Peppermint shrimp eating my acans...HELP!!!
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DAftPunker
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I second that.
Pawky
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I had a peppermint shrimp that liked to eat frilly/hairy mushrooms. He didn't touch anything else though.
If you do a little searching on the internet you will find other people that have had problems with these shrimp eating certain types of coral, but the vast majority of people seem to have good luck with them.
If you do a little searching on the internet you will find other people that have had problems with these shrimp eating certain types of coral, but the vast majority of people seem to have good luck with them.
i live near galveston tx where we can harvest peppermint shrimp out of the gulf of mexico in the warm months. i got 10 peps from a local reefer that went there to get some. with in 1 week they almost completely destroyed a 8 head hammer. i fished them out 3 days ago and the remaining 2 heads are open and recovering well. the guy i got them from said these peps also killed his hammer and 3 acan colonies almost over night.
so yes under the right conditions peps will eat softies
so yes under the right conditions peps will eat softies
yes, i have around 30 peppermint shrimp in my 90g. they were added when i first saw what i thought was aptasia. ordered so many that i knew a few of them would eat it. i was wrong, they decided to go for my hammer and frogspawn. if you have a fulls blown sps tank they should be fine, if not then i would pass on them.
blakemeadows
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I have had them eat my LPS and SPS... you should add a hawkfish
blakemeadows
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Yes
danreefman
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Move your acans and feed your tank more.
Hephalump
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I recently added 1 peppermint shrimp to my tank to curb a small aptasia problem. It worked. There are no more aptasia, but I have noticed that one of my acan colonies has been having problems. The polyps on the outskirts are slowly shrinking and dying off, but this same colony showed rapid growth for months before adding the shrimp. I may attempt to remove the peppermint shrimp soon if I do not see an improvement.
aquaph8
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Ive had eight peps for about six months. My tank was really aiptasia infested and they did a great job. Ive never had any problems with them at all. I do believe if they dont get enough food, they might try to find something else to eat. If you do need to get rid of them a flame hawk is the way to go.
The0wn4g3
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Peppermint shrimp, completely reef-safe. We sold hundreds of them at the LFs I worked at and very had a single complaint of eating coral. HOWEVER the whole-sellers, at one time, did accidentally send us camelback shrimp instead of peppermints.
Camelback shrimp, not reef-safe at all:
Camelback shrimp, not reef-safe at all:
MichaelLitoris
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I had a beautiful Acan frag that I paid an arm and a leg for it, then I saw one of my peppermint shrimps over it one night but didn't care too much, after all peppermint shirmps were reef safe, rigtht? WRONG.
I was feeding my tank the following night and discovered the frag was gone, only the skeleton remained, all the tissue was gone.
I posed this in my local reefers forum and was quickly mocked by a ton of people. They burned me so bad it was the last time I posted anything there.
Now I feel vindicated.
Remove those little devils off your tank asap; they may be good Aiptasia eaters, but they do have an appetite for corals too.
I was feeding my tank the following night and discovered the frag was gone, only the skeleton remained, all the tissue was gone.
I posed this in my local reefers forum and was quickly mocked by a ton of people. They burned me so bad it was the last time I posted anything there.
Now I feel vindicated.
Remove those little devils off your tank asap; they may be good Aiptasia eaters, but they do have an appetite for corals too.
