Fire shrimp NOT anemone safe!

[Newreeflady]

My fire shrimp says that the new RBTA is no match for him. He actually picked at the RBTA's tissue and tentacles to get to a silverside that the anemone was half way closed over. I had to keep my hand in the tank to continue to shoo him away from the anemone. He is still attacking, I don't know what I can do! The shrimp is hurting the anemone, actually taking it's claws and picking tissue to get to the food...

I am going to have to sell or trade him

Angela

 

[kpk]

Get that terror out. I used to try and keep anemones and shrimp together, but it just doesn't work for me.

Trap him and get rid of him.

Kyle

 

[Toddrtrex]

While I don't have a fire shrimp, my 2 skunk cleaners and 3 Peps, are fine with my BTA and Haddoni (carpet). When ever I feed the anemones, I just give a little bit to the shrimp first, that keeps them
busy.

HTH

 

[Newreeflady]

Thanks guys. I'm in wait and see mode. I have offered him for sale or trade. I will not give him away as he costed me $25. If no one wants to buy or trade I will feed the anemone smaller pieces of fish and like I said in the other thread... i'm hopeful the clown will take to it.

If the clownfish does occupy the anemone, would it keep the shrimp out?

-A

 

[Toddrtrex]

I will answer here too

I think once the anemone is hosting that it will help, perhaps that is why I haven't had the same issue.

 

[boggins]

I agree with Toddrtrex....

"When ever I feed the anemones, I just give a little bit to the shrimp first, that keeps them busy"

I do the same - I have 2 GBTA's, 2 cleaners, and a fire shrimp all in the same tank....... Twice a week, on anenome days, I will feed the fish, and then 10-15 min later I am ready to feed the 'nems.......

I currently have no clowns in the tank to protect them - and 5 months ago or so my BTA split, so both are baseball/softball size... I feed the GBTA's a piece of shrimp or squid, plain m&m size - tenderized/beaten up - and I will also give each shrimp a chunk of the meat - small raisin size - untenderized - to keep 'em busy..... The shrimp are used to all this and quickly come to my hand to take the food. They are also greedy and will be too occupied with their own chunks and breaking it down - to worry about much of anything else.

Within 10-15 min, my 'nems have completely ingested the food and their mouths are closed back up..... also, the cleaners and fire are too full at that point to care.

It took me a while to figure this all out..... a much better "cure" than playing underwater polo with them.

 

[EMBRYOGUY]

your prob. not feeding your fireshrimp enough. drop some sinking pellets in there for it.

 

[Newreeflady]

Hi all. As far as not feeding the shrimp enough, I highly doubt that. He is very healthy, has molted twice in a month and seems larger than just a month ago. I generally feed the tank every other day, although he has eaten three days in a row and was fed while the anemone was eating. Shrimp finished first, and went for the anemone. I can try the idea about tenderizing the anem food and not tenderizing the shrimp food, I will do that next time I feed the anemone.

Thanks all, I will let you know.
Angela

 

[z32tt]

my bta eats so fast that the shrimp cant even get there in time