Will Peppermint Shrimp eat Zoas/Palys?

[SINNERMF]

I've heard this a few times now. I was just wondering if it was a rumor or not.

 

[mfinn]

They shouldn't eat them, but I have been told they may bother them a little, making them close up.

I added some pep's to my zoanthid tank about 2 weeks ago to battle a aptasia problem I've had.

 

[ggk1988]

No they wont eat them. However Camel Shrimp will and they look very similar to peppermint shrimp.

 

[Tennyson]

Yes, camel shrimp and Saron Shrimp will bug zoas. But peppermints don't do that. They might just walk over them and cause them to close up and they might crawl over them, but thats it.

 

[SINNERMF]

In the Julian Sprung Invert book, he has a pic of a Peppermint, A skunk Cleaner and a BLood Shrinp on 1 page. It said something a long the lines of how they may be harmful to clams. What about that?