shrimp

[tephanis]

just out of curiousity, I just added 3 shrimps on monday... 2 cleaner and 1 fire... I haven't seen the fire ONCE since I put him in... do you think he's dead?

Also I've seen other aquariums before and everyoens cleaner shrimps are out and about... but mine NEVER come out when the lights are on... any reason for this? just getting use to the tank?

[StinkyNappy]

they tend to hide behind rocks alot at first, have you checked behind all your rockwork???

[Neptune's Nemesis]

I thought it was always better to keep fire shrimp in pairs because that way they make free food for your tank.

[tephanis]

damn it I only bought one... I'll go buy another one the nex ttime I'm around...

and I did check.. the fire fish is the only one not around... I've been looking for his corpse... can't even find that. once the lights are off the cleaners com eout... I see them now... but this damn fire shrimp has never been seen.

[tephanis]

and whats weird is they only seem to clean the left side of my tank.

[rshimek]

Hi,

Fire shrimps are sort of "semi-cleaners." In nature, they are largely nocturnal and a goodly portion of their diet is small polyps; soft corals, small zoanthids and the like. Check for it at night, a couple of hours after the light has gone out out, and you will likely see it.