Volcano Shrmp?

GMGQ · #1 12-11-2011, 06:30 PM

Does anyone have experience with these Hawaiian Volcano Shrimp?

Will they multiply like crazy and become a pest later?

I figure they look kinda neat and would add some interest to the tank...

doch · #2 12-11-2011, 07:17 PM

I highly doubt that you'd have that problem. For anything except aiptasia, you have to specifically try to succeed at reproducing them. Eggs/larvae get eaten long before they have a chance to grow up. The way that I always look at it is if you get something to breed in your tank it's a nice little bonus of free food for the critters.

That all said, I have no personal experience with these guys, so take what I just said with a grain of salt.

GMGQ · #3 12-11-2011, 07:35 PM

Well maybe not so much in them reproducing (although I've read that they are fairly easy to breed), but I guess if I have like 10 of them, the molted shells may be all over the place...

Chowder · #4 12-12-2011, 02:40 AM

Believe they are Brackish as well. Not sure if people have kept them in reef tanks yet. I have heard they bread quit well. They are also really small. Smaller then a sexy shrimp. I believe the idea is to bread them for food for Seahorses and other fish to eat.

Chris

Rogue951 · #5 12-23-2011, 04:16 PM

Yeah, wouldn't put them in anything bigger than a nano unless u put in a huge swarm for vacation food.
Poor things look like fodder. lol.

SeaHorse_Fanatic · #6 12-23-2011, 06:42 PM

Need species tank. I've added quite a number in a little nano by themselves, but not seeing them as much as I thought I would. I think they hide inside the rock most of the time (very holey rock)

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