Check Out My New Bongo Shrimp Pair!

Bongo Shrimp · 11-06-2009, 01:01 AM

I've always wanted a pair of these guys and I was finally able to a pair from Liveaquaria. I'll take some better pics later with my DSLR but here are some pretty bad ones from my video camera. I'll also upload a few vids once I get the chance. Just wanted to share this with you guys since there is not too much out there about these guys.

From Liveaquaria.com:

From Me:

Nervoustime · 11-06-2009, 01:22 AM

Very cool!!! Congrats on the new guys.

molsen187 · 11-06-2009, 01:44 PM

those guys are sweet looking. do they eat starfish like the harlequins? ive read they are related to them so i wasn't sure.

redsea reefer · 11-06-2009, 02:02 PM

cool little shrimps.

Bongo Shrimp · 11-06-2009, 11:21 PM

Yep, these guys only eat starfish. Here is a video of one of the shrimp feeding. The video was just uploaded so it is still processing and is not in full HD yet but it is still an ok quality.

Bongo Shrimp Feeding on Brittle Star

Bongo Shrimp · 11-07-2009, 12:37 AM

Here's a few more pics from my video camera. Had to charge the battery for my DSLR which I will be able to use tomorrow.

nanoreefing4fun · 11-07-2009, 07:37 AM

Very cool!!! They "only" eat star fish? You have to feed them starfish?

molsen187 · 11-07-2009, 10:08 AM

how are you going to do the starfish. are you just going to throw one in their and let them go to work, or are you going to do the cutting the legs off and having a rotation method?
awesome video

Bongo Shrimp · 11-07-2009, 11:56 AM

For now I have a source that is giving me some asterinas and I just throw like four or five in there and let them feast. Now I am finding that one prefers brittle stars more so than asterinas so I am also putting a few brittle stars in as well. I will only do the whole cutting legs off thing in an emergency where I have nothing else to feed them. For now, a few micro brittles work out fine. Sometimes the micro brittles are too big though and I have to rip off a few of their legs to make it easier for the shrimp since they are so small.

Bongo Shrimp · 11-08-2009, 01:21 AM

Here's a few more pics, these are from my DSLR but I still don't have a macro lens and being that the shrimp are so so small it is really tough to get a close up, and sharp shot. So this is the best I can do for now. Will add more from the DSLR soon.

kathywithbirds · 11-08-2009, 09:09 AM

That is awesome!! I notice the astrea behind the eating shrimp making a run for it!!

SeahorseBT · 11-08-2009, 02:03 PM

Nice! Are they isolated within your tank?

chipmunkofdoom2 · 11-08-2009, 02:05 PM

Wow, very cool!

sambrinar · 11-08-2009, 05:38 PM

Those are cool.. how big are they??

he was TRYING to make a run for it... to no avail, I kinda feel sorry for the stars.. the shrimp was like "oh no you don't.. here I'll put my foot on you"

yungreefer2410 · 11-08-2009, 06:01 PM

you gonna keep them in that little tank inside the big tank? i would

11-06-2009, 01:01 AM	#1 (permalink)
Bongo Shrimp Fire Coral Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 67 View Gallery Karma Komment	Check Out My New Bongo Shrimp Pair! I've always wanted a pair of these guys and I was finally able to a pair from Liveaquaria. I'll take some better pics later with my DSLR but here are some pretty bad ones from my video camera. I'll also upload a few vids once I get the chance. Just wanted to share this with you guys since there is not too much out there about these guys. From Liveaquaria.com: From Me:

11-06-2009, 01:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
Nervoustime Neon dottyback Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Irvine, California Posts: 668 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Check Out My New Bongo Shrimp Pair! Very cool!!! Congrats on the new guys. __________________ Reza

11-06-2009, 01:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
molsen187 Cabbage Leather Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: haverhill, ma Posts: 394 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Check Out My New Bongo Shrimp Pair! those guys are sweet looking. do they eat starfish like the harlequins? ive read they are related to them so i wasn't sure.

