In my book "Armoured Knights of the Sea" by Debelius, the Peppermints look quite transparent too, so it is probably not unusual. :microwav:

Thanks. Good to know what I've got in the nano :smile:

oh no! a rare glass and powerhead eating shrimp! :razz:

teevee, you've got a lotta time on hour hands and an imagination to match it :lol:

it's the break between my sociology and english classes, not me, i swear it!

Why are they called sexy shrimp... polka dot maybe, pinto even.... but sexy?

Sooner or later, I knew someone would ask that question :redface:

It's probably named that way for its habit of always having its tail lifted and moving up and down and around and round in what some would consider a sexually provocative way. And it does this ALL the time :eek:

When feeding the tank, I turn off the AC Mini for a few minutes to let the food drift down and around the tank slowly so both shrimp have a chance at getting some. The clear peppermint is by far the more aggressive feeder with great swimming abilities. So far I have not seen the sexy shrimp eat anything, cuz it's waving its heiny all the time :confused: Maybe it just needs time to adjust to the tank and my feeding regime. I hope to have it for a long time because it's a very beautiful shrimp.

If this little shrimp lasts in the nano, and if AI, where I bought it, gets more, I'll probably get at least one more of them. But they're very small and hard to find even in the small confines of the 2.5 nano. Sheesh!

I've almost ruled out putting a fish in such a small tank. Had originally thought I put a yellow clown goby, but I have one in the 42 hex and for such a tiny fish it sure likes to take advantage of all the swimming space in the large tank. Putting one in the 2.5 would be cruel, IMO. The only other fish I have seen that might work in the 2.5 is a prawn goby, that stays under 2", as far as I know. There is quite a bit of sandbed for the prawn goby to call its own, but I'm still considering the cruelty aspect of putting a fish in such a puny tank.

I have a 1.25" diameter orange starfish in the 7 gal bowfront and think a critter like that would fare okay in the 2.5. I might have to get rid of the lone astrea snail to enable a small starfish to survive, but that would be okay.

Stocking the 2.5 is going to be a challenge. Don't want to be cruel to any animals just to have life in the tank.

The shrimp sure is attractive (not in a sexy way), I understand your dilema about stocking a 2.5 I would be tempted just to go with inverts and forget the fish but, there are some cool fish that don't venture far from their hole.... it's a hard call.

I've been reading the thread about seahorses and went to the link provided. Seems I could keep 4-8 mini horses in the 2.5, at least according to the information provided. Now, that's a thought I'd not considered. But, I'd have to think it over very carefully first.

I went back to my book to see what that shrimp was. It looks like what he calls "Harlequin Shrimp" Hymenocera picta. The book states that when not eating, the shrimp continually cleans irself. It is a starfish predator, which originally was to be used for Crown of Thorns starfish control.

Is the description supplied the one you have? :question: