HELP!!!!!! Clownfish getting beat up?

[patrick8929]

okay i have had my clownfish for over a week now. last weekend i got a pepermint shrimp. now i wake up this morning to find my clownfish's tail is have gone!!!! could it be the shrimp? what do i do?

 

[rotarymagic]

what all is in the tank?

 

[subielover]

Originally Posted by Rotarymagic
http:///forum/post/2846136
what all is in the tank?
+1

 

[rotarymagic]

I hate to be a jerk, but I chuckled when I saw that pic. Is he swimming ok?

 

[kromix]

Yea we need to know everything in the tank......
If its only a peppermint shrimp, well then WHAT THE!? lol
How is his swimming?

 

[jtt]

dude come on what is in the tank?

 

[patrick8929]

sorry i was in class..... its just snails and a pep. he seems to be fine.

 

[happitylogan]

take the pepermint out. Ive never heard of them doing this, but who knows. what do y ou like more, the shrimp or the fish?

 

[happitylogan]

take the pepermint out. Ive never heard of them doing this, but who knows. what do you like more, the shrimp or the fish?

 

[patrick8929]

yea i guess i would have to agree. i like the fish more for sure. but is he going to be okay? can he get his tail back?

 

[patrick8929]

where the heck do i take the shrimp?

 

[jtt]

back to the lfs i guess. i have NEVER heard of a pepp doing that before. how incredibly strange... i have 2 pepp's and they dont touch any of the other fish in my tank, and i have a 12gallon. how freakin weird.

 

[patrick8929]

yea i know!!! just my freakin luck!! i get the only one ever that eats fish for food

 

[premilove]

man he got roughed up lol. take out that evil pep shrimp! never seent hat before

 

[catfishcity]

i might be because the pep is not getting enough food.

 

[patrick8929]

well i think im just gunna take him out either way. will the clown recover?

 

[premilove]

my clown lost part of his tail bc of my evil BW damsels. he recovered just fine..

 

[jtt]

see if you can exchange the peppermint shrimp with a cleaner shrimp...

 

[patrick8929]

yea i was thinking about that as well. ill see what i can do

 

[jtt]

it wont kill him directly... but it might put a few strikes against him and fully stress him out for a while to the point that he could kick it if something else (stressful) happens. just try to nurse and baby him and dont take him out of the tank to remodel your rock or anything.