fire shrimp

[cooltankmate]

just got one today, it's been hiding all day long. under a live rock, kinda like a cave.. do they hide alot?

[Chordstriker]

Most of them would best be described as Nocturnal from what I've read.

I had one that wound up hanging out in direct light after a few days of hiding out/acclimating.

[1package]

They do hide a lot, come out when I feed. When I got 3-4 of them and 3-4 cleaner shrimp, I started seeing them a lot more often, numbers seemed to have helped their shyness.

[cooltankmate]

What do u feed them?

[Blown 346]

Like said above they like to hide and be in the rockwork all the time. I never see mine unless its feeding time.
They will eat flake food, pellets, frozen food, anything you put into the tank including your hand they will nibble on.

[aquaman67]

I have one. He does hide most of the time. I use one of those floating feed trays to keep flakes from floating all over. The shrimp has learned that's where the food is and now swims up to the tray to get food.

I can also hand feed him. I use shrimp pellets. I use the cheap ones from Wal-Mart. He will come up and take it out of my fingers. Sometimes he pinches me, though I'm not sure why.

Mine will also catch mysis or brine shrimp that floats by.

[Blown 346]

They feel like they pinch you but in reality they are just cleaning your hands/ fingers.

[Lev F.]

They do hide a lot because they are found in deeper waters than most other Lysmata. Mines eats the leftover flakes from feeding the fish.

[Asuran]

my pair of skunk cleaners and blood shrimps hid most of the time... they are seen visable only during feeding times or if you strain to look for them in rock caves

[NoSchwag]

mine doesn't hide, but I think it's blind (or atleast nearsighted.

My other cleaner shrimp jumps and grab food, my fire waits until the food is right on top of him before grabbing it.

[Amphiprion]

Hiding is a normal response for this deep water species, especially in brightly lighted tanks.