Yellow Coral Banded Shrimp
 

I'm looking for a coral banded shrimp to help control my bristleworm population. Rather than getting the regular one, I thought I'd get one of the Gold ones. Is anyone selling theirs or know where I could get one this week?

http://www.vibrantsea.net/golden20_stvincent2.htm

http://www.vibrantsea.net/images/gol...stvincent2.jpg

I think those are cool but I've never seen one locally. Have you tried to make a special order for one?

Cheers,
Vic [veng68]

I dunno Sam. I found that a CBS has to get very hungry before he will eat Bristleworms. :eek: That doesn't seem to happen in my tanks. :sad:

Have you guys had any bad experience with them in your tank with other shrimp? I've got a snapping shrimp and two cleaners but I've always liked the coral banded shrimp, I've just heard they are or can be super nasty.

Doug

Yes,

I would like to know as well. I have a ton of Brsitle Worms. My Refugium has them all through the Caulerpa and up and down the sides of the tanks. I have hundreds in my main tank as well with at least 4 over the foot mark. I heard they were not reef safe. The shrimp that is!

My CBS is suspected in the disapperance/death of several small gobies (it has been caught with the remains of fish that were objectively healthy a few hours prior to their untimely demise). It chases anything that comes near and attacks my hand without hesitation. It now lives by itself in one of my refugiums.

Scales, good enough for me, they are cool looking but I like my fish to be active, not food for the inverts.

Doug

There are many stories around of banded coral shrimps stalking fish. Some humorous, some not so much.

I've seen the claws narrowing missing a fish...that is not humorous. Maybe humorous because he missed....that time.......I wouldn't put one with fish again, although I have a really nice assorted crab tank.

Two mud crabs, some electric blues, a misc bad with sharp claws, fun :cool:

I believe I saw one of those particular CBS just yesterday at the store at 192 and the Langley-Bypass. I can't remember the name of the store. Kevin's Aqautics maybe?
The reason I remember it was because I thought it looked awfully yellowish/gold for a Coral Banded. But it was rather small, so I kinda assumed it wasn't quite mature yet, and was therefore coloured differently. I've only ever seen full sized CBS in a store before now.

So if it helps, this may be that Gold Coral Banded you're looking for because it looks awfully similar to that picture.
lemme know if you check it out , k?

Hey Sam,
The Shrimp you listed is the
Caribbean Yellow Boxer Shrimp
Stenopus scutellatus 4cm
I rarely see this one, The Yellow Boxer shrimp that usually shows up in stores is the
Blue legged yellow boxer shrimp
Stenopus cyanoscelis 3cm
It often comes from the Phillipines and it is smaller than the regular
Coral banded shrimp
Stenopus hispidus 5cm

Perhaps that's why the subject I saw at that store was so small then.
I figured it was just immature and would change colour as it grew. I don't know alot about CBS, except they have a tendency toward aggressiveness.
I would say the size of the one I saw was about 2/3 that of any regular Coral Banded I've seen at Paul's or Big Al's.
But again, it appeared very similar to that picture in it's colour and actually looked rather attractive.

Good luck with your research on it.

This is what it looks like: Stenopus cyanoscelis


http://www.d6.dion.ne.jp/~shrimp/ima...blue-leg-2.jpg

Thanks everyone for all the info. Here's a new one for me. What's this guy? It has red antennae.

http://www.hyperdream.com/~samw/reef...g_crop_std.jpg

http://www.hyperdream.com/~samw/reef...78_img_std.jpg

Where did you get that guy? It looks cool :D

Cheers,
Vic [veng68]

As I said in another post that is Stenopus zanzibaricus. BTW I have not seen mine since I put it in the tank on Saturday :sad:

Coral Banded Shrimp
 

I have a large CBS and he certainly rules the tank. He quickly becomes the center of attraction whenever we have visitors.

Might be a little late but I saw a yellow CBS at King Ed's the other day.

d.

Well it is now almost two weeks, and I have yet to see my new S. zanzibaricus. I know he is in there because I saw him when I was moving some rocks. However, he has yet to come into the open. :sad:

It is now the 11th of February, and I still have not seen him. Does anyone who has one of these ever see it :question:

Mine disappeared too. No trace of it. No bones, nothing. Someone must have eaten him.

Mine is in my 20H with only a six line wrasse for company, so I think it is highly unlikely it would have been eaten. I think it was a useless purchase if you never get to see it. :sad:

They get the yellow and gold CBS' at KingEd all the time :cool:

I saw mine the other night after lights out. They must be strictly nocturnal :frown:

Bob nice to hear that you've seen it, always a shame to lose things in your tank.