Shrimps...??

Hello Everyone!!!! ;D

I have a question I was looking at different kind of shrimps....and I was thinking about getting a a blood red fire shrimp and a sexy anemone shrimp....what do you guys think....i have never had neither of them....???

 

Blood shrimp are great but will hide most of the time unless you get more than one (safety in numbers and all that). Sexy shrimp are also great and will spend the day wiggling their butts at you and most likely will nest in an anemone or any coral that looks like one (mine used to hang out in a frogspawn) Wait until your tank is completely done cycling before adding shrimp though as they are very sensitive to water conditions.

 

blood red shrimp is pretty but shy - will set up a cleaning station but rarely seen unless its feeding time.
The sexy shrimp is small and hard to spot full stop, also a lovely little snack for anything with a big enough mouth! But they shake their booty!

 

I have 2 peppermint shrimps, they never come out during the day, only see them wondering at night. Also they cleaned up a nice little aiptasia problem i was getting. Joes juice never worked for me, got those 2 guys and the problem is gone. It is hit and miss though from what I have read but I love mine. I had a coral banded shrimp in my old tank, he was huge and not shy at all.

 

sexy shrimp are way cool, but only in a small tank as they will be lunch for anything that is big enough to eat them!! peppermints are ok, they dont really do much, but it is funny how they sway around when they are sitting on a rock or something

 

yea...im waiting for my water to be perfect to start adding things in their....i took my water last weekend to get tested to my friends salt water fish store and he said that my water is cycled....but to wait like another 2 weeks...right now my nitrate is at 5.0 my nitrite is between 0 & .25 my ammonia is at 0 my pH is at 8.4 and the salt level is at .25....

i was just looking at what i wanted to get because whatever i want he orders it for me and then when my water is ready i can just go by and pick it up....

 

well, i saw that sexy shrimp today and its super cute....i liked it bc its always shaking its booty lol but i did read that it doesnt get bigger then 1''-1 1/2'' so yea...it can be a meal

 

well, i want to get a shrimp thats not shy......and i want that fire shrimp i think its super cute....and i love it bright red color!!

 

oh i forgot, i know its not a shrimp, but check out a porcelain "anemone" crab. way cool little guys to have around, hes my new addition and i love him. hes got little fans that he hold out to grab food, looks like hes waving at you all the time.

 

that crab is cute....
but im only going to have one anemone....and i already have 2 small percula clowns...isnt that going to be a problem...???