Cleaner shrimp question
 

Is there any way to sex cleaner shrimp? I have my first pair now and want to know what the odds are of them spawning.

Pretty good. They're simultaneous hermaphrodites. I.e., they have both girl parts and boy parts. :lol: You just need two to make a pair, any two.

Yep, any two will do....BTW Danny, those two have spawned in my tank a few times already... great fish snack!

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Cool! Incidently the lionfish hasn't even looked at them in a hungry kind of way. Lucky me!

Glad to hear .. I was a little worried about them and the transport to your tank, you know how inverts are... glad they pulled through . I like cleaner shrimps, but not when I have 5 BTA's to feed ! They are little thieves, and my BTA's never get a good meal.

How's the regal tang doing as well?

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He's fine but shy. He doesn't eat the nori I got him either. He does eat everything else I put in the tank though. Tony, is this bad for him? Does he need nori or other sea weeds to help him digest?

They don't need Nori. I have two that are a couple of years old. They have never seen Nori. :eek:

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Thanks Bob.

Does that go the same for Coral Banded shrimps? Not that I really want more than one, just curious.

No, the sexes are seperate on the Stenopus species.