HELP, PLEASE!!!!

[Sweetpea]

I went to pick up my feather dusters, and I ended up bringing home a LTA. He seemed very happy almost immediately after I put him in the tank (not in a ****ed-off balled-up messlike he was when they bagged him at the store). He settled right down into the rock where I placed him and spread right out (he's actually bigger than I thought he was). Then the twoshrimp found him... started clipping at his tentacles. Three of them are shrivled up and dead-looking. I freaked out, got the net to shoo the shrimpaway, and fed them in an attempt to make them forget about my poor nemmy.

Have any of you seen this behavior before? I'm not all that fond of the cleaner shrimp, but I love my peppermint shrimp. However, they're both out of here if they mess with this nem...

Any suggestions are most welcome!!!

Update:
Here are pictures... the first is just after I put him in and he settled into the rock, and the second is after the shrimp attack. I put a star around one of the injured tentacles... this one is just shriveled in the middle, while the other two (not visible in the pic) are shriveled from the injury all the way to the tip.




I was so happy about my dusters and nemmy... I got the camera out just moments after I placed them in the tank. I was tickled that the nem opened right up, as if he was already making himself at home... and then WHAM!

Well, the shrimp seem to be leaving him alone for now. I wonder ifme feeding themorthreatening them with the net had anything to do with it?Perhaps they just had to check out their new tank-mate? Somebody please tell me that I'm over-reacting...

[zoo-a-holic]

unfortionatley, pepermint srimp are notorious for this behaviour, so sorry.

[Sweetpea]

unfortionatley, pepermint srimp are notorious for this behaviour, so sorry.

Before I bought the nem, I specifically asked if there would be a problem and was told no. I even read about a situation like mine on wetwebmedia ... the article said that it can happen, but it's not a common occurance. The article, unfortunately, didn't mention how the conflict ended, whether the shrimp stopped harassing the nem or if he was removed from the tank.

[zoo-a-holic]

Somebody please tell me that I'm over-reacting... YOUR OVER-REACTING!!! well,,,,, keep an eye on them, i dont know what else to tell ya.

[Sweetpea]

LOL! You crack me up!

(I am most DEFINITELY keeping an eye on them!)

[graphixx]

sweet pea just keep and eye on the lta, he should be allright.

[mutts]

But that is such a good looking nummy, lol. Sorry about the shrimp thing. So does your clown like it?

[Sweetpea]

sweet pea just keep and eye on the lta, he should be allright.

Thanks, graphixx. I sure hope so... the cleaner shrimp is trying to get at him again, but the peppermint seems to have had enough. I guess time will tell...

But that is such a good looking nummy, lol. Sorry about the shrimp thing. So does your clown like it?

Not yet... he did venture over to have a peek, but when the shrimp started in on the nem, he left.Marlin doesn't mind the peppermint shrimp, but (like me) he doesn't care for the cleaner shrimp. (It's such a bully... I really am considering taking it back.)

[graphixx]

your cleaner will learn his lesson when he gets stung, overall they should get along well with one another, you have to take a full tank shot so we can see all of the new critter, and I hope you took out the fake anenome :D

[Sweetpea]

your cleaner will learn his lesson when he gets stung, overall they should get along well with one another, you have to take a full tank shot so we can see all of the new critter, and I hope you took out the fake anenome :D

I'll see about getting a full shot tonight. I haven't taken out the rubber nem just yet. I want to give Marlin a chance to get to know the real one before I take his "home" away from him...