What is your favorite shrimp?

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  1. SushiGirl

    SushiGirl Barracuda

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    Blue Coral Banded. They only get 1 1/2". I had one for a couple years that hung with my Diamond Watchman Goby and a tiny redheaded goby in my last tank. The DWG was the only fish it would clean LOL.

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  2. xxredxpandaxx

    xxredxpandaxx Coral Banded Shrimp

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    I also have a Coral Banded and he is great but he has a yellow torso, never seen one like that =]
     
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  3. stepho

    stepho Panda Puffer

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    Does anyone have problems with their fish eating their sexy shrimp? Whenever I see them at the LFS they are tiny. They are about the size of the feeder shrimp my 3-stripe damsel eats whole.
     
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  4. aw1447

    aw1447 Montipora Capricornis

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    I don't have one, but I REALLY like blue coral banded shrimp. I think they're big pinchers are so cool. But if were talking favorites here.. I'd have to say fried shrimp :) haha
     
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  5. DarkEarth

    DarkEarth Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    I really love my two Saron Shrimps. My LFS recently called them Monkey Shrimp. When I was a kid I used to catch them around the Magic Island rocks in Hawaii.

    They turn Red at night, and are mottled Green/Brown during the day. Very Beautiful shrimp. Mine dont bother my Zoanthids at all, I think they are rated "caution" for corals. They are scavenger feeders and pretty much eat anything the other inhabitants miss.
     
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  6. inwall75

    inwall75 Giant Squid

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    Saron are often called marbled, mystery, or monkey shrimp
     
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  7. gabbagabbawill

    gabbagabbawill Pajama Cardinal

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    harlequin shrimp.
     
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  8. loneracer05

    loneracer05 Clown Trigger

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  9. pink4miss

    pink4miss Panda Puffer

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    just added 3 of the sexy shrimp to my tank, they are so small that when i looked at the bag they were in i thought it was empty at first. i placed them on a maiden grass thats in the tank. none of the fish bothered them. i did place them directly on so the fish didnt think they were food dropping threw the water. any way they moved and i havent see them since. 9.99 each and very very small, before they disappeared, i did see the one swaying on the maiden grass. it was cute. i hope they are just in the rocks and show up. but they are so small they will be hard to see if they do show.
     
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  10. project1

    project1 Spaghetti Worm

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