Catalog
Invertebrates
20 speciesImportant: Most invertebrates are highly sensitive to copper. Avoid copper-based medications in tanks with shrimp, snails, or other inverts. Always acclimate slowly (drip method recommended).
Amano Shrimp
Caridina multidentata
Excellent algae eater
Blue Velvet Shrimp
Neocaridina davidi
Blue color morph of cherry shrimp
Cherry Shrimp
Neocaridina davidi
Hardy colorful dwarf shrimp
Cleaner Shrimp
Lysmata amboinensis
Sets up cleaning stations
Crystal Red Shrimp
Caridina cantonensis
Beautiful but sensitive shrimp
Emerald Crab
Mithraculus sculptus
Eats bubble algae
Fire Shrimp
Lysmata debelius
Bright red cleaner shrimp
Hermit Crab (Blue Leg)
Clibanarius tricolor
Hardy reef cleanup crew
Hermit Crab (Red Leg)
Paguristes cadenati
Hardy reef cleanup crew
Malaysian Trumpet Snail
Melanoides tuberculata
Burrows in substrate, aerates soil
Mystery Snail
Pomacea bridgesii
Colorful apple snail
Nassarius Snail
Nassarius vibex
Sand sifter and scavenger
Nerite Snail
Neritina sp.
Excellent algae eater, won't breed in freshwater
Peppermint Shrimp
Lysmata wurdemanni
Eats aiptasia anemones
Ramshorn Snail
Planorbella duryi
Hardy snail, may reproduce quickly
Sand Sifting Starfish
Astropecten polycanthus
Sifts through sand
Sexy Shrimp
Thor amboinensis
Tiny shrimp that sways
Trochus Snail
Trochus sp.
Excellent reef cleanup snail
Turbo Snail
Turbo fluctuosus
Excellent algae eater
Tuxedo Urchin
Mespilia globulus
Excellent algae grazer