bad coral banded shrimp story

pufferpoison · 07/08/2006, 12:58 AM

ok i had a really pretty, good sized coral banded shrimp for my 46G bowfront. He was a bad a$$ walking around intimidating the fish and such. Well i heard you could get a mate and they were like the clownfish and would sex themselves to a male and female. So i bought a smaller coral banded shrimp and when i got home it had a lump on the side of it's body. don't know what that is either. Well i heard they would fight and claws would be pulled off and that would decide who was male and female (don't know if i believe that but that's what LFS guy said) well my big bad a$$ followed the smaller one all around and the smaller one would run away. it was quite amusing since no one was getting hurt. Well one day i awoke and saw molting from the bigger one (thought it was molting) and only saw the smaller one. Now it's been 5 days and only the smaller one is left. I dont think the big one could hide that well. Looks like the small deformed one messed up my bad a$$

maybe it was a cheap shot when he was sleeping) but now i have this small ugly coral banded shrimp and the king is gone

JeBuS · 07/08/2006, 02:12 AM

That made me laugh, funny!!

buzzee · 07/08/2006, 03:24 AM

Damn dude....

I got a big bad a$$ one too. Wouldnt want to lose it either.

07/08/2006, 12:58 AM	#1
pufferpoison Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: S.E. Kansas Posts: 684	bad coral banded shrimp story ok i had a really pretty, good sized coral banded shrimp for my 46G bowfront. He was a bad a$$ walking around intimidating the fish and such. Well i heard you could get a mate and they were like the clownfish and would sex themselves to a male and female. So i bought a smaller coral banded shrimp and when i got home it had a lump on the side of it's body. don't know what that is either. Well i heard they would fight and claws would be pulled off and that would decide who was male and female (don't know if i believe that but that's what LFS guy said) well my big bad a$$ followed the smaller one all around and the smaller one would run away. it was quite amusing since no one was getting hurt. Well one day i awoke and saw molting from the bigger one (thought it was molting) and only saw the smaller one. Now it's been 5 days and only the smaller one is left. I dont think the big one could hide that well. Looks like the small deformed one messed up my bad a$$ maybe it was a cheap shot when he was sleeping) but now i have this small ugly coral banded shrimp and the king is gone __________________ Cage goes in the water, you go in the water. Shark's in the water. Our shark Farewell and adieu to you, fair Spanish ladies. Farewell and adieu, you ladies of Spain. For we've received orders for t Current Tank Info: 65G Reef / 20 Softies / 90 Predator

07/08/2006, 02:12 AM	#2
JeBuS Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 137	That made me laugh, funny!! __________________ "FISH ARE FRIENDS NOT FOOD" Current Tank Info: 125gal mixed reef

07/08/2006, 03:24 AM	#3
buzzee Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Auckland, NZ Posts: 149	Damn dude.... I got a big bad a$$ one too. Wouldnt want to lose it either.