Rock Shrimp

[MermaidMel]

I added one to my tank last week and have briefly spotted him once. Are they notorious hiders or only if something is likely to be wrong with him? I wanna see him

 

[three-fingers]

I've read they are, but mine have always been out and about during the day too. They can take a few days to settle in, but a week is quite a long time, even if it also shed it's skin.

Check to see if its coming out at night. Do you have any boisterous fish in the tank?

 

[MermaidMel]

Not really boisterous no, as they are all young adults and the shrimp itself is quite big
I just hope its ok

 

[MermaidMel]

Well after 3 weeks he has finally come out to play, he's hiding in the wood and my shark spends endless hours [vertically] waiting for him to come out, think it puts him off a bit, but once he does come out the shark doesn't bother with him. So now we've established he's not shark dinner [given they're nearly the same size, hardly gonna be the case] he has been venturing out a lot more now. He is CUTE, I lurve him, may have to get some more.

 

[MermaidMel]

Here he is!

 

[three-fingers]

Nice shrimp, looks much cleaner than my bamboo shrimp (which are covered in algae currently) .

 

[MermaidMel]

Here's a better pic, he is so sweet!

 

[stang1]

He is lovely!
I think Shrimp are fantastic, great little characters and fun to watch, especially at feeding time!

 

[~T~]

Nice bamboo. I have no luck with them for some reason. Mine were shy and they didnt have anything to fear.

 

[Ficious]

heres a pic of mine...ive had him for a year and theyre lifespan i heard is around 1.5? hes huge and isnt scared of nobody


he loves the plants that are on the surface near the filter outflow...if i feel he needs a snack i life the filter a bit so some gunk comes out and he happily licks his "filters"

you can tell hes a he because the first 2 legs are bigger than the last 4...females are all the same size