Let’s see those ornamental shrimp!

[1epauletteshark]

Let’s see those ornamental shrimp! I’m talking all bumble bee shrimp morphs, sexy shrimp, harlequin shrimp, Hawaiian harlequin shrimp, all the cool shrimp you can think of
I’ll start us of with some of my bumble bee shrimp and my sexy shrimp currently living in my 8 gallon

 

[Timfish]

Cleaner shrimp, they always the most active and easiest to see.

 

[1epauletteshark]

Cleaner shrimp, they always the most active and easiest to see.

I sure do love my cleaner

but I love the color and how bumble bee shrimp swim up at the glass and and constantly wandering around.

 

[1epauletteshark]

As for my peppermint… he’s… special
What I mean by that is he is insane.
Comes out twice a week (HE LIVES IN A 17 GALLON AND IS LARGER THAN ANY OF THE FISH) and if I see him he bolts. He kicks up the sand and sometimes even runs into fish trying to run away.

 

[Northwest_Scapes_]

I think the Pederson's Cleaner Shrimp has been one of the coolest I've kept. Unfortunately passed recently for some unknown reason, but im hoping to get another one soon. Something about these clear shrimp and the colors pull me in

 

[OrchidMiss]

I think the Pederson's Cleaner Shrimp has been one of the coolest I've kept. Unfortunately passed recently for some unknown reason, but im hoping to get another one soon. Something about these clear shrimp and the colors pull me in

This is definitely one of my favorites, too.
I would love to put one in my 10g or 20g.

 

[1epauletteshark]

I think the Pederson's Cleaner Shrimp has been one of the coolest I've kept. Unfortunately passed recently for some unknown reason, but im hoping to get another one soon. Something about these clear shrimp and the colors pull me in

I absolutely adore these shrimp as I was researching them for the shrimp document and have since thought they are one of the cooler species, sorry for your loss, you should definitely get another one soon

I have an obsession with shrimp that cannot be satiated no matter what. My current obsession is bumble bee shrimp because they are just so cool. I have four and two have those isopods under their skin as is common with bumble bee shrimp, is there any way to get rid of them without endangering the shrimp?

 

[cpoynter]

I think the Pederson's Cleaner Shrimp has been one of the coolest I've kept. Unfortunately passed recently for some unknown reason, but im hoping to get another one soon. Something about these clear shrimp and the colors pull me in

Their lifespan is only about a year.

 

[cpoynter]

My shrimps

 

[PinkLadyLVT]

My shrimps

What species is that top one? I have one of those and cannot ID him for the life of me. He's super outgoing and amazing.

 

[1epauletteshark]

What species is that top one? I have one of those and cannot ID him for the life of me. He's super outgoing and amazing.

I believe that cute little guy is a spotter cleaner shrimp.

 

[cpoynter]

What species is that top one? I have one of those and cannot ID him for the life of me. He's super outgoing and amazing.

I would love to know. I bought it from reefcleaners. The listing was for "Assorted Cleaning Shrimp".

I believe that cute little guy is a spotter cleaner shrimp.

Actually, the third photo is of a spotted cleaner shrimp.

 

[1epauletteshark]

As for my peppermint… he’s… special
What I mean by that is he is insane.
Comes out twice a week (HE LIVES IN A 17 GALLON AND IS LARGER THAN ANY OF THE FISH) and if I see him he bolts. He kicks up the sand and sometimes even runs into fish trying to run away.

I figured out he is actually a

Lysmata kuekenthali​

so maybe that changes things but still pretty funny.

 

[1epauletteshark]

What are these bumble bee shrimp doing?

Are they fighting? Establishing territory? Mating?

youtube.com

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/what-are-my-bumble-bee-shrimp-doing.974159/
Here is a cool video of my newest bumble bee shrimp hugging the leader while lights were off, interesting behavior.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

What species is that top one? I have one of those and cannot ID him for the life of me. He's super outgoing and amazing.

It's an Urocaridella sp., but I'm afraid I don't know the species.

 

[Stomatopods17]

Hawaiian harlequins (sorry for large images)

This was way back in 2015, unfortunately the female was with me just a few days, the male I had for at least a year with a regular blue female, they lived together just fine.

 

[1epauletteshark]

Hawaiian harlequins (sorry for large images)

This was way back in 2015, unfortunately the female was with me just a few days, the male I had for at least a year with a regular blue female, they lived together just fine.

I have always really liked that specific color morph of harlequins, very pretty ones that you had