Peppermint shrimp and Corals

[jisushika]

I was planning to do a reef setup in my 40 gal, but due to way too much aiptasia, I added two peppermint shrimp to see if they could help the problem. I've heard that peppermint shrimp do eat some corals? I was wondering what types of coral are safe with peppermints?

 

[nycbob]

my peppermints dont eat corals. if u keep them well fed, it shouldnt be a problem.

 

[luca brasi]

Originally Posted by nycbob
my peppermints dont eat corals. if u keep them well fed, it shouldnt be a problem.
Ditto

 

[peef]

I just posted a thread about this, my three peppermints have just started trying to eat my zoos and my hammer coral. I fed them a chunk of herring and am waiting to see if this helps the problem.

 

[saltn00b]

Peef are you sure you have peppermints and not a camelback?
the thing is harmless peppermints are OFTEN mistaken for camelbacks which are not reef safe. they are very similar shrimp. i have never seen or heard of peppermints actually causing problems.
peppermint:

camelback

whats funny about this camelback picture, is the name of the file. it came from a website describing it as a peppermint! right click it and select properties and look at the file name...
just another example of how common this mistake is.

 

[benter]

If you have any yello polyps..they are toast..at least mine were. Huge colony overnight ATE!!

 

[peef]

My LFS said that they were peppermint, but I personally do not know past that. I will do some serious comparison tonight and I am just crossing my fingers that the chunk of herring I gave them holds them over until I get off of work.

 

[saltn00b]

yellow polyps are closely related to anenomes, which wouldnt surprise me if either of the species ate them. aiptasia is a type of anenome and the regular peps eat them usually.