So a month ago got two peppermint shrimps(not the camel ones) few days ago i noticed that they both are picking on hammer and eating what it looks like white foamy stuff from it. Is it dead tissue from coral or Is it the end for those shrimps?
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The stuff coming out of the coral is the guts. Many people (including me) have had problems with peppermint shrimp eating corals. I got one for aptasia but after all of that was gone, it when for my trumpet coral. I target feed it a lot but it kept going back to the trumpet coral. Unfortunately, the only solution I see is to get rid of the shrimp all together
Hope this helps
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I have had Peppermint shrimp eat maxi-mini anemones and inflect damage to LPS.
It's my opinion that Peppermint are not entirely reef safe. I have several now and have had them since July, this batch of Peppermint shrimp have been model citizens and I have no Aiptasia. The amount of food provided to the Peppermint shrimp made no difference in their desire to eat LPS and anemones.
I have had Peppermint shrimp eat maxi-mini anemones and inflect damage to LPS.
It's my opinion that Peppermint are not entirely reef safe. I have several now and have had them since July, this batch of Peppermint shrimp have been model citizens and I have no Aiptasia. The amount of food provided to the Peppermint shrimp made no difference in their desire to eat LPS and anemones.
PedroYoung
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anyone have advice on how to remove peppermint shrimp? Those buggers are fast!!! six line wrasse eat them?
nemo1017
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Bait them? Put food in a jar and pull it out when they go in? Depends on how hungry/ smart and how much time you're willing to spend to catch them though. Or try to trick them to eat from your hand for a few days. Then scoop them up with the net when they begin to trust you.
I was able to catch mine in just a couple minutes like this-
1. get a water bottle (size of bottle depends on size of tank and space to put it)
2. remove label as best you can
3. cut the neck part of the bottle (an maybe an inch of the body of the bottle)
4. Put the neck you just cut off back into the bottle but the other way
5. punch a small hole in the bottle and tie fishing line to it.
6. bait the trap (mysis or whatever you feed your fish)
7. wait...........
8. when the shrimp goes in the trap pull it up with the fishing line. the force pulls the shrimp down so it is unable to escape once you start to pull. Also the it is harder to exit because it is hard for the shrimp to get back through the opening in the top
1. get a water bottle (size of bottle depends on size of tank and space to put it)
2. remove label as best you can
3. cut the neck part of the bottle (an maybe an inch of the body of the bottle)
4. Put the neck you just cut off back into the bottle but the other way
5. punch a small hole in the bottle and tie fishing line to it.
6. bait the trap (mysis or whatever you feed your fish)
7. wait...........
8. when the shrimp goes in the trap pull it up with the fishing line. the force pulls the shrimp down so it is unable to escape once you start to pull. Also the it is harder to exit because it is hard for the shrimp to get back through the opening in the top
nemo1017
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Go with this!
PedroYoung
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got 2 of the 3 in like 5 minutes. The one big one is being difficult, but I will get him. Thanks for the advice
