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Micromussa DEVOURED by Peppermint Shrimp


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I came home today to see that my BRAND NEW micromussa frag's skeleton exposed. I saw my peppermint shrimp picking at it this morning, but figured it was just scavenging for extra food. Boy was I wrong! I fished the shrimp out immediately and took it to my LFS for a few bucks of store credit.

 

Anyway, I was wondering if my micromussa is salvagable (photos below). It seems to have left the small polyps alone, so I'm hopeful all is not lost. What should I do? Dip it? Shade it? Attempt to feed it?

 

 

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Shade and low flow and hope it makes it. Are you sure your peppermint isn't a camel shrimp? Typically most peppermints won't touch a coral unless the tissue is already dying from another cause.

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Its body was clear and red, not white and red, which I'm pretty sure means it's a peppermint.

 

I've read other people saying their peps have eaten their acans, zoas and micros.

 

The coral had been extending feeding tentacles and looked healthy to me as of last night (I got it Friday). I saw some exposed skeleton this morning, but kind of convinced myself it was just withdrawn or something because the peppermint was picking at it. :'[

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Sounds like a peppermint, but wanted to be sure. They're opportunistic, just not as likely as camels to start eating coral. I'd probably rehome or cast it to the sump.

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