hiding fire shrimp

[ivanfj]

Are fire shrimps prone to hide all the time??? I got one on Saturday and after acclimated him and put him in the tank, he right away went to the corner behind a powerhead. Should I be worried about anything??
Here's my reading last night:
pH 8.3
ammo 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 10
cal 460
PO4 sky high
Could PO4 be the problem?? All my other inverts (1 emerald, 2 turbos, 5 nassarius snails) are doing fine. Fishy are good. Is the fire shrimp just shy or what???

 

[jeepboy]

From my experience, another good shrimp to get that doesn't hide all the time are peppermint shrimp. Mine are always in the rocks but come out for food everytime I feed the fish. I think I also have a pistol shrimp in my tank (hear it all the time) but have never seen him (just found a molt) and probably won't ever see him.

 

[g13]

Give him time and he'll find his spot in the tank behind some LR. Mine only hide about 30% of the time, I guess I got lucky. They eat right out of my hand.
Ivanfj, you said P04 is sky high, do you have a hair algae outbreak?

 

[ags]

I got my fire shrimp three months ago and he rarely comes out. He only comes out when I feed although like G13 said it picked a spot and stays there constantly. I have two cleaner shrimp as well and all three hang out together with the exception that the cleaner shrimp are out in the open.

 

[rangermonroe]

They seem to be very shy, but I've had mine take food from my hand on rare occasions.
Although reclusive, they are a sight when they do come out.
They also exibit cleaner shrimp tendencies.

 

[ivanfj]

Arghhhhhh I paid 25 bucks for him and I don't really want him to hide all the time. Maybe I should get a pair of skunk shrimps next time.
G13: No, I don't. I have 2 turbo snails helping me keep all the hair algae in control. My LR and LS are all nice and clean.

 

[g13]

I guess, I'm just unlucky with turbos. I've gone through ten of them and they all die within days. Had 2 for about 2 weeks and they didn't even touch the hair algae.