Are these little guys difficult to keep? I've previously had a bad experience with this shrimp. It was a newly cycled tank, my first ever S/W (I've kept freshwater for 5 years before that). The shrimp was going to be the first inhabitant (not a good idea in hindsight). So in a 2 month old tank and with less than an hour of acclimation time, it seemed to be doing great the first day, roaming around and enthusiastically accepting food. The next day it would ignore food completely, and the day after, I found it curled up in a crevice, lifeless. Kind of a traumatic first saltwater experience.
As of now, the tank is a year old, with a pair of clownfish, a blue tux urchin and about 10 corals, including SPS, which are all thriving. How likely am I to keep this little guy alive, given that I properly acclimate? Going through a lot of older posts, it seems that a lot of people have problems with this shrimp dying for no apparent reason.
As of now, the tank is a year old, with a pair of clownfish, a blue tux urchin and about 10 corals, including SPS, which are all thriving. How likely am I to keep this little guy alive, given that I properly acclimate? Going through a lot of older posts, it seems that a lot of people have problems with this shrimp dying for no apparent reason.
