shrimps give LPS nightmares!

[chem-e]

I don't have too many problems with my red blood shrimp. It's so shy that it doesn't come out into the open much. I just spray a little food into its cave and it's pretty happy.

It also cleans my fish, so I'm pretty happy with it.

I used to want it to come out more, but hearing about others problems, I'm now glad that it stays in its cave.

 

[calero]

same boat buddy, i always have my stick ready, those little bastards !!!

 

[ACBlinky]

Re: shrimps give LPS nightmares!

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7882583#post7882583 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sickman
then I look over and the cleaner are prying open my bubble ripping the food out.

Mine tried that... once.

I agree with everyone else, your best bet is to try feeding the shrimp first -- preferably with a big piece of food s/he'll have to work on for a while.

 

[DarkXerox]

Wow nice picture ACBlinky. I caught my cleaner trying to steal a silverside from my BTA, but then his antenna got caught by the nematocysts. I guess if I didn't pull him off, he would have ended up like yours heh.

I just give him a hunk of frozen shrimp now that he chews on for awhile. If he doesn't finish, the nassarius snails clean it up.

 

[Genin]

I had a cleaner shrimp get eaten by my elegance coral right after it molted. i guess the soft shell was easily stung through.

 

[ezcompany]

the only reason i tolerate my peppermint is because it does a heck of a job destroying aptisia. i'm scared to know what it does at night though.

 

[jessp]

i only have a coral banded, and i guess he is so full of my fish that he lets the coral have there share and goes right for the fish. so far he has killed 2 blue green chromis, a dusky blenny, and a neon goby. I do like him though, he is a hardcore survivor and i've had him for 2 years. he is pretty gentle with my corals, and i try to feed as soon as lights come on or just prior. I will not add anymore, I'm real picky about my corals, and won't take any corals that have aptisia, and if they do have one or two the lfs will always keep it in there peppermint shrimp tank until it is cleaned up.

 

[pufferman90]

can't you also try to feed stuff that the shrimp cant necessarily get a hold of, like rotifers and phytoplankton. A Cleaner shrimp isnt a filter feeder.