I had purchased a beautiful xenia from the LFS that had reacted poorly a day after putting it in my tank.
After troubleshooting for multiple days, I found my camel back shrimp ripping a tentacle off my poor of it Although the LFS had assured me was reef safe, further searches reveal it is NOT.
After quite a bit of negotiation with my sons, (well at least my oldest - my middle son said he had to go right away), I was able to convince them to allow me to relocate the shrimp to the LFS tank.
On the upside, the guy at the LFS that sold me the shrimp was so stunned, he discounted another coral for me. Unfortunately, they don't carry pulsing xenia...but I did score a beautiful duncan that I had been eyeing.
Here are where the questions start:
Problem 1 - Any chance this xenia could recover?
I showed another pic to the guy in the store, and he was positive, but he was also positive the camel shrimp wouldn't bother corals.
Problem 2 - Do I even consider another shrimp?
My boys and I really loved this little guy. After having him for months, we got to see him out in the open all the time. However, there isn't a single shrimp that I can find that doesn't have posts about it eating/bothering/stealing food from other corals. Even skunk/cleaners like in this thread
After troubleshooting for multiple days, I found my camel back shrimp ripping a tentacle off my poor of it Although the LFS had assured me was reef safe, further searches reveal it is NOT.
After quite a bit of negotiation with my sons, (well at least my oldest - my middle son said he had to go right away), I was able to convince them to allow me to relocate the shrimp to the LFS tank.
On the upside, the guy at the LFS that sold me the shrimp was so stunned, he discounted another coral for me. Unfortunately, they don't carry pulsing xenia...but I did score a beautiful duncan that I had been eyeing.
Here are where the questions start:
Problem 1 - Any chance this xenia could recover?
I showed another pic to the guy in the store, and he was positive, but he was also positive the camel shrimp wouldn't bother corals.
Problem 2 - Do I even consider another shrimp?
My boys and I really loved this little guy. After having him for months, we got to see him out in the open all the time. However, there isn't a single shrimp that I can find that doesn't have posts about it eating/bothering/stealing food from other corals. Even skunk/cleaners like in this thread