Partially Submerged Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Have you checked the first post of this thread? The best way to feed sexies is to spot feed them with tweezers are tongs, ime. Yes, and I followed El Fab's feeding guide. Using nice and long tweezers and little shrimp pellets. It works reasonably well with two of them. The third just darts off. I'd prefer some stationary feeding solution. Quote Link to comment
derekdutton42 Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 So would a group of 3 be too small for them to be comfortable in a fluval spec V? I'm just worried about bio load Quote Link to comment
Maniu Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Pistol/sexies can coexist even in smaller tanks (had a dozen sexies with watchman and pistol in 7g AIO cube) Sexies are ninjas. Way faster than any pistol. Besides, pistols stay in safe distance of their home/burrow. Except at nights, when they usually scavenge through the sand bed and live rock. As to alternative feeding methods that might help sexies get their fair share of nutrients, try 3/4" glass or pvc tube with suction caps to attach it to tank wall. Keep most of the tube (length is up to you) submerge with only an inch or so above water line. Sprinkle food of choice and let it slowly sink. Sexies will learn to feed out of this "feeder" tube in no time. Eventually, they will get bold enough to enter the tube as soon as you submerge it in the water. It also helps keep waste at minimum. As to one inch gap between top covering the tank.....I wouldn't worry about it. You should be fine. So would a group of 3 be too small for them to be comfortable in a fluval spec V? I'm just worried about bio loadThey produce minimum bio-load. I wouldn't keep just one or a pair. More the better. They get along just fine in small or large groups. Quote Link to comment
antsypants Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Yes, sexies can jump out of the tank. I've found 1 or 2 dried up on the carpet in the past :/ Ack I might need a lid then lol On a side note, picking up my trio in a few hours hopefully UPDATE: So unfortunately, Operation Sexy is being put on hold LFS couldn't find any... sigh. Will try again this weekend. 2 Quote Link to comment
Partially Submerged Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 As to alternative feeding methods that might help sexies get their fair share of nutrients, try 3/4" glass or pvc tube with suction caps to attach it to tank wall. Keep most of the tube (length is up to you) submerge with only an inch or so above water line. Sprinkle food of choice and let it slowly sink. Sexies will learn to feed out of this "feeder" tube in no time. Eventually, they will get bold enough to enter the tube as soon as you submerge it in the water. It also helps keep waste at minimum. Great idea, I'll do that. Thank you! 1 Quote Link to comment
cindyp Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 UPDATE: So unfortunately, Operation Sexy is being put on hold LFS couldn't find any... sigh. Will try again this weekend. that's a real bummer. i hope they can get some for you soon. 1 Quote Link to comment
Steensj2004 Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 It's seeeeexy tiiiime, lol 1 Quote Link to comment
cindyp Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 hello all! this morning, i found a sexy nibbling on something. one side was dark brown, like a shell, the flip side was white "meat". i have NO idea what it was. i checked the zoas near it, it didn't look like coral at all. so strange. the grub was the size of maybe 1/3 of my pinky nail. here it is munching on the white flesh of whatever in a brown shell. and here's my sexy pair hanging by my mushroom coral this morning. this mushroom coral hasn't opened fully in some time. =( no idea why not. one bit is curled up, as if something is bothering it. it survived my Jar of Death pretty well, so not sure why it's not been happy. Quote Link to comment
Toybuddha Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 To feed the sexys that are easily scared, I use a syringe with hard tubing to draw up the food and release it just over the sexy's head so it sinks down right on top if them. Quote Link to comment
nicholc2 Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 I don't target feed my sexies at all. They have learned to grab the food when I drop it in themselves. They are good scavengers. 1 Quote Link to comment
cindyp Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Lol wait, is this you? that is bloody awesome. Quote Link to comment
opaquelace Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Definitely not me buy I thought it was relevant. It's seeeeexy tiiiime, lol image.jpg image.jpg they will live on a flower anemone? Quote Link to comment
Steensj2004 Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Yup two stay on my green one 24/7, the other two wonder, one to my hammer skeleton and the other to my frogspawn skeleton. The all four hang out near the Nem fairly often. 1 Quote Link to comment
