Peppermint shrimp and Ricordi's

[wallysworld]

Is it possible my 3 peppermint shrimp are eating my Ricordia? I haven't seen them eating them but after adding the shrimp three days later my Ricordia look like sh&%. Someone had said something about peppermint shrimp chowing on their coral so I figured I would see what everybody here has to say?

Thanks,

 

[OctaviousMonk]

You will get a different answer every time as no animal is 100% predictable.
I personally have only seen my peppermints eat tissue that is damaged, dead or dying.

 

[masterswimmer]

Peppermint shrimp are opportunistic feeders. When coral or even a fish is stressed or has tissue damage, the pepps will go to town.

 

[Zoous]

Yes, I recently got some peppermint shrimps and if they isn't enough food they will go for corals. In my experience, the coral does not have to stressed out or damaged.

 

[jcs11236]

i seen my peppermint shrimp chow down a lil on my frogspawn as soon as i put the coral in.. one of the head didnt open for about a week..

 

[KathyC]

Peppermint shrimp are not usually known to eat corals, but Camelback shrimp are.
Are you sure it isn't a camelback?
Pic of a Camelback

 

[ellebelle]

I've never had my peppermint shrimp eat a healthy coral, though I have heard that it happens.

 

[mfin77]

My two peppermint shrimp started to eat my long tentacle anemone when there was no apitaisia left. It was a big anemone.

 

[OctaviousMonk]

That seems very hard to believe are you sure they weren't stealing food from it as mine have been known to do that before

 

[wallysworld]

Well I am going to test by removing them from the reef for 2 weeks to see if my Ric's and hammer come back.

No, they are not camels I checked that when they came crawling out of the live rock I bought. The sad thing is they have eggs hatching every two weeks. I have 2 females and one male. The other night the tank was loaded with hundreds of baby's. I tried to transfer a few but netting was a bad idea I found, they all died. Not sure what I would have done with them anyway?

Thanks,
Walter

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

They are evil creatures and should never be added to a tank!

 

[rbtwo4]

really chief?