Problem With my peper,imt shrimps

[szogun]

Hi I noticed that my 3 peppermint shrimps are riping apart my sable anemone so I took them out but now who will take care of my apastisia. Which shrimps are reef safe? I'm getting the scarlet ones and I'm thinking of the fire shrimp is this one reef safe?

Yes they are safe. but an anemone is not a coral or REEF per say.
Skunk shrimp or cleaner shrimp do nicely.

[quote author=szogun link=board=General;num=1077825392;start=0#0 date=02/26/04 at 11:56:31]Hi I noticed that my 3 peppermint shrimps are riping apart my sable anemone so I took them out but now who will take care of my apastisia. Which shrimps are reef safe? I'm getting the scarlet ones and I'm thinking of the fire shrimp is this one reef safe?[/quote]

Your tank and LR are fairly new right? Any corals on the rock with apastisis on it? If not take the rock out and scrape them off the rock.

[tdevil]

[quote author=szogun link=board=General;num=1077825392;start=0#0 date=02/26/04 at 11:56:31]Hi I noticed that my 3 peppermint shrimps are riping apart my sable anemone so I took them out but now who will take care of my apastisia. Which shrimps are reef safe? I'm getting the scarlet ones and I'm thinking of the fire shrimp is this one reef safe?[/quote]

hello,
first, are you sure these are pep shrimps, they are easily confused with camel shrimps?
second, pep shrimps, as most any other shrimp, are opertunistic feeders, are you sure the anemone is healthy?
as Nautilius said, the fire shrimps and the skunk shrimps are reef safe and a great addition to the reef, IMO

another Q, is the only reason you got the pep shrimps to get rid of aptasia? i ask this because, IMO, it a hit and miss with these, some eat them and some dont
if you are worried about the aptasia the you can try JoesJuice works great

td

[szogun]

Is the JoesJuice safe for sure?

[szogun]

and what about the red fire shrimp i like them alot

Don't believe anyone here that has been here awhile would suggest something they have not tried themselves.
There are other posts on the joes juice and you can do a simple search here and gather all the info into one page. This could help with your decision.

TD is a great guy by the way and very knowledgeable on these things.

[Jason McKenzie]

IMO I would not add any livestock to correct an infestation of any kind whether it be Aptasia or Algae. Plus invertes are interesting creatures that have the potential of GOING BAD. Meaning picking at a wide range of things. It is well documented that Pep Shrimp will eat Clams yet I have 2 Pep Shrimp and 4 Clams no problem. But someone else may not be so luckily. That is why if asked I would never recommend Peppermint shrimp in a tank with Clams.
Aptasia is a Glass Anemone. I'm quite sure to a shrimp an anemone is an anemone. If they eat one kind why wouldn't they eat another.
I would really slow down and research the inhabitants of your tank prior to introducing them. I'm going to guess that you Anemone is stressed and perhaps dieing. That is the main reason the peps were all over it.

Jason

[quote author=Jason McKenzie link=board=General;num=1077825392;start=0#7 date=02/26/04 at 12:57:51]IMO I would not add any livestock to correct an infestation of any kind whether it be Aptasia or Algae. *Plus invertes are interesting creatures that have the potential of GOING BAD. *Meaning picking at a wide range of things. *It is well documented that Pep Shrimp will eat Clams yet I have 2 Pep Shrimp and 4 Clams no problem. *But someone else may not be so luckily. *That is why if asked I would never recommend Peppermint shrimp in a tank with Clams.
Aptasia is a Glass Anemone. I'm quite sure to a shrimp an anemone is an anemone. *If they eat one kind why wouldn't they eat another.
I would really slow down and research the inhabitants of your tank prior to introducing them. *I'm going to guess that you Anemone is stressed and perhaps dieing. *That is the main reason the peps were all over it.

Jason [/quote]
Very good info J

[tdevil]

thank you Nautilius, i dont know if i would go that far, but thanks for the comp

fire shrimps are very cool, and a great addition, IMO, some people report not seing them very much, but that could just be that shrimps personality, these shrimp are also part of the cleaning shrimp family, but arnt known for their cleaning of fish,etc, like the skunk cleaners are, but they have been known to do this, very cool, this will be my next purchase, if i find one at a price that i want, just a FYI, fire shrimp can be agressive with other fire shrimp they are they like their space, that is the reason i am only getting one , i could have 2 in my tank, but with already having 2 skunks, i think that i am going to stick with 1
i do have 2 cleaners (skunk shrimp) thou, i love they way they clean my hand while im in the tank, very cool

i have and do use joesjuice, i am out right at the moment (i showed some friends how to use it), IMO, it is a great product, in my post above is a link to there site, just click on the red joesjuice

HTH

td