11-06-2009, 02:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
redsea reefer Golden Moray Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: L.A, California Posts: 2,124 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Check Out My New Bongo Shrimp Pair! cool little shrimps. __________________ Eddie 34g RSM 130 with 45#'s live rock and 30#'s aragonite reef sand. Tunze 9002 skimmer with inTank media rack - Koralia 2 My Tank

11-06-2009, 11:21 PM	#5 (permalink)
Bongo Shrimp Fire Coral Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 67 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Check Out My New Bongo Shrimp Pair! Yep, these guys only eat starfish. Here is a video of one of the shrimp feeding. The video was just uploaded so it is still processing and is not in full HD yet but it is still an ok quality. Bongo Shrimp Feeding on Brittle Star

11-07-2009, 12:37 AM	#6 (permalink)
Bongo Shrimp Fire Coral Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 67 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Check Out My New Bongo Shrimp Pair! Here's a few more pics from my video camera. Had to charge the battery for my DSLR which I will be able to use tomorrow.

11-07-2009, 07:37 AM	#7 (permalink)
nanoreefing4fun Manta Ray Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Central Arkansas, USA Posts: 3,524 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Check Out My New Bongo Shrimp Pair! Very cool!!! They "only" eat star fish? You have to feed them starfish? __________________ ~ Glenn 34 gal Red Sea Max 130D, with 2 1/2" deep sand bed of 0.1-0.2 Fine/Medium sand CaribSea Aragonite Seaflor Special Grade reef Sand and 35 # Live Rock Tonga Branch * CUC (snails, Ceriths, Nassarius, Margarita Turbos, Astrea & Banded Trochus - one Emerald crab - one Skunk Cleaner) * Coral - Two Color Aacanthastrea, Red Chalice Coral, Closed Brain Coral, Turbinaria Scroll Ridge Coral, Blue Tip Branching Acropora, Birdsnest Pink Coral, Cup Coral, Torch Coral , Hammerhead Coral, Open Brain Coral Orange, Keyna Tree Coral, Green Star Polyp, Frogspawn, Pom Pom Xenia, Green Eyed Zoanthids, Candy Cane Coral, Ricordea Floridian, Duncan Coral, Staghorn Acropora, Blue Chalice Coral, Flowerpot Goniopora & Bluestriped Mushroom *** Fish - (1) Scooter Blenny (2) Ocellaris Clownfish (1) Yellow Clown Goby My Tank Thread (click here to see the latest pics of my tank & how it is progressing)

11-07-2009, 10:08 AM	#8 (permalink)
molsen187 Cabbage Leather Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: haverhill, ma Posts: 394 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Check Out My New Bongo Shrimp Pair! how are you going to do the starfish. are you just going to throw one in their and let them go to work, or are you going to do the cutting the legs off and having a rotation method? awesome video

11-07-2009, 11:56 AM	#9 (permalink)
Bongo Shrimp Fire Coral Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 67 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Check Out My New Bongo Shrimp Pair! For now I have a source that is giving me some asterinas and I just throw like four or five in there and let them feast. Now I am finding that one prefers brittle stars more so than asterinas so I am also putting a few brittle stars in as well. I will only do the whole cutting legs off thing in an emergency where I have nothing else to feed them. For now, a few micro brittles work out fine. Sometimes the micro brittles are too big though and I have to rip off a few of their legs to make it easier for the shrimp since they are so small.

11-08-2009, 01:21 AM	#10 (permalink)
Bongo Shrimp Fire Coral Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 67 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Check Out My New Bongo Shrimp Pair! Here's a few more pics, these are from my DSLR but I still don't have a macro lens and being that the shrimp are so so small it is really tough to get a close up, and sharp shot. So this is the best I can do for now. Will add more from the DSLR soon. __________________ My Bongo Shrimp Want to Eat Your Starfish. Video of My Bongo Shrimp Feeding on a Brittle Star

11-08-2009, 09:09 AM	#11 (permalink)
kathywithbirds Social Darwinism victim Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Hood, NJ Posts: 5,937 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Check Out My New Bongo Shrimp Pair! That is awesome!! I notice the astrea behind the eating shrimp making a run for it!! __________________ (\_/) (\__/) ( . .) (^.^) (")(") (> <) Bunny and Bunnina have worked things out. Bunny was mistaken after all, Bunnina was not having an affair. "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." ~Lin Yutang

11-08-2009, 02:03 PM	#12 (permalink)
SeahorseBT Golden Moray Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Libertyville, IL Posts: 2,277 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Check Out My New Bongo Shrimp Pair! Nice! Are they isolated within your tank? __________________ -Blake My 34 Gallon Seahorse and Macro Tank-http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...acro-tank.html My 46 Gallon LPS Tank-http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-lps-tank.html My 120 Gallon Reef-http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...chronicle.html

11-08-2009, 05:38 PM	#14 (permalink)
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