Peppermint shrimp

[slomo]

I have three peppermint shrimp that will go after a live fish. Will they attack a healthy fish?

 

[grabbitt]

No, they will not attack a healthy fish. If they are chasing it around, they are trying to clean it. They eat dead cells off of fish to keep them healthy.

 

[slomo]

but the fish swim away as if they are hurting them?

 

[patandlace]

I wouldn't worry about it. Mine clean my fingers when I put them in the tank.

 

[markanderson]

Sometimes it takes awhile for the fish to learn that the shrimp isn't hurting them. Alot of the organisms that we combine in our tanks are from completely different parts of the world.