Ways to keep peppermint shrimp away from chalices?

[reefer4816]

So I have some Chalices in a frag tank and want to find a way to keep them from getting chewed up by peppermint shrimp.

I wanna add the peppermints to take care of apatsia.

Would a Shroom box work?

 

[mcarroll]

Are they just stealing food, or are they trying to eat the polyps??

If they're eating the polyps, I think you're going to have to move the corals during treatment – you're putting the peppermints in to eat polyps. I don't think you can ask them to be choosy – and they are likely to opt against polyps altogether (aiptasia too) if you start feeding them something else like tank food.