3 Peppermints in 5.5?

[Waylon]

Need some thoughts on keeping 3  peppermint shrimp in a 5.5 gallon. Will there be any aggression or problems with my bio load (there is only 1 peppermint shrimp and 1 emerald crab)? I've been manually feeding the 1 I have in there. I also do a 50% water change a week. Any thoughts or opinions would be much appreciated!

[Clown79]

Should be fine. Do you plan on corals because peppermint can go after fleshy corals.

[Waylon]

1 hour ago, Clown79 said:

Should be fine. Do you plan on corals because peppermint can go after fleshy corals.

right now I only have a montipora. I'm thinking about getting some Zoas. Would that be ok?

[BustytheSnowMaam]

In all the years I've had a SW tank, I've never had peps eat a coral.  I think people who have this problem have accidentally purchased camelback shrimps who look similar.  I think you'll be fine.  

[Clown79]

I had them. They weren't  camelbacks. There is a distinct difference in look between the 2. 

 

My 3 shrimps decimated 3 brains in one day.

In my other tank they destroyed my feather dusters.

 

There are a few ppl on here with similar experiences.

 

It's a caution with them. If they eat aiptasia-they can eat coral.

[Waylon]

Thank you all for the advice. I think I'm going to go for it. This was initially a test pico for me. I wanted to see if I could do it long term before I sunk a ton of money into a nice setup. So I'm not going to be putting an High $ corals right now anyway.