Humpback shrimp?

[Reefdigger]

Metapenaeopsis lamellata is the scientific name. Has anyone ever had these? Unique looking shrimps with no aggressive claws and huge eyes. Looks reefsafe? Input?

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

One site claims they are "quite destructive to sessile invertebrates and will greatly reduce your tank's biodiversity"

http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchshrimp.html

[Brandon5555]

Not a good idea. They'll readily eat polyps off of sps, and Lps. And I think some softies


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[BlueWorldAquatic]

not reef safe.

[tang daddy]

At one time I remember people keeping them in a sump to eat flatworms on infested sps corals, but in a main tank they may keep picking at acros till the skeleton. Never heard that they eat zoas but I guess they are kinda like sexy shrimp that feed on coral mucus.

[Reefdigger]

thanks everyone!