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07-02-2008, 01:14 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Michigan Age: 22
Posts: 327
|  Crazyiness with Feather Duster and Pepp.
Just brought home a new feather duster- pretty decenty size. I barely got it out of the bag and one of my peppermint shrimps literally attacked. I thought at first it was just picking off stuff, but then he headed straight to the crown. He is seriously pulling little feathers out of the crown and eating them. The feather duster is shrinking into its tube but the peppermint shrimp is digging into the tube and pulling- pretty hard to get the feather off. What do I do? Is this normal? If I get a chance I'm thinking the little peppermint is going into my nano- where there is no feather dusters.
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75 gallon:1 shrimp-killing long nose hawk, leather toadstool, yellow leather, branching hammers, favia, zoas, mushrooms, frogspawn, flower looking clover polyps, anthelia, green star polyps, pearl bubble coral, red brain thing, elegance coral and a orange sun coral looking thing. Hermits, sandsifting snails, turbo snails.
Nano: 2 Nemos, a royal gramma, 1 clener shrimp, a couple hermits, 1 turbo snail, a mushroom rock and a sebae anemone. | 
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07-02-2008, 05:19 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Urbana Age: 24
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yep, they will eat them. I had one eat two of them, before I finally seen him doing it. Then three weeks later my giant elephant ear ate him. HAHAHA _________ 75 gal, 6x54 watt ho t5, coralife super skimmer, fluval 204, ehiem ecco 45, 2 stealth heaters, 2 kolaria 1, 2 kolaria nanos, 125lbs lr, 100 lbs ls, ZOASSSS!!!!!!
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07-02-2008, 09:10 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: niles, ohio Age: 32
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Man that sucks.... _________ My Tank Thread...... EST. 10/30/07 5.5 gal, 72watt's of pc's, rio skimmer, hob rated at 40 gal, stealth heater, b/w aussie clown, rainford goby, emerald crab, turbo, bumble bee, astrea, and nassarius snails, aussie open brain, pink birdsnest, wallhammer, multiple acro's, numerous monti's, zoa's, palys, ppd's, duncans, mint gsp's, reg gsp's, blue clove polyps, grn bali slimer, and tons of ppl sponges. | |
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07-02-2008, 09:36 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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I would say, keep the shrimp, move out the feather duster...  _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
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07-04-2008, 08:12 AM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Michigan Age: 22
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It's really weird because I bought 2 feather dusters and the shrimp is only attacking the one. The other peppermint shrimp I have could seem to care less about the featherdusters. When I tried to catch the shrimp while he was picking at it I think I scared and haven't seen him attack it since. But he may have done some damage because that feather duster hasn't opened in about a day. | |
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07-04-2008, 08:44 AM
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| | Montipora Digitata
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Manchester UK Age: 24
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Are you sure its a true peppermint shrimp?
There are many shrimps out there that look very similar to peppermints, but actually aren't _________ | |
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07-04-2008, 09:24 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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Quote:
Originally Posted by omard  I would say, keep the shrimp, move out the feather duster... | Or, just let nature take its course... | |
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07-04-2008, 10:23 AM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Michigan Age: 22
Posts: 327
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I think that's the best advice, I'm not going to disturb my whole tank for a cheap feather duster and peppermint shrimp. | |
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09-17-2008, 06:17 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Pennsylvania
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I agree with phoenix, are you sure it is a true peppermint shrimp and not a camelback shrimp? They are sometimes mis-labled when sold. I have a giant feather duster in my tank with 3 peppermint shrimp, and the onlt time they bother it is to go from point a to point b if its in the way.
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