Should I be worried?

kgood1 · 05-02-2010, 04:13 PM

I have a peppermint shrimp that keeps picking with my rose bTA. Should I worry?

chort55 · 04:20 PM

are the stripes white or clear?

From my understanding the ones with white stripes are actually camel shrimp which are known to destroy many corals, so then yes I would be worried. If they are clear stripes, I would watch with caution but not be overly concerned as he may just be cleaning it

ReeferRob · 05-02-2010, 04:20 PM

If it were a cleaner or skunk shrimp I wouldn't be worried as they would be cleaning dead tissue from the nem.
But since its a pepp, who knows? They eat what they want, when they want.
Good Luck.

kgood1 · 05-02-2010, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by chort55

are the stripes white or clear?

From my understanding the ones with white stripes are actually camel shrimp which are known to destroy many corals, so then yes I would be worried. If they are clear stripes, I would watch with caution but not be overly concerned as he may just be cleaning it

thanks, it is not a camel shrimp. I will keep my eye on it.

kgood1 · 05-02-2010, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by ReeferRob

If it were a cleaner or skunk shrimp I wouldn't be worried as they would be cleaning dead tissue from the nem.
But since its a pepp, who knows? They eat what they want, when they want.
Good Luck.

thanks.

chort55 · 05-02-2010, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by kgood1

thanks, it is not a camel shrimp. I will keep my eye on it.

yeah definitely keep an eye on it, it you do see anything your unsure of I would suggest trying to get a pic or just pulling whichever you like least lol

handlevandal · 05:45 PM

I had a half dozen peps eat about a grand worth of corals because it took me that long to catch them and get them out of the tank once I actually saw one tearing the flesh out of the candy cane acan that I have as my avatar except that it had about twenty big puffy heads by then. They killed all my acans then went for the acros and caps (a couple from pjr's tank), and when there was pretty much nothing left by the time I finally caught the last one and I'll never get peppermint shrimp again.

kgood1 · 05-02-2010, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by handlevandal

I had a half dozen peps eat about a grand worth of corals because it took me that long to catch them and get them out of the tank once I actually saw one tearing the flesh out of the candy cane acan that I have as my avatar except that it had about twenty big puffy heads by then. They killed all my acans then went for the acros and caps (a couple from pjr's tank), and when there was pretty much nothing left by the time I finally caught the last one and I'll never get peppermint shrimp again.

How did you catch them?