Will peppermint shimp kill corals

[SaltwaterAddict]

Hi all!

I haven't been on here in awhile. I got some peppermint shrimp about 3 weeks ago to take care of some aptasia which worked really well but this past week I have 1 acan completely die and the other one shrunk untill today when i noticed it's skeleton. My numbers are all good. I just checked them. Then only new thing is those shrimp. Do they do this. Also my Zoas are disappearing from the rocks. I think I am gonna pull those shrimp out today but I wanted to check in with you all first.

 

[Coral reefer]

It’s not unheard of for them to go after lps

 

[Srt4eric]

I've never had a problem with peppermint shrimp eating any of my acans. I have a lot of peppermint shrimp and I used to have a lot of acans. If you target feed your acans the shrimp will rip them apart trying to get the food.

 

[phatduckk]

I have watched them eat my acans in the past and immediately evicted them lol

 

[dochou]

Hmmm, good to know they can be reef UNsafe. I never knew.

 

[Coral reefer]

I think part of the problem is several species come in as “peppermint shrimp”

 

[SaltwaterAddict]

I've never had a problem with peppermint shrimp eating any of my acans. I have a lot of peppermint shrimp and I used to have a lot of acans. If you target feed your acans the shrimp will rip them apart trying to get the food.

I do feed them directly. It was a pain in the butt but I got all but 1 out. There were 4 total. I am hoping the last one will have a smaller impact. We will see.

 

[SaltwaterAddict]

I think part of the problem is several species come in as “peppermint shrimp”

Good point. Little boogers. I felt so bad fishing them out. They were adorable. I took them back to the aquarium store where I hope they find happy homes.

 

[RandyC]

I think part of the problem is several species come in as “peppermint shrimp”

See Post in thread 'Anna & Pablo’s RSR P650' for info about species.

https://www.bareefers.org/forum/threads/anna-pablo’s-rsr-p650.25192/page-21#post-418902

 

[SaltwaterAddict]

Update!!! My acans are coming back. Even the one that was a complete skeleton has blue and green color and its little tenticle things are out so it is feeding. It was those little bastards!!!!