Semi random pre-new years post:
I love these little guys.
Seriously, I love my sexy shrimp. I like inverts in general, but I've had a number of setbacks when it comes to inverts
Cleaner shrimp are interesting critters, but mine likes to steal food from the LPS, and is big enough that it irritates any coral it steps on
Peppermint shrimp, same as above
Mithrax (emerald) crabs are a bit of a hit or miss solution to bubble algae, and I've been lucky with them but there are plenty of stories of them gaining a hunger for coral flesh, plus they're rather shy
Sea stars and porcelain crabs are shy as well
I do love my tuxedo urchin, it is an algae destroying machine, but unfortunately it destroys ALL algae, meaning I can't keep some types of macro algae in the same system
I've yet to find, much less house acropora crabs so...
Sexy shrimp, on the other hand, have been model citizens so far. My zoas on the side of the tank that the sexies have claimed as "theirs" look amazing (not saying it's entirely their doing but they definitely haven't hurt things) as do the LPS. I often sit and watch them cleaning the polyps of LPS and zoas, where I imagine they're picking off dead tissue and waste, as well as (albeit temporarily) increasing water movement over the coral as they walk around. Little coral gardeners, and I hope to add some more soon.
Sexy shrimp are imo sexy indeed. That is all.