Emperor shrimp
 

Sorry for opening a new thread but I am very happy with my latest acquisitions and just wanted to show them (off). :o

http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/x...o/IMG_1069.jpg

They accept New Era pellets for food.

Regards,

Marcel

Wow, I've never seen them before. You are lucky to have them....beautiful.

WHOOOAAAAA. when i first saw the pic, i thought the shrimps were DRAWN IN. so cool.

anyone have any information on them? how much were they? are they a pair?

You need to get them a cucumber to live with. It will greatly increase their comfort and odds at surviving.

I also thought that they only lived in symbiosis with echinoderms but after some research I found out that it is not symbiosis but commensalism (hopefully I wrote that correctly).

I see them taking dry, live and frozen food so I am hoping for the best.

Although they were sold to me as a pair I must say that they do not spend much time sitting together. But as long as they do not act agressively towards each other I am fine with that.

Commensalism is a type of symbiosis. So they are symbiotic with a echinoderm.

How are your emperor shrimp doing, MVP? Did you ever get them a commensal?

They will host nudibranch and cucumbers actually. I'm pretty sure a lettuce sea slug would be perfectly fine and the safest route to attempt (despite not being a true nudi).