Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lionfish12]

One of my peperment shrimp is eating my anemone!! What do i do? they are suppost to be reef safe!!! hurry!

 

[salty cheese]

My arm is on fire what should I do?HURRY

 

[russianspy]

Peppermint shrimp are known to eat anemes, thats why i killed mine...Tough luck to you

 

[bigarn]

Are you sure he's eating it or just playing around? They are Reef safe.

 

[russianspy]

Originally posted by bigarn
Are you sure he's eating it or just playing around? They are Reef safe.
They're known to eat anemones...ARG my spelling

 

[viper_930]

Originally posted by lionfish12
One of my peperment shrimp is eating my anemone!! What do i do? they are suppost to be reef safe!!! hurry!
Did you ever think of just seperating them for the time being? :thinking:

 

[lionfish12]

i dont have anyting to put him in. Hes inside of the anemone and is pickign at it. Doesnt looks like hes doing much harm. Is he cleaning it?

 

[russianspy]

Nope, stealiong its food or eating it...Either way get rid of it if you value your anemone

 

[lionfish12]

He left it when i feed them.

 

[reefer44]

wait its inside your anenome......it shouldn't be able to eat an anenome that big....maybe its because your anenome is half dead anyway.......its going to die either way i would give your shrimp a meal while your at it
Brad

 

[russianspy]

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[bigarn]

Keep an eye on it....If he's not doing any harm leave him alone.

 

[viper_930]

Originally posted by lionfish12
i dont have anyting to put him in. Hes inside of the anemone and is pickign at it. Doesnt looks like hes doing much harm. Is he cleaning it?
Nothing? Not even a little salad bowl or strainer to put him in and float ontop of the water's surface?

 

[viper_930]

Originally posted by RussianSpy
They're known to eat anemones...ARG my spelling
Just aptasia, not all kinds of anemones. Some peps may though, just a hit and miss, but it is uncommon.

 

[nm reef]

*deep heavy sigh*
Peppermints shouldn't be much interested in a healthy anenome...but if it is dying or dead it may show some interest. Sometimes I just don't know when folks are serious and when they are just posting crisis after crisis simply because they have a keyboard and know how to type!:notsure:

 

[spsfreak100]

What's the scientific name of the shrimp you have?
Graham

 

[viper_930]

That would be a Lystmata wurdemanni

 

[bot587]

A healthy anemone would not be getting eaten by a peppermint shrimp =(

 

[spsfreak100]

Originally posted by ViPeR_930
That would be a Lystmata wurdemanni
If that's the case, it's either picking at mucus coming from the mouth of the anemone, or it's picking at a dying anemone. Either way, it would be a smart choice to return the anemone.
Graham

 

[viper_930]

I'll bet the dieing anemone theory is correct. It's been bleached for some time now. And if I were the LFS guy, I wouldn't take back an anemone like that.