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  1. Tue, 11th Nov 2008, 02:46 PM #1
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    Default Bristle worm killer?!!

    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!
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  2. Tue, 11th Nov 2008, 02:52 PM #2
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    Fun to watch ain't it?!?
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  3. Tue, 11th Nov 2008, 02:57 PM #3
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    Yeah kinda! So I don't have some wierd killer shrimp...it's normal?!
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  4. Tue, 11th Nov 2008, 03:16 PM #4
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    yeah theyre scavengers theyll eat anything
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  5. Tue, 11th Nov 2008, 03:18 PM #5
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    I've never seen that.... Then again, I've always had peppermint shrimp in my DT and very few bristle worms to start out with.
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  6. Tue, 11th Nov 2008, 03:43 PM #6
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    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.
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  7. Tue, 11th Nov 2008, 04:19 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joshua View Post
    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...
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  8. Tue, 11th Nov 2008, 06:30 PM #8
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    My coralband eats my peppermint shrimp as snacks.
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  9. Tue, 11th Nov 2008, 06:41 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe31 View Post
    My coralband eats my peppermint shrimp as snacks.
    Really? Long ago I had a CBS and it was way to slow to catch anything.
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