Peppermint shrimp and flower anemone - help!

ThunderGoose · Feb 3, 2018

I have a peppermint shrimp in each tank to make sure I don't get a big aptasia outbreak. I've had a few crop up and they vanish quickly. Go peppermint shrimp!

BUT today I bought a beautiful rose anemone and my peppermint shrimp is all over it. I'm not sure if it's curious or what. I fed the tank thinking if she was full she might leave the anemone alone. No such luck. Right now I have an aquarium net over the anemone.

I did not expect this. I have seen no signs of the peppermint shrimp going after coral (I know some people have had that as a problem. Is there anything I can do to convince the peppermint to leave the anemone alone. If not - how the hell do I catch a peppermint shrimp?

Cae · Feb 3, 2018

ThunderGoose said:
I have a peppermint shrimp in each tank to make sure I don't get a big aptasia outbreak. I've had a few crop up and they vanish quickly. Go peppermint shrimp!

BUT today I bought a beautiful rose anemone and my peppermint shrimp is all over it. I'm not sure if it's curious or what. I fed the tank thinking if she was full she might leave the anemone alone. No such luck. Right now I have an aquarium net over the anemone.

I did not expect this. I have seen no signs of the peppermint shrimp going after coral (I know some people have had that as a problem. Is there anything I can do to convince the peppermint to leave the anemone alone. If not - how the hell do I catch a peppermint shrimp?

My son's anemone ate his peppermint shrimp.

Zack K · Feb 3, 2018

Peppermint shrimp can be little devils. A bottle trap usually catches them quickly.

ThunderGoose · Feb 3, 2018

Zack Klabunde said:
Peppermint shrimp can be little devils. A bottle trap usually catches them quickly.

I'd be ok with that.

cgdcinc · Feb 3, 2018

Some eat corals and nems immediately and some will never touch them. I bought a second one as a tank mate for one I had that was a model citizen. As soon as he hit the tank he started shredding a torch. Bottle trapped him and never tried anymore since then.