cindyp Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 since my pom pom crab died today , i'm considering adding another sexy shrimp to my pico. i only have 2 sexy shrimps and 2 snails--though to be honest, i haven't seen the second snail in a while. =O i need to research emerald crab as i have a few bubble algae. not sure if good for such a small tank. Quote Link to comment
antsypants Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Lol it's too bad not many people will get the reference, still hilarious though since my pom pom crab died today , i'm considering adding another sexy shrimp to my pico. i only have 2 sexy shrimps and 2 snails--though to be honest, i haven't seen the second snail in a while. =O i need to research emerald crab as i have a few bubble algae. not sure if good for such a small tank. Oh no you're certain it's not a molt? Also, good call, if it truly is dead, as it seems like sexies do well in odd groups. Btw, if your crab is dead, there might not be something to eat the snail if it too is dead which might cause some problems so I'd look into making sure there isn't a rotting snail under your rock or something Quote Link to comment
cindyp Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Oh no you're certain it's not a molt? Also, good call, if it truly is dead, as it seems like sexies do well in odd groups. Btw, if your crab is dead, there might not be something to eat the snail if it too is dead which might cause some problems so I'd look into making sure there isn't a rotting snail under your rock or something yeah. i fished it out. it had molted when it first went into the tank, and it looked completely different this time. the carapace was dark with its meat and stuff. so sad. i'm leaning toward NO on the emerald crab. seems like they might get aggressive. so maybe just another sexy for me. i'll nose around for the snail some more. aye. it's only been "missing" a day or two, and i'm NOT looking real hard. Quote Link to comment
antsypants Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 yeah. i fished it out. it had molted when it first went into the tank, and it looked completely different this time. the carapace was dark with its meat and stuff. so sad. i'm leaning toward NO on the emerald crab. seems like they might get aggressive. so maybe just another sexy for me. i'll nose around for the snail some more. aye. it's only been "missing" a day or two, and i'm looking real hard. Emeralds are iffy for me too. Some people say they're nice, others have mean ones. Is the bubble algae bad? 1 Quote Link to comment
DaveMc Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 O..M..G!!! I just picked up my sexy shrimp and they are so ADORABLE!!!!!!! But I am scared now.... If I am lucky they are only about a 1/4" in size, just little things. You don't think my firefish or goby will eat them do you? I even picked up an anemone for them and my porcelain crab. Maybe they will go to him and stay safe there. 2 Quote Link to comment
cindyp Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Emeralds are iffy for me too. Some people say they're nice, others have mean ones. Is the bubble algae bad? no. bubble algae not so bad. i count like 5 or 6. there are two bigger ones, and i have both red and green. ha! but i haven't bothered to do anything--since i just lowered phosphates to a good level recently. O..M..G!!! I just picked up my sexy shrimp and they are so ADORABLE!!!!!!! But I am scared now.... If I am lucky they are only about a 1/4" in size, just little things. You don't think my firefish or goby will eat them do you? I even picked up an anemone for them and my porcelain crab. Maybe they will go to him and stay safe there. CONGRATS! i hope they do okay. i was shocked by how small mine were too. and my larger one is 1/2 inch! i have freshwater shrimp and my ghost shrimp is like 10 times bigger than my sexy shrimp. =O good luck, dave!!! and enjoy them! 1 Quote Link to comment
antsypants Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 O..M..G!!! I just picked up my sexy shrimp and they are so ADORABLE!!!!!!! But I am scared now.... If I am lucky they are only about a 1/4" in size, just little things. You don't think my firefish or goby will eat them do you? I even picked up an anemone for them and my porcelain crab. Maybe they will go to him and stay safe there. woop woop! pics sexies and firefish should be fine, especially if they've got a nem to hide under no. bubble algae not so bad. i count like 5 or 6. there are two bigger ones, and i have both red and green. ha! but i haven't bothered to do anything--since i just lowered phosphates to a good level recently. Ah well if you get a siphon going, you can have someone hold it while you pluck them out and make sure to siphon around the area to be sure the spores get sucked up. Kinda like at the dentists when one of them pokes inside your mouth and the other sucks up your saliva lol 1 Quote Link to comment
DaveMc Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Ok, acclimation is done....pics on the way as soon as I get them on my laptop . Quote Link to comment
DaveMc Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Ok, here we go, First.... Anemone Sexies in the bag... Sexy #1 Sexy #2 Sexy #3 Sorry for the pic quality, had to use my phone as my camera decided to die a while back lol. 1 Quote Link to comment
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