Shrimp, Snails, and Crabs
Atlantic Cleaner Shrimp
Lysmata grabhami
Photo: Fernando Herranz Martín · CC BY-SA 2.5 es · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–27 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Adult size6 cm
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeYes
Full profile
- Family
- Lysmatidae
- Origin
- Atlantic
- Size
- 6 cm
- Temperature
- 24 – 27°C
- pH
- 8.1 – 8.4
- Salinity
- 1.023 – 1.025
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Water type
- marine
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Diet
- Omnivore (parasite eater)
- Reproduction
- hermaphroditic; planktonic larvae
- Reef Safe
- ✅ Yes
Notes: Very similar to the Indo-Pacific cleaner shrimp, with a white line along the back that does not extend all the way to the tail.
