Acclimating shrimp and Peppermints with coral banded?

[narkfish]

I have not been very successful with getting shrimp to survive in my tank. Is there some special way to help them get acclimated and less stressed. Also do Coral banded shrimp go well with peppermints because i'm trying to get rid of some worms in my tank along with some aptasia and would like to put both together in a 75 gallon. Any advice much appreciated

 

[1guydude]

aspestiaX or joes juice for the aspetsia and the cbs should eat some of the worms....wat kind of worms? Idk if the cbs will eat the pepps i wouldnt chance it though!

 

[bang guy]

Most of the ornamental Shrimp are highly territorial. As such, they become stressed by any environmental chance including location. Providing adequate hiding spaces and NSW conditions will help a lot. Typically, a new ornamental Shrimp will molt from the stress of moving and require a couple of days in a safe place to recover.
As far as Coral Banded Shrimp & Cleaner Shrimp, eventually the Coral Banded will eat the Cleaner Shrimp. Cleaners, such as Peppermint Shrimp, are safe with a young immature Coral Banded but an adult Coral Banded can hunt down a molting Cleaner Shrimp and eat them. This typically takes 5 or more years for a Coral Banded to mature so it may be safe for a while.

 

[narkfish]

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Originally Posted by 1guyDude http:///forum/thread/385842/acclimating-shrimp-and-peppermints-with-coral-banded#post_3385795
aspestiaX or joes juice for the aspetsia and the cbs should eat some of the worms....wat kind of worms? Idk if the cbs will eat the pepps i wouldnt chance it though!
These worms are really skinny with little black and tan spots on them. Quite recently many of them have poked up out of the rocks and there are lots of these little things. I want to say they are bristle worms but since they are smaller in size and a different color I don't know what to call them.

 

[btldreef]

It sounds like your "worms" are actually baby Brittle Starfish, very common hitchikers on good live rock.
On a side note, why do you want to get rid of bristle worms? They're excellent clean up crew members.

 

[kiefers]

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Originally Posted by BTLDreef http:///forum/thread/385842/acclimating-shrimp-and-peppermints-with-coral-banded#post_3385866
It sounds like your "worms" are actually baby Brittle Starfish, very common hitchikers on good live rock.
On a side note, why do you want to get rid of bristle worms? They're excellent clean up crew members.
I have many of these in my DT and it's cool to watch at night after a heavy feeding. They crawl in and out of the holes in your rock and in between the corals cleaning and eating leftovers. Very beneficial to your system. The stars are neat to watch too. Mostly at night though when your lights have been off for an hour or so. I nerd up every now and then and grab a magnifying glass and a flash light and watch these little critters in action. Pretty interesting.

 

[flower]

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Originally Posted by Kiefers http:///forum/thread/385842/acclimating-shrimp-and-peppermints-with-coral-banded#post_3385911
I have many of these in my DT and it's cool to watch at night after a heavy feeding. They crawl in and out of the holes in your rock and in between the corals cleaning and eating leftovers. Very beneficial to your system. The stars are neat to watch too. Mostly at night though when your lights have been off for an hour or so. I nerd up every now and then and grab a magnifying glass and a flash light and watch these little critters in action. Pretty interesting.
A flashlight..you can spot them with a flashlight??? I have moonlights and any movement at all from me they go back into hiding...LOL..I tried for weeks with a flashlight and never seen a thing, whats your secret?

 

[kiefers]

I don't put the light directly on the critter, just enough to see whats going on at night. The lights had been off for atleast a couple of hours.

 

[narkfish]

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Originally Posted by BTLDreef http:///forum/thread/385842/acclimating-shrimp-and-peppermints-with-coral-banded#post_3385866
It sounds like your "worms" are actually baby Brittle Starfish, very common hitchikers on good live rock.
On a side note, why do you want to get rid of bristle worms? They're excellent clean up crew members.
Yea they do seem like little Brittle Stars, Are they good at all or is there some way to get rid of them because I would really like to clean up the rocks.

 

[btldreef]

They're good. Consider them an excellent member of your clean up crew. They don't get much bigger, and you'll barely see them except for a few legs sticking out here and there.
Just curious as to why you don't want bristle worms? They are excellent scavengers and very beneficial to your tank. I only remove them once they get too large, or if I think they're the wrong variety, but the common bristle worm doesn't pose much threat.

 

[narkfish]

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Originally Posted by BTLDreef http:///forum/thread/385842/acclimating-shrimp-and-peppermints-with-coral-banded#post_3386176
They're good. Consider them an excellent member of your clean up crew. They don't get much bigger, and you'll barely see them except for a few legs sticking out here and there.
Just curious as to why you don't want bristle worms? They are excellent scavengers and very beneficial to your tank. I only remove them once they get too large, or if I think they're the wrong variety, but the common bristle worm doesn't pose much threat.
I just thought bristle worms were more of a threat but thanks for your info i greatly appreciate it

 

[kiefers]

I find it amazing when I find something new in the tank. recently I found an Earthworm looking critter on one of my rocks, then another. it's always a good day when I find new critters in there. hopefully all good.