Bongo Shrimp's 29g Lagoon

[Bongo Shrimp]

Not trying to flame or be a jerk but if you don't know their basic care requirements (what they eat), wouldn't it be nearly impossible (not to mention a little irresponsible) to try to keep them in captivity? I know you have had success with other difficult to keep inverts and the hobby need people pushing the envelope... it just it saddens me to see beautiful animals taken from the reef only to starve in our tanks.


JMHO,
Tom

I can only try. Plus I still have one. Hey, someone has to try. From all the research I have done I have tried to construct the best environment possible for them. I can't do much more. I do understand where you
re coming from but I think there's a difference between the guy who buys them because they look cool and does no research, and the guy who does as much research as possible, tries to replicate the environment and then gets them.

The thing that really gets me is that they both ate yesterday.

[Tom@HaslettMI]

There's totally a difference. I know you're not just impulse buying these and wouldn't get them if you didn't think you had a fair shot at keeping them. My main concern was you didn't know what they ate (I didn't know you had gotten them to eat til the last post). That means there's hope for the other one.

I actually have a lot of respect for your interest and efforts in keeping difficult species. As I read the earlier posts I was just a little like "WTF is he doing if he doesn't even know what they eat?!". Hopefully the remaining shrimp keeps on keeping on for you.

Tom