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jesses89
Guest
Why are they considered reef safe?
meleerock
Member
pep. shrimp are considered more of a scavenger. They like frozen foods or fresh fish, mine also chase after flaked. Although they do like to eat aptasia they are reef safe. In the ocean they are more commonly found in reefs and scavenging around corals. Hope this answers your question!
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jesses89
Guest
i was asking WHY?!?!?!
i have two and the bigger one is always munching on my corals... today it was plucking away at my green torch.. thats where i threw the line... enticed it out with some flakes and netted it.. into the fuge it goes....
its had a taste of almost every coral i have in there....
whys it doing this? bad seed? if so...
anyone want a free peppermint shrimp????
i have two and the bigger one is always munching on my corals... today it was plucking away at my green torch.. thats where i threw the line... enticed it out with some flakes and netted it.. into the fuge it goes....
its had a taste of almost every coral i have in there....
whys it doing this? bad seed? if so...
anyone want a free peppermint shrimp????
J
jesses89
Guest
already have two...
i have 2 scarlett skunk cleaner shrimp
a fire shrimp 2 peppermints and 2 anemone shrimp..
and today i ordered 4 sexy shrimp from TOS = cant wait.
i have 2 scarlett skunk cleaner shrimp
a fire shrimp 2 peppermints and 2 anemone shrimp..
and today i ordered 4 sexy shrimp from TOS = cant wait.
mamasky712
Member
I got 2 peppermints that tore apart my yellow polyps so I gave them to a friend who has a fowlr tank. We have one small peppermint shrimp that we bought and didn't see for days. He just hangs out under a big piece of LR and only comes out when we feed.
earlybird
Active Member
Originally Posted by Smork81
I think the other species that looks almost identical is the camelback if i am not mistaken.
Earlybird!! That HUGE EYE in your avatar freaks me out everytime I see it! gosh :scared:
Dude your tat scares me
j/k.
The eye is from a trolling lure. Iland lures. The best there is.
I think the other species that looks almost identical is the camelback if i am not mistaken.
Earlybird!! That HUGE EYE in your avatar freaks me out everytime I see it! gosh :scared:
Dude your tat scares me
The eye is from a trolling lure. Iland lures. The best there is.
azaghalsei
Member
Originally Posted by earlybird
According to Bang Guy, the pepermint shrimp sold at SWF are true pepermint shrimp and don't eat corals. Some sold at lfs are different species but hard to tell apart. This is the coral eater. Some claim that pepermint shrimp only eat corals when they are starving.
Not intending to sound standoffish, but IME these little
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are ALWAYS starving!
They seem to be able to wolf down an inordinate amount of food at each feeding and they always seem to do so as if they had not eaten in a week. Anyone else observe this? Other species of shrimp I have worked with seem to be more.. :thinking: appropriately hungry?
We're cycling a 90g reef tank right now and I am not so sure I even want to bring the only peppermint shrimp we have not yet disowned over, just out of prudence! (Two were banished to a friend's tank) - P.S. these were definitely Lysmata wurdemanni, and not camel shrimp or anything like that.
Ian
According to Bang Guy, the pepermint shrimp sold at SWF are true pepermint shrimp and don't eat corals. Some sold at lfs are different species but hard to tell apart. This is the coral eater. Some claim that pepermint shrimp only eat corals when they are starving.
Not intending to sound standoffish, but IME these little
[hr]
are ALWAYS starving!
They seem to be able to wolf down an inordinate amount of food at each feeding and they always seem to do so as if they had not eaten in a week. Anyone else observe this? Other species of shrimp I have worked with seem to be more.. :thinking: appropriately hungry? We're cycling a 90g reef tank right now and I am not so sure I even want to bring the only peppermint shrimp we have not yet disowned over, just out of prudence!
(Two were banished to a friend's tank) - P.S. these were definitely Lysmata wurdemanni, and not camel shrimp or anything like that.Ian
azaghalsei
Member
Originally Posted by Smork81
Hey Ian..If you want to get rid of your shrimp i'd be more than happy to take em off your hands. I love those little guys and they are very amusing to watch for me.
Where are you located? Mamasky712 and I are in Exeter, PA.
Ian
Hey Ian..If you want to get rid of your shrimp i'd be more than happy to take em off your hands. I love those little guys and they are very amusing to watch for me.
Where are you located? Mamasky712 and I are in Exeter, PA.
Ian
azaghalsei
Member
Originally Posted by Bang Guy
Here's an example, think this is L. wurdemanni?
A full body shot would be ideal, but I would say based on that shot that it is L. Wurdemanni or L. Rathbunae.. I personally think the camels (Rhynchocinetes species) are very distinguishable.
Was this a test, or were you asking?
Did I win a cookie, or maybe a gold star??
Ian
Here's an example, think this is L. wurdemanni?
A full body shot would be ideal, but I would say based on that shot that it is L. Wurdemanni or L. Rathbunae.. I personally think the camels (Rhynchocinetes species) are very distinguishable.
Was this a test, or were you asking?
Did I win a cookie, or maybe a gold star??
Ian
azaghalsei
Member
Originally Posted by earlybird
here ya go
I'd like to thank my mother... my wife... God.. the internets..
In any event, I trust none of them! The only shrimp I really trust are good ol' Lysmata amboinensis.
here ya go
I'd like to thank my mother... my wife... God.. the internets..
In any event, I trust none of them! The only shrimp I really trust are good ol' Lysmata amboinensis.