Fire Clown Fish compatibility with Peppermint Shrimp

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I added a Peppermint shrimp to my Fluval Evo tank a couple of hours ago to eat Aiptasia that’s started growing in my tank. I was absolutely horrified to see my Red Fire Clown attack it, then pick it up and feed it to his BTA!!!

I can’t find anywhere on the internet to say Peppermint Shrimps aren’t compatible with Fire Clowns?! Is this the case?

I managed to rescue it out of the Anemone and hide it away from the Fire Clown. It is currently lying on its side under a rock and has been twitching/randomly moving for a couple of hours now. Could it be temporarily paralysed from the BTA or is it slowly dying? Not really sure what to do with it?

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If you feed him shrimp, he might’ve just smelled the peppermint shrimp and figured it was food too. I would try to look at different aptasia control methods
 

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