The Vicious Peppermint Shrimp

[snow flake]

they are gone now i put 8 peps in my 75g took care of them fast but i guess the are looking for food now

 

[DonRW2007]

This may be redundant...

This may be redundant...

I have 8 (last count) peppermint in my 120. No problems with LPS, polyps, nada. They are pretty well behaved.

 

[Matthew91]

Good to hear Don. Some of us aren't so fortunate

 

[curlykid]

i'm very sure mine is eating my pocillipora. my last ones ate acans and a hammer coral.

 

[Matthew91]

Ouch!

 

[romsoccer12]

malnutriton before getting the peppermint, or while it is in your the tank, can possibly determine their aggressiveness in taking an oppurtunity to get food. i normally feed a lot in my tank, i have never had problems with peppermint shrimp, but i got a starved moray eel from petco and it is so aggressive to get food it goes for my fingers constantly, even though i am feeding it almost every other day which is over the reccomendation.
just a thought from experience....

 

[primo21]

your moray doesnt try to snack on the peps? figured they would be easy targets

 

[Matthew91]

malnutriton before getting the peppermint, or while it is in your the tank, can possibly determine their aggressiveness in taking an oppurtunity to get food. i normally feed a lot in my tank, i have never had problems with peppermint shrimp, but i got a starved moray eel from petco and it is so aggressive to get food it goes for my fingers constantly, even though i am feeding it almost every other day which is over the reccomendation.
just a thought from experience....

That's insane. What size tank you have him in?

 

[romsoccer12]

30gallon
i have had him since he was 4.5 inches. now he is 8" and since he is becoming so agressive i am trading and getting some corals for him
his aggressiveness continuously went up since day one of having him

i dont have peppermint shrimp anymore, they wouldnt last 30 seconds in the tank! but maybe now since hes gone i can get some again with a nice skunk cleaner =)