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Invertebrates
Fire Shrimp
Lysmata debelius
Key facts
- Temperature23–26 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Adult size5 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterMarine
Full profile
- Family
- Lysmatidae
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific, Red Sea
- Size
- 5 cm
- Temperature
- 23 – 26°C
- pH
- 8.1 – 8.4
- GH / KH / TDS
- Salinity 1.023–1.025
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Water type
- marine
- Behavior
- Peaceful (very shy; rarely seen during the day)
- Compatible with fish
- All peaceful species; not with invertebrate predators
- Diet
- scavenger; parasites
- Reproduction
- hermaphroditic; breeds well in pairs
Notes: Bright red with white spots. Strictly nocturnal: rarely seen during the day. Requires caves and deep hiding places. Becomes somewhat less shy when kept in pairs.
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