my new harlequin pair

[shrimpi]

Hey all,
Ive been wanting a pair of harlequins for my 24gAP for sometime.I finally came across of pair today!
Here are the pics. They were already on a starfish, so the LFS gave me the star to go with them.
They are dragging it into a cave right now, but heres the pics from before they got it away from the glass
Enjoy!
Jess
(pics taken with my canon eos rebel- I used different settings so the pics may appear 'different' in color, but they have not been altered.. just the settings were played with when I was taking the pics)

 

[maryg]

Jess,
They are beauties! Is this the new tank you were getting? Lookin good!

 

[shrimpi]

its my same tank Ive had for a while. I want to get the solana or a custom cube, but with the economy, my husband's xmas bonus was smaller than usual so Im going to have to wait a while.

I DID consider just not paying my real estate taxes... lol, but that wasnt going to work!
If I can get a full tank shot that doesnt suck, Ill post it.. but I cant take a good one to save my life.
thanks!
Jess

 

[clownfish11]

are they still alive and doing good?
I hear its mad hard to keep them alive
does it get expensive feeding them live starfish every week or 2?

 

[redsea]

those are awesome shrimp!! they are really enjoying that starfish! LOL

 

[spanko]

Such strange looking and wondrous creatures.

 

[funkysean5]

Beautiful shrimp! How are they doing?

 

[redsea]

do you have a video of them??

 

[anonome]

My harlequin says howdy...........
They are great creatures, mine has been slowly, but surely getting my asterina stars under control.

 

[shrimpi]

I dont have a video yet, they are kinda shy and only come out when hungry.
When I gave them a new star last week, the male came out, tackled the star and brought it back to the cave, while the lazy female let him do all the work! lol
Also, if you have harlequins please feel free to post them in this thread! Anonome yours looks very pretty!!
heres some shots

 

[redsea]

wow, really nice pics! once again awesome shrimp!!

 

[anonome]

I can't believe that with all the tanks out there no one else has harlequin shrimp...........Lets see them!!

 

[atl reef]

The harlequins look great. I only recently discovered these interesting guys. I was wondering if you had 1 harlequin, could you keep a starfish in your sump and just cut off one tentacle every few days or so to feed? I was thinking that dropping in an entire starfish for a single harlequin, would be a very large feeding (too big), and could lead to an ammonia spike. Comments?