trouble with peppermint shrimp

[chrisd]

has any one ever had trouble with pepps bothering corals?
i think one of my pepps may be the reason i'm having problems with my hammer coral. this afternoon when i woke up i checked the hammer and it looked good full polyp extension then a few hours later it was drawn in and one of the pepps was sitting on top and it looked like he was trying to tear off one of the polyps. i did see this same shrimp messing with my ricordia as well. has anyone had this happen before?

[Doug1]

Well unfortunatley sometime Pepp's get hungry and will go after polyps and stuff, no often but when they do its a bad situation

[Mr.Peanut]

Thats stinks. Do you feed the pepps?

[Jadinop]

It could be that the hammer caught something to eat and the pep was trying to steal it. I have this same problem with my cleaner shrimp when target feeding some LPS corals. What I do is feed the shrimp something first and then feed the corals.

[chrisd]

Originally Posted by Mr.Peanut

Thats stinks. Do you feed the pepps?

yes they eat when the fish eat. i think i will error on the side of caution and take him out.

[chrisd]

Originally Posted by Jadinop

It could be that the hammer caught something to eat and the pep was trying to steal it. I have this same problem with my cleaner shrimp when target feeding some LPS corals. What I do is feed the shrimp something first and then feed the corals.

i thought that to but i see him messing with my ricordia. maybe i should feed a little more? dam shrimp

[Loverotties]

Yep,try feeding him more!

[TahoeMtn]

Sorry to steal your thread but does anyone know a good place to order 10 -15 peppermints at a reasonable price? and ship to Nevada? I have a 200 gal and have started seeing a few aptasia and want to head them off before they get a foothold.