Lyretail Anthias(male)

totter0817 · 02-04-2008, 09:54 AM

Hi, I'm pretty new to this but I have a question. I recently added a male lyretail anthias to my 75 gallon tank. Today, when I was doing a head count I noticed that a few of my peppermint shrimp were missing. They are out and visible almost 90% of the time and now I only see one of them(which is pregant). The only other fish I have in the tank is a yellow tang. I've done some research on anthias and they all seem pretty reef safe and I haven't found anything that says they will eat shrimp. I was just curious if anyone has ever heard of this or if they could possibly give me some other ideas on where my peppermint shrimp went to.

mandarin11 · 02-04-2008, 09:59 AM

They may be hiding until they get used to the new addition. Watch your bioload, both anthias and tangs can fill up a 75 pretty quick, so if your going to keep them in there just make sure you don't put in to much else.

amcarrig · 02-04-2008, 10:11 AM

I've got a male/female pair of lyretails and they don't bother my shrimp. Peppermint shrimp are pretty shy so it could be that they're just hiding out.

totter0817 · 02-04-2008, 10:31 AM

Thanks for your advice guys. I'm still a little worried. I even searched the tank last night with all the lights off and a red flash light to see if I could see any of them hiding. And my anthias definetly does not have a problem with the cleaner so I hope its not the anthias eating them.

wastemanagement · 02-04-2008, 10:40 AM

I hope you find your shrimp or othrwise your anthias might start to expect topshelf cuisine all the time lol.(If it is in fact the culperate)

totter0817 · 02-08-2008, 09:02 AM

YAY!! I found my peppermint shrimp- all of them too. They all migrated to a different rock and were in hiding for a couple days but they are all still alive and my lyretail isnt eathing them!