berghia nudi and pep shmp

[meagheavz]

berghia nudi and pep shmp could they get along. will the pep just eat them up

 

[FREEZE]

my peppermint shrimp dont bother anything but aptasia.

 

[meagheavz]

my pep shmp dont eat aptasia or really bother it.. so u think it safe

 

[meagheavz]

im really thinking of getting them. i hav like 4 pep shmop that i never see.

 

[Pedro Nuno Ferreira]

im really thinking of getting them. i hav like 4 pep shmop that i never see.

Hi meagheavz

Here is some more information about berghia nudi - Aquarium Culture of the Aeolid Nudibranch Berghia Predator on the Nuisance Anemone Aiptasia

Cheers
Pedro Nuno ;-)

 

[meagheavz]

thanks pedro

 

[meagheavz]

pedro it didnt say anything about peppermint shimp

 

[meagheavz]

anyone hav exp with them

 

[Pedro Nuno Ferreira]

pedro it didnt say anything about peppermint shimp

Hi meagheavz ;-)
In fact it doesn't. It was for you to get more "acquainted" with the berghia nudi.
Now concerning your question, it is simple, do not mix them!!!!!, please read this in detail where among other very important information to follow you will also find the text bellow that answers your question directly.

][/FONT]Do not try to keep them with Peppermint or Camel Shrimp. These Lysmata species eat nearly everything that lives and we are very sure Berghia will be no exception. Some people have no trouble with them, but that depends on the tank and it's inhabitants. Peppermints may be safe with leather corals and adult Peppermint shrimp will eat aiptasia as well as anything similar in structure. They will eventually kill Tubastrea and small BTA's that can not tolerate a tentacle being plucked each night as well as other things. There is an occasional one kept alone that can be fed and kept under control, but, it is not a safe thing to try as they can go after something without warning. Peppermints are nocturnal and very shy and this means witnessing the damage they do is not going to happen. Very often zooanthids and polyps will really extend once the Peppermint shrimp are removed if they are in a tank. Peppermint shrimp are easily caught along rocky jetties of the lower Texas and Florida coast, not from reef areas. They are not "reef safe" as some people seem to think. The sting of the Berghia would not even phase these predator shrimp. Cleaner Shrimp are okay as they do not bother the Berghia nudibranches at all. Old literature says there are no documented predators of the Berghia nudibranches but we have found this is not correct.

Please read also this in detail.

I believe this will answer your question and a lot more that you didn't ask but need to know. You now have been given several possibilities aipstia outbreak (

1 2 3 ... Last Page), take your pick, combine them if you want but do not mix the shrimps with the berghia.

Cheers
Pedro Nuno ;-)

 

[meagheavz]

thx

 

[Jdubbs]

what about coral banded shrimp? I bought some b nudibranches and I dont know whether to get rid of my coral banded