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.
Live fish are priced per supplier batch — prices may vary. Call to confirm current pricing.
- Condition
- new
- Fulfillment
- Local pickup — Erie, PA
Every animal is acclimated and health-checked in-house before it reaches the sales floor. This is a species we carry — it's most likely in the tanks around delivery days, but live stock changes daily. Please call (814) 456-9445 to confirm availability before you drive in.
Care at a glance
What to know before you take one home.
- Care level
- Intermediate
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Community
- Community safe
- Adult size
- 2.5"
- Min tank size
- 20 gallons
- Diet
- Omnivore
- 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.
Stock and individual temperament vary — call (814) 456-9445 for pairing advice before you buy.
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