ive read a lot of this thread.. but i havent seen anythng about raising fry or having one survive mysteriously... anyone have a thought?

What do you mean by 'having one survive mysteriously?' You found a baby in your tank?
I'm working on an article for the site now and will include a small section on raising the babies. For now, though, take a look at the first post of this thread. There are a couple of links under 'Breeding'.

I just found this site

I've been lookin for other sexy shrimpers

10g 80w pc 860gph
on an upset xenia




tank is finaly finishing its cycle

lfs is getting me about 4 or 5 more

probably get a goby or blenny of some sort too

like I said this tank is very young,but Fred the sexy shrimp does not seem to mind

I guess I'm a member of the sexy club too. I have 2 I thought I lost one as it was missing for about 3-4 weeks. Yesterday I took apart my HOB filter to clean the impellor, came back to put it back in and there was a sexy sitting on top of my chemipure elite! Quickly put him back in the tank. Came back about 30 min. later to check on how it was doing...and saw 2 standing together! Turns out the one has been stuck in the filter for almost a month...poor guy! And I change the media weekly too...must have been underneath the rack or something!

2.slowduo -
But you have corals and a shrimp in a cycling tank? Bad idea..

gena - Crazy story! I know my mom's sexy shrimp take trips into the back chamber of her tank from time to time... and they aren't easy to catch.

so, i'm a little worried about my sexies bothering my zoas. they will start picking in the center of a closed up polyp. after they leave and the zoa opens back up the skirt looks damaged to me. i feed them mysis or pellets almost every day...did i just get "bad" sexies?

Some sexies tend to have larger appetites and like to be fed more often. When I can mom's sexies picking at her zoas, I usually chase them away with the forceps and give them more food. Usually satiates them.

threat needs title fixed to official

Well... it used to be Official.. until just a few days ago. I was feeling self-conscious and changed it to unofficial.... I might just change it back and delete xbox's thread.

just got a tiny porcelin crab for the 10

I was told,and I read a couple articles that said they would be fine together

I got the smallest one they had too

he is not much bigger than the sexy,I still want more sexys

so heres some pics of my sexy shrimps 10g world


some palys I got for 1$ at a frag swap 2 weeks ago

some anthilia from same swap 5$

nice zoas from lfs

and one of the star

Nice, you should start a tank thread in the member's aquariums forum.

+1 Nice tank!

Took me a long time before finding a pair of healthy sexies. In fact, after spending 10 minutes catching one from a display tank, the LFS employee discovered a whole bunch in another section - all congregated within a pile of seaweed. He felt so silly.

But... the wait was worth it. Two of them, happily situated on one end of the tank - along with a fire shrimp, a cleaner shrimp and a pair of clowns. Love coming home and be totally amused with their constant wiggling.

Nice shot.

Finally got around to settng up the new nano for the Sexies and Spike Fin Gobies. Thought I would share a few pictures of the new setup. The tank houses five sexies and a pair of Spike Fin Gbies. It's a 6 Gallon drilled tank with a 25G sump. Everyone seems happy in the new home!
Full tank shot:


One of the Spike Fin Gobies


And the sexies!
http://www.georgia-birding.com/nano-04-07-09-008.jpg







and another Spike Fin shot!


Enjoy!

That tank is only 6 gallons?? It looks so much bigger!

Yes! Upgraded from a 5G

Nice rock wall - foam?

Yes, went with the black spray foam back wall. The sexies love it and hang out on it all day. I used it so that I could create some ''caves" for the spikefin gobies. This should look very nice once the zoanthids start to grow and some coraline starts to cover so it becomes more natural looking.

Very nice tank, btw.

Agreed - you should start a tank thread. I did the foam rock wall too.

i have a coral banded in my tank and am thinking about getting to sexys today would there be any conflict with the coral banded shrimp and the sexys, oh and a lawn mower blenny, thanks

just picked up 4 more sexys and a panda goby

My sexy shrimp and his new hammer friend:

He's a she.

