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dpotts
Tue, 11th Nov 2008, 02:46 PM
When I turned on my lights this morning, I found one of my Peppermint shrimp chowing down on a fairly large piece of Bristle worm. Then this afternoon I also saw one (not sure if it's the same one or not) doing it again. I didn't realized that Peppermint shrimp would kill/eat Bristle worms! :what_smile:
ErikH
Tue, 11th Nov 2008, 02:52 PM
Fun to watch ain't it?!?
dpotts
Tue, 11th Nov 2008, 02:57 PM
Yeah kinda!:blushing: So I don't have some wierd killer shrimp...it's normal?!
greatwhite@AlamoAquatics
Tue, 11th Nov 2008, 03:16 PM
yeah theyre scavengers theyll eat anything
SoLiD
Tue, 11th Nov 2008, 03:18 PM
I've never seen that.... :what_smile: Then again, I've always had peppermint shrimp in my DT and very few bristle worms to start out with.
Joshua
Tue, 11th Nov 2008, 03:43 PM
Pepps are pretty durn aggressive and can become a problem. I had a bunch I caught at the coast and they would dig the food out of my RBTA's stomach. If I fed the tank mysis the BTA would end up with some or the clowns would feed it or I would feed it a little piece of shrimp and I would guard the dang thing for 20 minutes, didn't matter how long as soon as I left my guard they'd attack it and dig the food out from the gut. I realize these are a slightly different variety than the others but dang! They did take care of the aptasia problem though that's for sure.
ErikH
Tue, 11th Nov 2008, 04:19 PM
Pepps are pretty durn aggressive and can become a problem. I had a bunch I caught at the coast and they would dig the food out of my RBTA's stomach. If I fed the tank mysis the BTA would end up with some or the clowns would feed it or I would feed it a little piece of shrimp and I would guard the dang thing for 20 minutes, didn't matter how long as soon as I left my guard they'd attack it and dig the food out from the gut. I realize these are a slightly different variety than the others but dang! They did take care of the aptasia problem though that's for sure.

Yeah!!!! I have some from the coast and they even climb on my arms while in the tank and it feels like a bug. They eat the mysis right out of my palys! In that tank I have no bristles or aptasia, even though they are both found in my sump... :)
Joe31
Tue, 11th Nov 2008, 06:30 PM
My coralband eats my peppermint shrimp as snacks.
Joshua
Tue, 11th Nov 2008, 06:41 PM
My coralband eats my peppermint shrimp as snacks.

Really? Long ago I had a CBS and it was way to slow to catch anything.