🦐 Blood Red Fire Shrimp (Lysmata debelius)
A Deep, Saturated Blood-Red Body Scattered With Brilliant White Spots • A Nocturnal Cleaner, Most Active After Lights-Out • Most Striking Under Actinic or Blue Lighting
 
📋 The Blood Red Fire Shrimp, also known as the Fire Shrimp or Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp, is one of the most visually striking invertebrates in the marine hobby, with a deep, saturated blood-red body scattered with brilliant white spots and long, elegant white antennae.
It comes from coral reef caves, overhangs, and crevices across the Indo-Pacific, including Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Bali, and the Philippines, typically found at depths of 20 to 30 metres, where it establishes cleaning stations that visiting fish return to again and again. Every Blood Red Fire Shrimp we ship is feeding well.
Naturally reclusive during bright daytime lighting, this species spends much of the day tucked into caves and rocky overhangs, becoming noticeably more active and visible after lights-out or under dimmer viewing conditions. Its striking colouration against dark rockwork, combined with a useful cleaning role, has made it one of the most sought-after reef invertebrates, though its vivid colour is most easily appreciated with actinic or blue lighting, which helps counter its natural shyness under bright white light. It reaches 4-6cm, so a 75L tank suits it well, allowing roughly 115L per additional shrimp for stability.
 
💡 Highlights
🔴 Vivid Blood-Red Colouration: Deep red body with brilliant white spots and antennae
🦐 Natural Cleaner: Sets up cleaning stations that fish return to for parasite removal
🌙 Nocturnal Behaviour: Most active after lights-out or under dimmer reef lighting
🌿 Fully Reef Safe: Compatible with corals and other reef invertebrates
🧠 Beginner Friendly: Hardy once acclimated, with straightforward care requirements