peppermint shrimp vs sexey's

hey corailline, sorry to here about your maxi's, i have 20 or so and so far they have not tasted them, i hope that keeps up, my problem was i had hundreds of glass nems they were in places i could'nt reach and they were just getting worst by the day there the only thing that as ever made me think of giving up the hobby, until i put a few of these shrimp in there, it was like a miracle to me, so i grew a love for them. i don't have alot of LPS so there's no problem there. all my coral are attached to the rock if i move them i always break them so, they were heaven sent to me. James

 

so true on this, i have seen pepps go after them also. James

 

It was very strange. I got them for about 10 aiptasia, not really an out break. They were fine for about 6 months, then one day I noticed one maxi gone, so I started to pay attention. I caught them red handed, so I put a basket over the maxi's to protect them and the peppermint would hang out on the basket, as soon as I removed the basket back they went. I tried to catch them but could not catch 3 of them and in 72 hours they finished off my maxi. They got feed everyday, so honestly I have no idea why they did it. I have read similar nightmares with regard to acans and peppermint on this forum, where there was not doubt.

Forgot to add I had sexy shrimp at the time and no issues between the different types of shrimp.

 

yea i have 20 maxi's or so, im gonna count them and take pictures so i can tell if they go after them, i tried copperbands and had success with one of them, then after about 6 months he just up and kicked the bucket, i have anotherone now for 4 months never seen him eat the glass nems. so the shimps are all i have that works for me. hope they behave. james

 

Now I'm thinking I should get rid of the peppermint. I didn't know that. I have sexys, peppermint, skunk, and harlequins and they all do fine.

 

Maybe its one of those 50/50 things like with angels. sometimes you get a good one sometimes they wreak havoc on your corals hahaha

 

Forgot to add I had sexy shrimp at the time and no issues between the different types of shrimp.[/QUOTE]

Thank you for answering the question. +10 points

 

Introduced the pepermint shrimp yesterday. So far he is doing great and not bothering the sexies.

 

great news let us know if it picks on anything.

 

He picked out the aiptasia as i had hoped. So i guess i got lucky as they are hit and miss, however i have noticed a few small feather dusters disappear overnight. Maybe the peppermint shrimp but i have not caught him red handed yet!