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My Sexy Shrimp
Sexy Shrimp Photos

I wish I had time to write about the various species and types of saltwater shrimp as well as about sexy shrimp. Instead, I will just tell you about mine.

I also have a page on freshwater shrimp.

I really, really wanted some freshwater shrimp for one of my reef tanks. My 12 gallon tank already had five hermit crabs so the crustacean contingent was pretty full. The 6 gallon tank had just two crabs but ones that were potentially more dangerous. Scary is an unknown species but still only half an inch in size. Grabby is a emerald mithrax crab and an inch wide already. After doing some research where I read that a number of people had mithrax crabs and sexy shrimp together, I decided to get some. Since they are gregarious and like company, I opted for two although I read it is better to have either one or three. I really would have liked to have gotten a coral banded shrimp but they are too big for either of my tanks. The sexy shrimp are the smallest shrimp I could get. And, boy are they small!

My two sexy shrimp arrived on 9/27/08 from Live Aquaria. They are maybe a third of an inch long but very boisterous and strong. They went through the drip acclimation and introduction to the tank with no problem. I named them Dip and Dot since they are half white dots. Dip and Dot like to hang around the smaller rocks at the front of the tank where I can see them. True to their name, they spend most of the time wiggling their rears up and down. So far, I have not seen them eat but they are so small, I do not know how I would see it anyway.

By 11/15/08, Dot is twice the size of Dip. So, Dot is a girl, and Dip is a boy. I had an Aunt Dot (short for Dorothy) so that is a female name while Dip is self explanatory! If they decide to breed, I am sure the crabs and Larry (the clown goby) will eat their babies.

Photos are listed from oldest to newest.

Sexy shrimp on 9/27/08.

Both of my sexy shrimp on 9/28/08.

I was taking these photos on 10/4/08 of the new corals, and the sexy shrimp happened to be in the photos too.
Sexy shrimp.
Sexy shrimp.
Sexy shrimp.

These photos were taken on 11/30/08:
Sexy shrimp - Dip on the left, Dot on the right.
Sexy shrimp - Dip on the left, Dot on the right, view from above.
Sexy shrimp - Dip on the left, Dot on the right.
Dip - close-up from the last photo.
Dot - close-up from the last photo.

This is a nice photo of Dip and Dot together on 7/24/09. You can see how much bigger she is than he.
Dip (right) and Dot (left)