N70SJ Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 I should know whats goin on but I don't really. I assume the shrimp and crab are getting some kind of food off my Corals........BUT........are they hurting my baby corals??https://vimeo.com/202058662 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjabeaver Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 I think everyone is hungry in a newly set up tank, so just foraging, I don't think they would hurt any corals, just irritating them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorge Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 I think the peppermint are definitely going to town on those polyps. The hermit is just resting. I have a few scarlets that do the same. They just rest on the acro and stay in their shell for a couple days at a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N70SJ Posted February 1, 2017 Author Share Posted February 1, 2017 Thanks Ninjabeaver.....Whatsa Ninjabeaver? thats funny....Makes me laugh just trying to picture a Ninja Beaver with Num-Chucks. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N70SJ Posted February 1, 2017 Author Share Posted February 1, 2017 "Going to Town"......... Do I need to take the shrimp out of the tank? Is "going to town" bad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjabeaver Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Thanks Ninjabeaver.....Whatsa Ninjabeaver? thats funny....Makes me laugh just trying to picture a Ninja Beaver with Num-Chucks. I went to OSU and was in a Counterstrike 1.6 gaming clan, the ninja animal clan, and I picked a beaver because I went to OSU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjabeaver Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 hopefully not going to town on them, that would be bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N70SJ Posted February 1, 2017 Author Share Posted February 1, 2017 OOOHHHH. Got it. Thanks Man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorge Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Yes the peppermint are eating your coral Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N70SJ Posted February 1, 2017 Author Share Posted February 1, 2017 Ok Jorge. Are Peppermint Shrimp NOT safe to put in a tank with Corals? Are they only kept in refugiums? Should I remove them? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bevo5 Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 ha - yeah, they're going to town on the buffet. I got a couple peppermint shrimp to deal with a tiny bit of aiptasia. As soon as that was gone they turned to my acans...took out two small colonies before I was able to catch them. They're opportunistic feeders. I wouldn't put them in the tank unless there's a need....and even then you should try Aiptaisa-X or something first. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMeyer Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 (edited) I used to laugh when I heard claims that peppermints ate corals. I'd bought multiple batches of peppermints, added them to my mixed reef, and had great success with Aiptasia (a real miracle cure) and never had any problems. Then one night, I walked by the tank and for shits and giggles turned on a flashlight. There were my five peppermint shrimp just going to town on my Pocillopora. Only the green one mind you -- no interest in the pink one. They ate that thing from a lush green furball down to a bare skeleton overnight. If I hadnt witnessed it with my own eyes I'd have sworn it was RTN. I still keep peppermints in the tank. In my experience theyre 100% effective against aiptasia. But I no longer laugh at people who claim they eat their corals, and I give the shrimp a stern look any time I see them getting too close to corals I care about. One more step, shrimp, and its down to the sump for you! Edited February 1, 2017 by EMeyer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N70SJ Posted February 2, 2017 Author Share Posted February 2, 2017 Thanks Bevo5 n EMeyer. I guess I'll put all 5 on PROBATION. One more munch-out and into the refugium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcanLord Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 I put a Rainbow Stylo in my tank and a few days later i saw my peppermint shrimp on it and it made me nervous cuz it looked like yours in the video. But the next morning all the polyps would be back. So I waived my feeder baster around next to him and scared him off the next time and he hasn't been back since. Just lives under a rock at the bottom of the tank. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadySaber Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Lol you can borrow my clowns and wrasse they love peppermint shrimp. They have all 3 killed and eaten every peppermint shrimp I put in my tank..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N70SJ Posted February 3, 2017 Author Share Posted February 3, 2017 Hum.....I'll try the baster........I will lock-em-up in my refugium if the nasty-5 don't behave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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