Peppermint Shrimp

[fishy7]

I was at my LFS and bought a large sand sifting star and after acclimation, I noticied my peppermint shrimp started to eat him.
I thought at first they were cleaning him but then after a closer look, they were eating him. The star burried in the sand and I have not seen him in 4 days?
When he appears is he going to be lunch?

 

[fishy7]

Well my question has an answer.
My Butterfly fish is attacking the star... and the shrimp are their to help....the star burried again with on leg half eaten....

The start has no chance..... Any one experience this problem?

 

[pasafire]

Originally Posted by FISHY7
Well my question has an answer.
My Butterfly fish is attacking the star... and the shrimp are their to help....the star burried again with on leg half eaten....

The start has no chance..... Any one experience this problem?
Not with shrimp, but with crabs I have... My crabs LOVED eating my starfish's tenacles, and he eventually died from shock I believe

 

[fishy7]

It is just a matter of time before he is a gonner......

The shrimp are no good either.... I like stars need to get one that can handle a little abuse...
Maybe need to take him out before he dies?

 

[bronco300]

you could maybe put him in a refuge if you have one and wait for him to heal, if thats possible? no expereince with starfish...but i'm sure he would love housing replacment.

 

[pasafire]

Originally Posted by FISHY7
It is just a matter of time before he is a gonner......

The shrimp are no good either.... I like stars need to get one that can handle a little abuse...
Maybe need to take him out before he dies?
Do you have another tank you can put him in? What about one of those little breeder net things that attatch to the side of the tank? Like to put babies in.... Do that to spare him being picked on until you figure something out?

 

[fishy7]

Pasafire,
Thanks for the suggestion. I do not have another tank. I have a sump but, I am not sure he can survive in there for long. No food.
He is burried in the sand at the moment and I have not seen him since. I will take him out when he surfices.... Poor little star....

 

[swlover]

Oh my gosh I just got one today and he did the same thing..soon as I put him in the tank the shrimp attacked him, I shoed him away and gave him some food-it seemed to work for the time being. No where does it say they go after star fish, I've done alot of research too-thats one of the reasons I got them together says they are peaceful tank mates. Go fig.?

 

[bluelagoon]

i once tried putting a peppermint shrimp in my tank with a pink button brittle star... the shrimp lasted oh say.... 3 minutes? lol.

 

[razelynn]

the star will feed on bugs and pods in your fuge. I have a chocolate chip in the fuge of my 180. I actually have alot of fish and such hidden away in fuges and sumps.

 

[swlover]

I don't mean to hijack this thread but since we are on the topic of shrimp..what is a good food for them, I've got algae pellets and they don't like them too much (as per LFS uhg!) what are some good foods for them..maybe they will leave my starfish alone if they had something they liked! I've got flake food, crab pellets and algae pellets-anything else I should try?

 

[razelynn]

shrimp normally feed off of pods and bugs on the rock, but I have seen a skunk shrimp steal silversides from anemones.

 

[dzekunoi]

Originally Posted by swlover
I don't mean to hijack this thread but since we are on the topic of shrimp..what is a good food for them, I've got algae pellets and they don't like them too much (as per LFS uhg!) what are some good foods for them..maybe they will leave my starfish alone if they had something they liked! I've got flake food, crab pellets and algae pellets-anything else I should try?
My peppermints go all nuts over frozen brine shrimp. They jump out at ones and start snatching pieces

. And I never saw them eating algea pellets

 

[swlover]

Thanks..like I said I'm new and I made the mistake of believing what they tell you at the LFS, so far I bought the wrong food, lights and if they had it their way all the filters ..but I do know about filters having had FW for years, I like one or two kinds and I stick with what works. I will now go to another LFS, where this woman has been helping me..she is honest and is the owner of the store..not a chain store. I'm not going back to the other, half of them don't even know anything about fish at all..and tell you they don't..the other ones claim they do..this is evident in the light bulb they sold me..useless from what I'm told. I do have books, but you can't ask a book a question!

 

[jasondean]

Most of your sand shifting stars die rather quickly due to the fact they starve to death are tanks can't support them. I also tried this with no luck. so now I search this site before I buy anything.