]

camel shrimp = peppermint shrimp?

can post a pic of them???

[newdamsel]

i have 2 camel shrimp in the overflow tower to do the cleaning up of the tower ..... so foodstuff would not rot inside there lah !!

heh heh.. I've got a similar concept also, I've caught one of those detestable brown crab and put it in my filter wool.... its still alive after 2 weeks so i guess its really eating the food stuff that overflowed and preventing the them form rotting...

[wedgee]

camel shrimp = peppermint shrimp?

can post a pic of them???

Unfortunately, camel shrimps are not peppermints...Peppermints are shaped more like CS, but have similar coloration to the Camels. Peppermints are supposedly great aiptasia eaters, but local no stock watsoever (wrong region?). Camels on the other hand, have a reputation for picking on corals (or so i read...). They do look great though? Especially when they do their kinky 'dance'???

Peppermints:

[BlueTerror]

cool! anyone got a fire shrimp here?

[wedgee]

Me got one, its very very shy though...dont see it until i go behind the tank and peer behind a rock...

[junlover]

any ideas of fire shrimp,seem like nobody is keeping them unlike cleaner shrimp?