Shrimp vs Anemone..... What should I do?!

adamizy · Oct 30, 2015

He's always stealing food from him and now he made the anemone go into a ball and hours later nothing changed

Looks like he's flipping him off lol

cameronh · Oct 30, 2015

You'll just have to separate them at feeding times

joshkirkland83 · Oct 30, 2015

Hand feed the nem and keep your hand in the tank to shoo away the shrimp while the nem eats.

adamizy · Oct 30, 2015

lol this guy is a pain in the butt I don't wanna babysit them

joshkirkland83 · Oct 31, 2015

adamizy said:
lol this guy is a pain in the *** I don't wanna babysit them

It is what it is. Other option is to get rid of one.

joshkirkland83 · Oct 31, 2015

How often do you feed your nem? What do you feed it?

adamizy · Oct 31, 2015

joshkirkland83 said:
How often do you feed your nem? What do you feed it?

About once or twice a week I feed LRS coral frenzy

joshkirkland83 · Oct 31, 2015

adamizy said:
About once or twice a week I feed LRS coral frenzy

Thats why. Shrimp go crazy for it. Try feeding a thawed chunk of medium shrimp, no bigger than oral disk to the nem.

adamizy · Oct 31, 2015

Figured that too. Maybe I'll feed the shrimp first then the nem

Okiereefer · Oct 31, 2015

I have the same problem when feeding my sun polyps, so I cut a bottle in half and cover them with it before feeding and it keeps the shrimp away.

RMS18 · Oct 31, 2015

Same issue here.. I have to feed the shrimp a piece of frozen meat so they stay busy while I feed the nem. But the 2 fire shrimp do go to the nem throughout the day and pick at the nem in hope to find food. The nem will close for a minute or two but reopens.