Rare Bongo shrimp want to eat your starfish
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The Bongo shrimp, Phyllognathia ceratophthalma, is a rare relative of the Harlequin shrimp that has just started being imported this year. These tiny crustaceans might reach up to 1″ long and they are devout predators of Asterina starfish and micro brittle starfish. The bongo shrimp is a somewhat cryptic species which is probably best suited for very small nano reef aquariums with very small fish or on their own. Our friend Scott Michael made a blog post about them a few months ago and Kevin Kohen of live aquaria produced this video showing and proving their food preference. The pair above is available now for $129 on LiveAquaria.
These little shrimp are absolutely awesome. I’ve bought a few of them already. They are extremely fun to watch. I recommend
September 26th, 2008 at 2:27 pm