My new BTAs with shrimp problem...

[livingcorals]

Any1 have a problem with cleaner shrimp taking food away from BTAs??

Thank you

 

[Timanator]

Yep, mine did that alot. So I feed my Cleaner a small piece of whatever I feed to my BTA first. They are slow eaters!

 

[livingcorals]

good point, will try that out

 

[ssavader]

This is not uncommon. I agree with Timanator- just feed the CBS first.

 

[SpiderCrab2]

LOL .... Just experinced this last night. My pepperment shrimp actually walked in and tugged a krill right out of the anemones grasp. I was amazed at the shrimps great strength.

 

[Jcohen9999]

Won't the anemones eat the shrimp if it gets too close?

 

[livingcorals]

From the pic that big green one just went on the underside of the rock

 

[ALittleSalty]

My peppermint waits next to my nem to take some food, so I usually feed him a piece first. Tonight I saw a bristle worm come out of the rocks and take a piece of shrimp out of the nem. Pretty crazy. Jon

 

[guido_kp]

like it was said before, feed them first, then feed the nem. thats pretty wild that a bristle worm stole something, mine poke out of the rocks but arent brazen enough ( that i've seen) to steal from the nem. i always thought the nem would grab the shrimp and eat it, but thats not the case with my btas. they will get right on top of its oral disc and get right off without a problem.

 

[DeadlyMuffin]

Frankly, I think the loss of a cleaner shrimp would almost be worth it if I could watch the anemone get ahold of it.

I cover my anemones with a net after I feed them. Feeding the shrimp will keep it busy, but it won't keep away the clownfish.