Shoe Horse Shrimp

[Phewbacca]

Dudes,

Just obtained a Shoe Horse Shrimp from Marine Life a couple of days back.

Anyone has any experience with them. They're not much to look at but quite oddly shaped for a shrimp bout the size of a finger nail.

this bugger really like to hide though

[sduu]

hi there, be careful with this type of shirmp, i'va got a pair of this b4, it eats soft corals, hav to strip my whole tank to get this bugger out and rtn to the LFS.

[coralreef]

Dudes,

Just obtained a Shoe Horse Shrimp from Marine Life a couple of days back.

Anyone has any experience with them. They're not much to look at but quite oddly shaped for a shrimp bout the size of a finger nail.

this bugger really like to hide though

How much you bought for the shrimp?

[Phewbacca]

hi there, be careful with this type of shirmp, i'va got a pair of this b4, it eats soft corals, hav to strip my whole tank to get this bugger out and rtn to the LFS

thanks, fortunately, i only have a branch coral

[Catfish]

Izzit what u call a saron shrimp too?

If yes, it tends to niddle mushrooms. But generally find them ok but asmentioned like tohide in the day unless very hungry! They are nocturnal.

[junlover]

any pics to horse shoe shrimp pics to share?

[LiveRock]

What's a horse shoe shrimp? Interesting name, can't imagine how it looks like!

[hongqixian]

What's a horse shoe shrimp? Interesting name, can't imagine how it looks like!

Probably Saron sp. like someone else said. Also known as Monkey shrimp.

Phewbacca, in your other thread you said you added copper. Has the shrimp died?

[Phewbacca]

QiQi,

i'll let u know as soon as i can locate the bugger

[skinbone]

Good luck bro... this shrimp is a terror. Horseshoe shrimp is also know as marble shrimp. The male look really cool with big hairy claws. I personally witnessed mine dive its sharp claws into my mushrooms and spread them apart in 'frog-style'. I could not believe what i saw, but my mushrooms spit blood right after the move! I have once shared my experience on arofanatics.com about this specimen. Another one u may want to avoid is the anemone shrimp. This shrimp can come in various colors and may be very tempting for unsuspecting customers. But this bugger will disturb most of the LPS in search of a host. The anemone shrimp is a lot harder to catch than the marble shrimp. The above opinion is only through my own experience and does not represent all. U may be lucky to own the shrimp that does not display the above mentioned traits.

[Phewbacca]

Good advice, skinny.

will put a warrant out for my shoe horse shrimp...

[hongqixian]

Woolly,

If it miraculously managed to survive the copper.

[Phewbacca]

dun remind me of the friggin copper, QiQi....

aaaarrrggghhhh!

[spade]

PhewPhew

is a Horse Shoe Shrimp, not the other way round ..

[junlover]

Wow... 1st time @@ing tis,it looks quite cute actually~

character-wise...

looks can deceive...

[Phewbacca]

spadey,

thats what i thought too. but henry of ML told me its called "shoe horse"

anyway, just located my shrimp ....RIP (thanks, copper_

[KingFish]

Hey guys.... found an carcass of what I think is one of these peskies... u are certainly right, it is quite a beauty.

It was probably hiding in the Caulerpa I bought since I found it in the refugium.