Emperor Shrimp

[Cleartank]

Hope it survive in my tank......

[Cleartank]

Blown up....

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Another angle....

[FuEl]

It will hide alot...wonder where it is in my tank.. Hope the lil bugger still alive.

[reefer guy]

is it reef safe? care to give more infos abt it? i saw it earlier in pasir ris farm, kinda unique and pretty li'l creature

[Cleartank]

Emperor Shrimp, Periclimenes imperator, hitchhiker extraordinaire

Emperor shrimp hitch rides on various partners; Seen them on sea cucumbers of various species and nudibranchs of various species including Risbecia tryoni, Ceratosoma trilobatum, and Spanish Dancers. Their coloration varies according to the “transportation partner” they ride on, but I am uncertain if they are able to change coloration if they happen to change transportation. Not content merely to relax and enjoy the ride, they are constantly on the move, normally perched near the substrate looking for food to pass by; Guess this is the marine version of “meals on wheels”?

In addition to providing the potential for sustenance, the noxious reputation of nudibranchs also provides some degree of protection since predators are reluctant to ingest them. But the relationship is really bi-directional as the shrimp keeps the nudibranch free from parasites...

No one seems to know what they feed on exactly so do try a little of everything.... Mine keep picking up stuff from the sand bed... so I bombard the area he roam with a little of everything.... Named my Ah Fat.....

[SpiderOne]

looks like a dead koi

[Cleartank]

looks like a dead koi 

Why did you say such a thing?......

Look more like a dead mini koi, Just the way I like it ......

Anyway... dun be sour grape....

[SpiderOne]

erm.. why sour grape ??

[Cleartank]

Update on the emperor..... Its a cowboy and rides on anything in captivity, on snails, star, etc.. at least in my tank it does.... I think its a scavenger that eats anything it can find on the sand bed... always reaching into the sandbed to try its luck... I took a pic of it eating a piece of Formula Two... Hope this helps anyone who owns one of these... I have a 7 Gal nano so easy to monitor it......

[Cleartank]

Another Pic.... Spidie

[Terryz_]

where can get it... it is kinda cute...

[Cleartank]

Havelock RD Keo@@ S@@@ got one left... 8 bucks....

Bought mine at T@pi# Ma@@@@ Pasir Ris Farmway 2.... 12 buck ..... Kanna Kuto

[Shinguuji]

wah...sui, i want one when i open another nano-tank...my delibius lobster also eats junk, but only @ night...

anymore sui inverts to show?

[Cleartank]

Update..... not compatible with pink skunk cleaner.... How I know... Mine got hunted rite before my eyes.... not quick enough to stop it... $#^%$&^

$12 food for my cleaner.........

[pospeh]

Geez, sorry about that.

He is extremely cute though.

The cleaner probably thought it was Amaebi.

[ai[k²]wan]

might be because it died then the skunk went to scavenge on it, as far as i know cleaner shrimps have got virtually no "weapon"

[ai[k²]wan]

i would actually expect the other way round

[Cleartank]

Saw with my own eyes.... looking at it crawling slowly at the sand bed when... SNAP! the rest was history!!!!

[Shinguuji]

wha....what a pity....

[terryansimon]

ouch. expensive meal. =\

[ai[k²]wan]

wow din know cleaners could kill..

i was quite doubtful about this coz my coral banded killed my cleaner, with notihng left of the cleaner.

[Terryz_]

oo... dun be too sad...

[Cleartank]

Me getting Coral banded..............

No lah just kidding..... Expected... Prey and be Prey!!!!