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Sexy Shrimp
Thor Amboinensis
Other Names: Dancing Shrimp, Sexy Anemone shrimp
Origin: Indonesia, Indo-Pacific
Reef Safe: Yes Jumper: NoMax Size: 1.5
Reccomended Tank Size: Any
Temperature range: 78-86F
Description:
Sexy Shrimp get their name from their unique movement. While walking, or interacting with other shrimp, they will sway their abdomen back and forth, giving the illusion of dancing. They do best in groups, and often like to host anemones, LPS, mushrooms, ricordea, or any other coral that may present it self.
Diet:
Because they are part of the shrimp family, sexy shrimp are scavengers, and will eat most anything they can get their claws on. They will eat frozen foods, pellets, flakes (if they can catch them), even meaty foods that they can rip apart.
Temperament:
These shrimp are very passive, and are best viewed in a smaller tank. Because of their small size they are very easily intimidated, and will be very hard to view in a large tank. While Sexy Shrimp get along with most other reef safe inhabitants, larger invert eating fish, will easily turn them into an expensive snack.
Special Notes:
While these shrimp have been known to snack on zoanthids and other soft corals, proper feeding should eliminate this problem.
Like all shrimp, sexy shrimp can molt which create a transparent duplicate that may appear to be your dead shrimp. In most cases this dead shrimp is actually just the discarded molt. The shrimp will often hide for a few days while their new shell hardens.
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