my peppermint shrimp has rabies

whisk

whisk

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He's been attacking my sixline and goby!!! and now i dont think they are going to live.
anyone else had experience or hear stories about peppermints being aggressive towards fish???
seriously this

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was fine and then all of a sudden he snapped!
 
whisk

whisk

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maybe but my goby is messed up too. my peppermint was very aggressive and would chase my sixline and tear at his face. it looks like someone punched the sixline in the face, its very swollen. I have bad luck lately
 
nissan577

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its not luck. well maybe. but still i dont understand what can cause the pep to act like that. i know the sixline will nip at shrimp but nothing of the pep atacking back! ima look into this now.
 
whisk

whisk

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i read on the net they can be semi aggressive to fish. Seriously, hes been fine, has never bothered my fish before until now. i think he wasnt getting enough food.
 
jse08

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MINE IS THE SAME WAY!
He constantly tries to pull snails off the glass and he pretty much totally destroyed a zoa frag I just added. I had a 4 stripe damsel and they seemed to get along fine but then the damsel disappeared one day. I had to move the tank like two days after that so I tore the tank apart looking for the fish or its remains but found no sign of it.
Mine is around 2" long
 
whisk

whisk

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mine is about the same size too. He hasnt bothered my corals yet, but i have heard they will. And yep, hes going back to the LFS tomorrow, I already have him "locked up".
This should have been a sign....
 
jse08

jse08

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I'll probably end up doing the same thing eventually. Although my girlfriend really wants to set up a 6 gallon hex I have as a "shrimp tank" haha
 
lili13

lili13

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What should have been a sign? I don't see what you mean in the picture...I have one too and I'd be so mad if he was doing that to my fish too!!!
 
whisk

whisk

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Originally Posted by Lili13
http:///forum/post/2944941
What should have been a sign? I don't see what you mean in the picture...I have one too and I'd be so mad if he was doing that to my fish too!!!

it looked like the peppermint was scheming a plan to kill the goby. yeah he was fine with the fish for awhile, never bothered the sixline until last night. I've read they can be semi-agressive towards other tank mates, its kind of hit or miss i guess.
 
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