shrimp

Hey everyone I bought some live rock a year or so ago from KP Aquatics located in FL. I put the rocks in my storage tank and have heard a pistol shrimp snapping all year, never saw him though. Just a few days ago I switched my rock storage to a new tank and finally found him. I know it’s a...

Hi all, I’ve had my two skunk cleaner shrimps together for a month now and woke up today to see my bigger one with eggs near their abdomen! As far as I’m aware this is their first time being a parent so I’m not expecting too much out of it but if the eggs do happen to hatch, how likely will...

So I have a 5 gallon nano tank that currently has a yellowtail damselfish, 4 blue legged hermit crabs, a turbo snail, and a nassarius snail. I've been wanting to get a shrimp but I don't know if the damselfish will get along with it, or if it presents a danger to my crabs. I also have a GSP...

Little gal (actual sex unknown) who came in on some Florida rock. I love her, but for assorted personal reasons I need to stick to animals that can live off of auto-fed dry foods and the various pods that grow in their tanks, and my understanding is that mantises need non-dry foods. I also don't...

Hello Everyone! I am an absolutely beginner with zero hands-on experience in saltwater. I have been researching the saltwater hobby for a little over a year now and I just have a couple of questions. I would like to start a 5.5 gallon nano (pico?) tank (just the basic one from petsmart). I have...

So I've had this cleaner Shrimp for about one week now and this morning I noticed he shedded his skin? I guess I'll remove this from the tank? but is there anything I should keep an eye on?

Hi all, I would like to reinject some shrimps to my tank. It is a new 50g tank, cycled with an established CUC, a BTA, and 5 fishes (Chromis & Chrysiptera). When I setlled my CUC 2 months ago, it included 3 shrimps. 1 died in few minutes due to the trip, the 2 others were found dead 1 month...

Recently purchased a yellow watchman goby and shrimp combo put them in the tank two days ago and haven’t seen them since. Only two days have passed should I be worried I haven’t seen them??? I know they have made a cave already! After adding them (two days ago) I got my water tested and my...

Hey everyone Just looking for advice and recommendations on shrimp for a 75 gallon mixed reef tank. I’m looking to add of my first shrimp and just wondering what would be the best I really like the skunk cleaner shrimp, and the blood shrimp or fire shrimp. However, I do plan or it is in my list...

Hello all, I just setup a small 12 gallon AIO that I am going to use to keep and grow out frags and small corals. I am planning to keep some live sand as well as a little rumble of live rock on the sand and then 4 frag racks on the stand covering above the sand. My question is would it be ok and...

i’m setting a 40 gallon reef tank up right now, it’s cycling, i really like the inverts you can get and want to get some Urocaridella shrimp, particular the yellow ones, they’re hard to find and out of stock on liveaquaria and blue zoo aquatics. let me know if you know where to get them...

Hi all, I was at my LFS and finally found a shrimp I've wanted for a while. Anton Bruuni shrimp. The owner nearby asked an inexperienced employee to bag it for me, and the shrimp unfortunately dropped into a small tub in the sink, the water of which was then also dumped into the small bag. I...

Hello, I have a Fluval Evo 13.5 that has been set up since early October of last year. It has had a big algae problem since the beginning and I’ve had different inverts during this time. Currently, I have a tuxedo urchin and three electric blue hermit crabs. The urchin is pretty small but there...

I usually give the corals finely chopped shrimp, but even these pieces are often to big, does anyone have any ideas how to grind it finer ? I was also thinking about buying a mortar

Hes so cute, stripy, tiny (mabye 2mm), and is picking up big pieces of sand for his home! What is he? I'm thinking a shrimp of some kind?

Came across a study on using shrimp to eat parasites in the fish farming industry. Excerpt on findings The effectiveness of shrimp in reducing parasites on farmed fish remained unexplored until now. We tested four cleaner shrimp species for their ability to reduce three harmful parasites (a...

I was feeding my nems and clown fish mysis shrimp right now, I waited 20 minutes to turn on the wave maker. Came back and I found a frozen mysis shrimp alive??? Should I leave it in my tank?

Ive made the mistake of putting a pistol shrimp in my tank and hes completely destroying my sand bed, I knew he would move the sand around but hes moving it so much my rocks are leaning, any tips on getting him out? if not im just going to rip the rocks out and get him that way. really gonna...

Hey all!! I've been eyeing the Fluval Evo 13.5 as my first reef tank, and I've been trying to get an idea on what I wanna stock it with. So far I have the idea of 2 clownfish, an Orchid Dottyback, and some Trochus Snails. I was thinking of adding a cleaner shrimp as well, but I wanted to get...

Hi all. 15g nano reef cycled up and running. It is a bare bottom setup with real reef rock. Return pump at 24x GPH. I also have an ecoTech pump placed at the bottom at high flow for detritus, etc. Pair of clownfish. I don't have any experience with shrimp. I would like to get a fire shrimp...

Looks like a shrimp of some sort. It’s it coral safe is the question. Don’t know how it got in the tank but it’s there. Found in the refugium Photos of video doesn’t play. Main question/issue why happens if it populate the tank

I have a 5.5 gallon tank with about 5 adult shrimp,10 baby shrimp, planted, sponge filter,driftwood, and some rocks. Every time I do a 50% water change I get high nitrates in a day or two. Nitrate goes up to 40ppm which is very bad for my shrimp. Does anyone have any advice as to why the nitrate...

So I ordered these off reef cleaners and ETA is today. I decided to go with another shrimp species so these are available for pickup for free. https://www.reefcleaners.org/aquarium-store/other-inverts/gold-coral-banded-shrimp-mated-pair-detail 18929 Jamison, PA Must pick up today.

Hi. Totally in love with my pair of coral banded shrimp. Do they shed they’re shell or exterior anyone?! I could’ve sworn i seen 1 floating through the tank dead to my horror & surprise found it under the rock few days later back with its buddy.