Peppermint Shrimp Eating SPS

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So I've got a peppermint shrimp in a Nuvo 10 with a pair of clowns, CUC and live rock now. All my coral is in a QT frag tank ready to move into my 10g, however when I started placing some SPS in the tank, the peppermint shrimp started ripping polyps off and eating the coral. Am I not feeding this guy enough? I don't go out of my way to feed him, but I do make sure he gets mysis and pellets every time I feed.
 

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So I've got a peppermint shrimp in a Nuvo 10 with a pair of clowns, CUC and live rock now. All my coral is in a QT frag tank ready to move into my 10g, however when I started placing some SPS in the tank, the peppermint shrimp started ripping polyps off and eating the coral. Am I not feeding this guy enough? I don't go out of my way to feed him, but I do make sure he gets mysis and pellets every time I feed.

I would remove the shrimp. They are Notorious for going after LPS as well.
 

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Can you get a pic of the shrimp? There are different species of peppermint shrimp so Im wondering if you know which one you purchased or can tell by the markings?
 
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Can you get a pic of the shrimp? There are different species of peppermint shrimp so Im wondering if you know which one you purchased or can tell by the markings?

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L Wurdemanni are supposedly the “reef with caution” species. A lot of LFS sell the L. Boggessi. Can you match the pattern?
 

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L Wurdemanni are supposedly the “reef with caution” species. A lot of LFS sell the L. Boggessi. Can you match the pattern?
So are the boggessi considered reef safe or are you saying the only ones that have a shot are the Wurdemanni?

any idea which are best at aiptasia removal?
 

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There's also Lysmata vitatta from the barrier reef. I have two in my nano and they don't touch my LPS and got rid of the two aptasia I could see.
 

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Can you get a pic of the shrimp? There are different species of peppermint shrimp so Im wondering if you know which one you purchased or can tell by the markings?
It looks more like a Camel Shrimp....they are aggressive!
 

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