Cleaner Shrimp Keeps Killing Peppermint Shrimp

CompNrdCR · 05/13/2006, 01:26 PM

My big cleaner shrimp (1.5") keeps killing any peppermint shrimp that I put in. The peppermint shrimp are basically babies (.5") and I have only put in one peppermint shrimp at a time.

Do you guys think I should stop buying expensive food for my cleaner shrimp and give up? I want a peppermint shrimp to clean up the rocks but I think this cleaner shrimp just won't share the tank.

Any help would be great!

the7ferret · 05/13/2006, 03:11 PM

Proably thinks the little shrimps are food.

Try bigger peppermints, if that dosent work take the cleaner back and get a smaller one who is new to your tank then add them together

IPowderBlueTang · 05/13/2006, 04:18 PM

I second that what the7ferret said. The peps are too small so it thinks they are food. My 2 skunk cleaner shrimps chases the 3 peppermint shrimps around but they are the same size. No harm to the peps as I observed.

CompNrdCR · 05/14/2006, 05:01 PM

Thanks guys... I'll put that on the list to go back... I have a Yellow Tailed Blue Damsel that thinks he owns my whole 50 tank... He is going back too.

05/13/2006, 01:26 PM	#1
CompNrdCR Premium Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 193	Cleaner Shrimp Keeps Killing Peppermint Shrimp My big cleaner shrimp (1.5") keeps killing any peppermint shrimp that I put in. The peppermint shrimp are basically babies (.5") and I have only put in one peppermint shrimp at a time. Do you guys think I should stop buying expensive food for my cleaner shrimp and give up? I want a peppermint shrimp to clean up the rocks but I think this cleaner shrimp just won't share the tank. Any help would be great!

05/14/2006, 05:01 PM	#4
CompNrdCR Premium Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 193	Thanks guys... I'll put that on the list to go back... I have a Yellow Tailed Blue Damsel that thinks he owns my whole 50 tank... He is going back too. __________________ 8 years salt so far... 65 Gal Reef Tank Feels So Small But The GF Won't Let Me Go Bigger! Current Tank Info: 65 Gal Reef Tank

05/13/2006, 03:11 PM	#2
the7ferret Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Riverside, CA Posts: 58	Proably thinks the little shrimps are food. Try bigger peppermints, if that dosent work take the cleaner back and get a smaller one who is new to your tank then add them together

05/13/2006, 04:18 PM	#3
IPowderBlueTang Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, Canada Posts: 769	I second that what the7ferret said. The peps are too small so it thinks they are food. My 2 skunk cleaner shrimps chases the 3 peppermint shrimps around but they are the same size. No harm to the peps as I observed.