Do Peppermint Shrimp eat tube worms.

herkemer

Member
Has anyone had any problems with their peppermint shrimp eating their little tube worms? I know that peppermint shrimp eat apstasia but in one of the threads someone said they also eat small tube worms. We would like to get a couple of peppermint shrimp but we have hundreds of tiny tube worms that I don't want to get eaten.
 

bang guy

Moderator
They are opportunistic scavengers. Tube worm would be really low on their preference list but they will eat them if they're starving.
 

saltaddict

Member
My expierence was yes the one I bought ate everything in my tank in less than two weeks. I actualy saw him digging into the tubes to pull the worms out. Oh forgot to mention he no longer lives in my tank he is now back at LFS.
 

slothy

Active Member
saltaddict - mine must had the same parents as yours, ehhehe.. used to chomp on my corals/feather dusters, but he didnt get a chance to go back to LFS, he became coral food.....
 
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