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FAQs about Coral Banded Shrimp, Other Boxers 2
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Branded Coral Shrimp, repro. reading 7/3/08
Hi Bob
and crew
<Trish>
Just a quick question if you could help me out,
please. My banded coral shrimp have had babies and unsure of what to
feed them seeing I have never had any babies yet.. If you could e-mail
me back with some helpful hints that would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks again
Trish
<Please read here:
http://wetwebmedia.com/marind5_5.htm
scroll down to all crustaceans,
shrimps... read re Stenopid et al. shrimp family SubFAQs on
Reproduction. Bob Fenner>
Gold or yellow CBS? Gold (Stenopus scutellatus) 12/06/2007
Hello crew!
<Hi Danny! Mich with you today.>
I recently moved
my tank (4 months ago) without any incident thanks to information on
this site.
<Great to hear!>
Before doing so, I sold my shrimp
back to the LFS--I feared they are so sensitive they couldn't handle
the transport. Anyway, today I purchased a coral banded shrimp. It
was mislabeled as a "plain" CBS for $11 but I quickly recognized it
was a little different because of the yellow-gold body. Of course I
pointed out the error, but was still given the $11 price, as I
frequent the store often.
<Lucky you!>
So, the guy told me it
was a gold CBS (zanzibaricus). Naturally, I went online to try and
confirm it while Mr. Shrimp was getting the drip treatment and
behold there is also another Stenopus that looks similar called a
yellow CBS (scutellatus).
<Yes.>
My shrimp is only about an
inch at most across, little guy. The yellow is mostly on the upper
part of the body, the claws and abdomen are banded red and white
(attached a pic).
<Is a Golden coral shrimp (Stenopus
scutellatus), which can be differentiated from Stenopus zanzibaricus
by the antennae, the former being long and white, the latter being
red.>
I could not find a description that differentiated the gold
from the yellow nor if there was any significant difference in size
or behavior...can you? I know whether it is gold or yellow seems
silly, but it's important to me that I can properly identify my
friends!
<All about the bragging rights, eh?>
The tank is 45
gallons, has about 40lbs of live rock, and about 5" deep layer of
aragonite substrate. I have 192 watts of PC lighting and a Remora
skimmer. Temp 78-80, ph 8.2, ammonia 0, nitrites 0, and nitrates
10ppm.
<Zero is better.>
Inhabitants include: 2 ocellaris
clowns, 1 black-capped basslet, 1 black-tail humbug,
<Yikes...
can grow up to be big bad boys!>
1 yellow tail damsel, 2 small
blue hermit crabs, and a Hawaiian feather duster. Also, I have a
handful, perhaps two handfuls, of stomatellids and Nerites that
hitchhiked on my live rock and survived the move.
<You’re having
some pretty good luck here, though the Stenopus may find them
tasty!>
Thanks for your help in advanced!
<Welcome!>
Danny
N.
<Mich L.>
Tampa, FL
<Gouldsboro, PA... but visiting your
fine state soon!> Re:
Gold or yellow CBS? Gold (Stenopus scutellatus) 12/07/2007
Hello Mich!
<Hi Danny!>
Thank you for the reply;
<Welcome!>
however, I am a little confused.
<Heehee! My
normal state...>
So I definitely have a scutellatus, right?
<Yes, white antennae = scutellatus.>
The confusion is because of
those pesky common names,
<That's why it is always better to use
scientific names, both genus and species...>
as I have read that
scutellatus is usually referred to as a yellow CBS and zanzibaricus
as the gold CBS.
<I have seen the names used interchangeably...
with both species... Makes things nice and clear... eh?>
Scutellatus is a little bit smaller out of the commonly offered CBS
too from what I found.
<Just don't try to keep him with any
other CBS.>
The humbug I have is actually kept in check by both
the clowns for the moment.
<Hmmm, sounds temporary...>
I
expect when she gets bigger, the tables might turn--
<Very well
may...>
at that point I will fetch her out of the tank!
<Good
luck with that!>
Thank you again
<Quite welcome, Danny!>
and have a great visit here,
<Thank you! I do hope it is most
enjoyable.>
the weather is great!
<Well, it doesn't take much
to beat the 6 degree F temperatures and snow that was in the Pocono
Mountains this a.m.! Mich>
Danny
Tampa, FL |
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