peppermint shrimp

miamishrip · 01/30/2007, 09:50 AM

so my peppermint shrimp ATE my 2 pink dwarf featherdusters i just bought - and here i was worried about my arrow crab - so dissappointed - anyone have any experience with this?

dc · 01/30/2007, 10:17 AM

I didn't have featherdusters, but I saw them eating my bristleworms, which wasn't a good thing for me.

Warnberg · 01/30/2007, 10:55 AM

Are you sure they a peppermint shrimp and not camelback shrimp? Are you sure they (the peppermint shrimp) ate them and not something else, then the peppermint shrimp went in to clean up?

bluemantr · 01/30/2007, 11:01 AM

My peppermint was the first guy i got. He doesnt bother anything other than aptasia

dixonba · 01/30/2007, 02:53 PM

My peppermint had a voracious appetite. Thing was a pig!

miamishrip · 01/30/2007, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Warnberg
Are you sure they a peppermint shrimp and not camelback shrimp? Are you sure they (the peppermint shrimp) ate them and not something else, then the peppermint shrimp went in to clean up?

well - i am not 100% that it was the peppermint (definitely NOT camel) however, when i first put the dusters in the tank they peppermints (2) came over to it - this is an area of the tank that the pep's NEVER go to during the daytime at least... but they immedietely went to it and started going crazy for it... next morning the tubes were hollow and the peps were still digging at them so that is the only evidence i have to go with.

yakfishin · 01/30/2007, 03:10 PM

I put a few peps in my tank to eat a couple of aiptasias I saw, and they did the trick. But when you think about it, why would they eat aiptasia and leave all other similiar inverts completely alone? Doesn't really make sense to me, I would imagine they can and will eat other desirable life- but I could be wrong.

poppin_fresh · 01/30/2007, 06:34 PM

I had Peppermints eat all the aiptasia and then they ate all the little feathers that sprang from my LR. I would say that the definitely killed yours.

01/30/2007, 09:50 AM	#1
miamishrip Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Delaware Posts: 130	peppermint shrimp so my peppermint shrimp ATE my 2 pink dwarf featherdusters i just bought - and here i was worried about my arrow crab - so dissappointed - anyone have any experience with this? __________________ i wanna go fishing and catch a fishstick... Current Tank Info: 125g - FOWLR - will convert eventually

01/30/2007, 10:17 AM	#2
dc Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Wyoming Posts: 44,684	I didn't have featherdusters, but I saw them eating my bristleworms, which wasn't a good thing for me. __________________ Debi ~60 Cube~ Why? Because I said so of course. -Sent via Tapatalk Smoke Signals-

01/30/2007, 11:01 AM	#4
bluemantr Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: ON Canada Posts: 274	My peppermint was the first guy i got. He doesnt bother anything other than aptasia __________________ 2500+ Gallons system ;) Current Tank Info: 2500+ Gallon

01/30/2007, 06:34 PM	#8
poppin_fresh Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Vermont Posts: 1,982	I had Peppermints eat all the aiptasia and then they ate all the little feathers that sprang from my LR. I would say that the definitely killed yours. __________________ PBITAWA! Current Tank Info: None now. Past- 180g w/ 100g basement sump and 20g 'fuge. H & S skimmer, T'5s & Tunze

01/30/2007, 10:55 AM	#3
Warnberg Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 1,366	Are you sure they a peppermint shrimp and not camelback shrimp? Are you sure they (the peppermint shrimp) ate them and not something else, then the peppermint shrimp went in to clean up?

01/30/2007, 02:53 PM	#5
dixonba Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 75	My peppermint had a voracious appetite. Thing was a pig!

01/30/2007, 03:10 PM	#7
yakfishin Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 696	I put a few peps in my tank to eat a couple of aiptasias I saw, and they did the trick. But when you think about it, why would they eat aiptasia and leave all other similiar inverts completely alone? Doesn't really make sense to me, I would imagine they can and will eat other desirable life- but I could be wrong.