dling Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Will larger Peppermint shrimp attack and kill smaller one or eat them ? Quote Link to comment
Xj reefing Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Red line and fire shrimp shouldn’t attack them however coral banded shrimp will Quote Link to comment
Tired Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Peppermint shrimp won't attack and kill other peppermint shrimp, no. Quote Link to comment
dling Posted November 14, 2020 Author Share Posted November 14, 2020 8 hours ago, Tired said: Peppermint shrimp won't attack and kill other peppermint shrimp, no. Thanks. The reason I ask is that I had 10 of them hoping to get rid of aiptasia nems. Most were small but a few were lg. Now I only have 2, one lg and one sm. I saw the larger one messing with the smaller one. Quote Link to comment
luckie1966 Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 3 hours ago, dling said: Thanks. The reason I ask is that I had 10 of them hoping to get rid of aiptasia nems. Most were small but a few were lg. Now I only have 2, one lg and one sm. I saw the larger one messing with the smaller one. Well that doesn't sound good. I have kept sexy, peppermint and cleaner shrimp together for along time over a year .in bio cube. The cleaner use to chase peppermints shimp but never caught them and it was amusing to watch. Last big shrimp could be a camelback maybe or if Hungry enough i guess they would resort to cannibalisms. Quote Link to comment
Tired Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 How sure are you that they're peppermint shrimp? Peppermints are social, but some of their lookalikes might not be. Can you post some pictures? Quote Link to comment
dling Posted November 14, 2020 Author Share Posted November 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Tired said: How sure are you that they're peppermint shrimp? Peppermints are social, but some of their lookalikes might not be. Can you post some pictures? Ordered them from Live Aquaria . Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 9 hours ago, dling said: Thanks. The reason I ask is that I had 10 of them hoping to get rid of aiptasia nems. Most were small but a few were lg. Now I only have 2, one lg and one sm. I saw the larger one messing with the smaller one. 10 peppermints? That's a number 🤣 Quote Link to comment
Tired Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Pictures would be good. There are several species that go by "peppermint shrimp", and a few lookalikes. Quote Link to comment
dling Posted November 15, 2020 Author Share Posted November 15, 2020 20 hours ago, Tired said: Pictures would be good. There are several species that go by "peppermint shrimp", and a few lookalikes. They stay hidden between the rocks. As i wrote I ordered peppermint shrimp from Live Aquaria. They didn't offer more then more then type. https://aquarium-fish.liveaquaria.com/search?w=aiptasia eating peppermint shrimp. Quote Link to comment
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