Invertebrates
Fire Shrimp.
A deep blood-red cleaner shrimp dotted with white spots and long white antennae — a jewel of a reef invert. Peaceful and reef-safe, it sets up a cleaning station and may pick parasites off fish; give it caves in a 20-gallon-plus reef.
Prices change with size and with each shipment. Call to check today's price.
Call (814) 456-9445We keep this species. What's in our tanks changes with every delivery, so call (814) 456-9445 before you drive in. We never ship live animals.
- Condition
- new
- Fulfillment
- Local pickup — Erie, PA
We never ship fish, coral, or invertebrates — every animal here is one you meet in person. Each one is acclimated and health-checked in-house before it goes out into the display tanks. This is a species we keep, and what is swimming on any given day changes with the deliveries, so please call (814) 456-9445 before you drive in.
Care at a glance
What to know before you take one home.
- Care level
- Wants stable water and a routine you already keep.
- Temperament
- Leaves tankmates alone.
- Community
- Safe in a mixed tank with other peaceful species.
- Reef safe
- Leaves corals and invertebrates alone.
- Adult size
- 2.5"
- Min tank size
- 20 gallons
- Diet
- Eats meat and greens both.
- Scientific name
- Lysmata debelius
Good tank mates
A peaceful, reef-safe cleaner shrimp that lives well with most community fish and other peaceful inverts, often setting up a cleaning station that fish visit to be picked clean of parasites. It is peaceful toward fish but aggressive toward its own kind, so keep just one per tank unless you add a bonded pair to a large, rockwork-heavy aquarium. Keep it away from known shrimp-eaters such as larger wrasses, hawkfish, triggers, lionfish, and big predatory fish that will hunt it. It can be shy at first, so give it caves and overhangs and it will grow bolder over time.
Good to know
The deep-red fire shrimp acts as a cleaner, plucking dead tissue and parasites off fish that come to its station; it is territorial with other fire shrimp, however, so it is usually kept singly or as a single bonded pair.
What is in the tanks and each animal’s temperament vary — call (814) 456-9445 for pairing advice.
Good tankmates
Plays well with.
Species we’d keep in the same tank, with why each pairing works. What is in the tanks and each animal’s temperament vary — call (814) 456-9445 for advice on pairing.
New to stocking a tank? Read our guide on which fish live together.
Ultra Black Ice Clownfish
Peaceful, reef-safe, and well-documented as safe with fire shrimp. At 3–4 inches max with no crustacean-predation behavior and no cave-territory overlap with fire shrimp, this pairing carries no meaningful risk.
Green Chromis
Small, peaceful, open-water schooling planktivore. No predation risk to any invertebrate the size of a fire shrimp. Shares identical reef water parameters with zero territorial overlap.
Firefish Goby
Docile, small goby (max ~3 in) that poses no threat to fire shrimp. Reef-safe, invertebrate-safe, and widely kept alongside cleaner shrimp without incident.
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Blue Hippo Tang
Reef-safe planktivore that poses no predation risk to fire shrimp. The relationship is mutually beneficial — fire shrimp actively clean ectoparasites off tangs, which are notoriously parasite-susceptible. Widely confirmed compatible in reef settings (125+ gal minimum tank required).
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660 East 14th Street,
Erie, PA.
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