Pics of my Harliquin Shrimp

[tileman]

Thought you guys would like to see my newest addition to the family, I've had such an outbreak of those little acro stars that I borrowed him from a friend.

[dakar]

Those guys are just sooooo cool looking.... good pics!

Though we couldn't keep one, think our blue linckia is too happy where he's living now to be lunch :)

[ramoth41]

Very cool! to bad he is just on loan!!!
sarah

[tileman]

A couple more pics.

[m1a1fixer]

extremely cool pics.

how do they act in the tank? as friendly as a cleaner shrimp or do they tend to knock things over or hide? and what lighting and camera for the pics? I just got a cannon A510 and would like to be able to take some like that.

[tileman]

Hi Dan, They are great in a tank, just like cleaner shrimp. They tend to be shy at first but he comes out quite a bit now that he knows his way around the tank. As far as lighting when taking pictures, I set my camera to manual and the fastest speed with the daylight setting , no flash.

[Hitokiri]

well, what about lighting inside the tank?

Looks like you have a black light in there, hense the cool glow.

I'm assuming that if you have one regular tank light, you can have one black light as well?

[zoo-a-holic]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Very cool pics. How long will something like that live??#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#

[tileman]

As long as he has food, which is star fish, he should last a long time.
He has been in my tank since May, and now I rarely see any acro stars.

[PhatBrdr427]

acro stars? what are those? have any pics or links on that

[tileman]

Check out this article on them.
http://www.garf.org/STAR/starfish.html

[PhatBrdr427]

Thanks... I hope i dont have encounters with those sea stars. How common are they in the trade? Do they hitch rides often or are they kinda rare?

[~Mykle~]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Are they veryhard to keep? And i've herd that they only eat star fish, is this true? Thanks for the help#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#

[graphixx]

that is correct that is their main diet, they are good at ridding a tank of pest stars such as asternia stars. other than that they are great in a tank. just dont have any stars. I know a guy that has one and he buy chocolate chip stars and freezes them and cuts a chunk off to feed the harlequin. Kind of sad for the choco star but they are such a beautifull shrimp.

[zoo-a-holic]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Will he be able to eat a blue star that is about 4 to 5 inches across? or does he just take them in chunks?#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#