I bought a peppermint shrimp from LA last week and also had a bunch of corals I bought come in the same day. My plan was to keep the shrimp, snails and coral all in the same tank for q-time of 2 months.
Well right away the shrimp ran right over to the large rock flower anemone climbing all over it. I grabbed an acclimation box and put the anemone in it to keep it separate.
Well next day I notice the shrimp sitting on top of a large trachy and the trachy had lost all it's flesh.
So I moved it into the acclimation box also, it has some bits of flesh here and there but figure it is a loss.
I also moved a meat coral into the box as well as that also looks very fleshy and I didn't want to lose it to the shrimp.
Now the dang shrimp is poking his feet through the holes in the acclimation box to get to these corals.
I got him and the filefish(now dead) to deal with aptasia in my 180, but wondering if he is going to be a problem, I don't have many fleshy lps in the tank as yet, these were my first purchases.
My question now is how soon can I move him to the DD without worrying he will carry Ich or velvet. I thought I read once they molt you can move them but he has only been in there a week.
I was planning on waiting 2 months but he is being a huge pain in the q-tank.
Well right away the shrimp ran right over to the large rock flower anemone climbing all over it. I grabbed an acclimation box and put the anemone in it to keep it separate.
Well next day I notice the shrimp sitting on top of a large trachy and the trachy had lost all it's flesh.
So I moved it into the acclimation box also, it has some bits of flesh here and there but figure it is a loss.
I also moved a meat coral into the box as well as that also looks very fleshy and I didn't want to lose it to the shrimp.
Now the dang shrimp is poking his feet through the holes in the acclimation box to get to these corals.
I got him and the filefish(now dead) to deal with aptasia in my 180, but wondering if he is going to be a problem, I don't have many fleshy lps in the tank as yet, these were my first purchases.
My question now is how soon can I move him to the DD without worrying he will carry Ich or velvet. I thought I read once they molt you can move them but he has only been in there a week.
I was planning on waiting 2 months but he is being a huge pain in the q-tank.