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mgdmirage · Daydreamer

I haven't checked in for awhile. Careful of the sexy shrimp they will eat your zoanthids if you don't keep them well fed.

LadyOfIreland · Dr. Zoos

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Originally Posted by mgdmirage

I haven't checked in for awhile. Careful of the sexy shrimp they will eat your zoanthids if you don't keep them well fed.

You aren't kidding - those little sexies are quite the pickers. Fortunately I feed them enough that they've left the zoas alone, but I've had several people tell me stories of losing zoas and mushrooms to the claws of sexies

rgrking · Spawning

wow, something new I learned today. No sexy shrimp for my DT

LeviT · 2yr vet

Is that common for ornamental shrimp or just sexy shrimp? Since the DT I'm building is small I was thinking of focusing on some small crustaceans but I was just about to start researching.

LadyOfIreland · Dr. Zoos

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Originally Posted by LeviT

Is that common for ornamental shrimp or just sexy shrimp? Since the DT I'm building is small I was thinking of focusing on some small crustaceans but I was just about to start researching.

I think it's just the rule of thumb for any saltwater creature. When hungry, they will resort to any means in order to survive, even if that means picking on coral and other fish. I had read an instance of someone's fire shrimp eating a sexy shrimp almost as soon as it was introduced to the system. Turned out the person wasn't feeding the tank enough for the fire shrimp.

If you are researching critters, just make sure it doesn't say "Not reef safe". Otherwise, I would just use caution with everything else.

Just my $.02!

estanoche · I <3 the LEFT COAST!

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Originally Posted by LadyOfIreland

I think it's just the rule of thumb for any saltwater creature. When hungry, they will resort to any means in order to survive, even if that means picking on coral and other fish. I had read an instance of someone's fire shrimp eating a sexy shrimp almost as soon as it was introduced to the system. Turned out the person wasn't feeding the tank enough for the fire shrimp.

If you are researching critters, just make sure it doesn't say "Not reef safe". Otherwise, I would just use caution with everything else.

Just my $.02!

+1 - everything wants to survive, so anything that is not well fed, is not reef-safe

hahaha

[61 (permalink)] Posted by mgdmirage 01-10-2012, 11:18 AM	Daydreamer
I haven't checked in for awhile. Careful of the sexy shrimp they will eat your zoanthids if you don't keep them well fed. __________________ Crazy about arches! 40 gallon breeder, 40 gallon long sump, 6T5HO, 80 watts of DIY LED Actinics. Empty 90 gallon sitting in my kitchen, plans unknown. A past riddled with many nano reefs.	Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Spokane, Washington Posts: 67 Gameroom cash: $20220 Rep Power: 5
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[63 (permalink)] Posted by rgrking 01-10-2012, 02:04 PM	Spawning
wow, something new I learned today. No sexy shrimp for my DT __________________ RLTW 180 Gallon Mixed Reef Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" Isaiah 6:8 Friend me up on Facebook Glen King	Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sullivan, Missouri, USA Posts: 10,000 Gameroom cash: $1656070 Rep Power: 164
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[64 (permalink)] Posted by LeviT 01-10-2012, 02:08 PM	2yr vet
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