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      December 13th, 2011
I put a camel shrimp in my tank yesterday. Saw my clownfish alive and well today, but when I got home he was NOWHERE to be found. Do camel shrimp typically attack fish?? Should I take him out??

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      December 13th, 2011
i have never heard of peppermint shrimp attacking anything , the clown is probably just hidding or ,may be just coincidental , but i highly doubt thet the shrimp did anything

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      December 13th, 2011
Camel shrimp shouldn't be aggressive towards fish, but they will eat your corals.

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      December 13th, 2011
+1 Erin, soft coral especially

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      December 13th, 2011
yes they love to eat leathers and Xenia also cant for get Colt, Kenya and polyps. but the one I had it was reef with caution and well it ate half of my freshly fragged finger leathers. so yeah watch your soft corals. I ended up selling mine on Craigslist...

 
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      December 13th, 2011
Like others have said, I dont think the Camel shrimp is to blame for your clownfish - but it does have an appetite for coral

 
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      December 13th, 2011
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i have never heard of peppermint shrimp attacking anything , the clown is probably just hidding or ,may be just coincidental , but i highly doubt thet the shrimp did anything
Just an FYI, camel shrimp and peppermint shrimp are different.

Camel Shrimp


Peppermint Shrimp




Camel shrimp are known to eat corals, where as peppermints are generally reef safe.

 
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      December 13th, 2011
Oh thank Goddess! I thought I just made a horrible mistake adding in a pair of Peps. I was pretty sure they weren't the same thing, but then again, they do look somewhat similar......

 
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Oh thank Goddess! I thought I just made a horrible mistake adding in a pair of Peps. I was pretty sure they weren't the same thing, but then again, they do look somewhat similar......
My pep shrimp got a taste for Duncan's... he wouldnt leave one alone the whole time... ended up ripping two tentacles out and eating them in front of me... the next day he was traded out

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