And you should get her more sexy friends!

i know a lot of you dont agree with this but i felt id share my experience with these guys. I loved them when i first got them and i still do they are the funniest little things in my tank. I have a 5.5 gallon and i feed my sexys every single day because they are little ###### disterbers. I have a micromussa in my tank and needless to say the thing has been through hell and back because of the sexy shrimp. I always wondered how i can tell if they are eating off the coral or the coral itself. Well i recently saw the sexy shrimp taking pieces off the coral so now i know. I know many are reef safe when fed but apparently mine are too stupid to eat. I feed them like i said every day pellet and flake depending on how im feeling that day. Unfortunatly i have to feed my duncan, ricordia, snails, bristleworms and other critters in the tank because the sexy shrimp are too stupid to eat. I have 3, each gets a pellet. The routine is one will not eat one will run onto my duncan to eat and the duncan will munch it, or it will go on the ricordia and lose that battle. Also one usually ends up getting stolen by a snail or bristleworm. I then go to feed them again and they refuse to take the food and 5-8 pellets later one sexy has eaten and the rest dont. They then continue to pick at my micro.


Sorry but im just really pissed because all mine seem to do is eat my coral and at first they started with zoas and have since moved on to the more expensive stuff, everytime something new comes they go after that which led to them going to the micro because its the newest.

Thats my feelings on them, they are amazing to watch but damn if you get stupid ones good luck I feed them a lot and often and they just never eat except when its coral

too add, i just finished feeding my tank for the day. I fed my ricordia and every single duncan head. As everything was eating i gave a pellet to each sexy. Right now 1 is eating, one lost its food to a snail, and left the other pellet in the sand that i tried to refeed and a bristle eventually ate it. And finally, my favorite sexy, well lets just say the ricordia is now eating 3 pellets....

Haha, sorry about the troubles. They can be a little aggravating sometimes.. Have you tried any other types of food? I know my sexies have trouble holding on to even the smaller pellets, but they have no problem with bits of thawed krill. Just a thought.

mine have some strange behaviour too

they all get on my xenia and have a party,####### the xenia off

but the next day it looks fine


got a panda goby to keep everyone in line



have to go feed them now,some cyclops and mysis

That panda goby is so cute.

Just got 3 sexy's for my pico.....



Shelton.

Great shot!!

Btw, people:

I finally get to join the club! I'm getting 3 sexy shrimp for my 5.5 gallon tank tonight. I ordered them from reefs2go.com for only $8.99 apiece. A real steal if you ask me! I'll have pictures once they're acclimated.

I'm setting up a pico specifically for sexies. I went with a mantis in my AIO in stead of 5 of the little guys. I don't really want much in the way of coral for it, but a little color wouldn't hurt. I'm assumeing they don't need coral, like clowns don't need anemones, but would this impact their health at all? Do they appear happier with some coral in the tank?

We just added a small herd (5) of Sexy Shrimp to our 24 Aquapod, yesterday. Here's a pic I was able to get just a bit ago. Sorry it's a bit blurry.

Here are mine again. BTW Blue Zoo is having a sale on sexy shrimp this week.

6 sexies on the way!!!


took advantage of the bluezoo sale. $5 sexies!!

Do you think 1 per 100G will be enough room for them .

Sexies will do fine without any corals or nems in the tank, imo. The sexies in my 5.5gal have three mini nems to choose from, however, most of the time they are not hosting them.. but instead roaming around the tank, picking at the rocks.

How can you tell their sex?

Haha, I tried convincing him to get an anemone just for sexies. He's afraid a wrasse will snack on them. They are for my 10g

I'll get some pics of my 10g once they arrive.

You can tell the genders apart from the width and spots of the tail. Males are generally smaller, with a skinny tail, while females are larger, have a wider tail, and disconnected white band. Here's a pic comparing the two (male on left, female on right):

Thanks Lalani! I have a sexy back home and will check after work.

I hope it's a boy cause I've been calling it Justin aka Justin Timberlake cause of the song "Sexy Back."

Corny, I know.

So the female has a bigger booty.

Every time I look at this thread I get a tiny bit closer to getting some sexy. I just might have to go ahead and take the plunge.

might as well do it now while bluezooaquatics is selling them for $5.

I am considering get a few for a couple of smaller tanks I have, but I am wondering about their compatibility with watchmen gobies. I could not find anywhere if my YWG would be able to take one down or not. He is smaller, but I have to think of the future.

Anybody have any experience?

DO EET... just remember to feed them!


Hrm.... I've heard of a couple of instances of YWGs eating cleaner shrimp.... so I would be wary to keep sexies with one.

AHHHH I can't handle the peer pressure. Fine I'll get some.

My dumbass bought 2 sexys, I have to find a third one soon. I guess I'm one of you guys now.