Do peppermint shrimp eat mojanos?

[brianjfinn]

I picked up some peppermint shrimp to take care of a bad aiptaisia problem (which they did, and amazingly at that). The aiptaisia has been gone for a while, but I've had a very small colony of five to eight mojano anemones.

I just looked at the tank and noticed they're all gone! The only thing I can think is that the peps got hungry and started munching on the other nems. anyone have experience with this?

 

[rolo65]

i have the same problem with a few small mojanos.....bout the size of a pencil eraser....and i wish my peps would eat them....

 

[brianjfinn]

rolo65;565214 wrote: i have the same problem with a few small mojanos.....bout the size of a pencil eraser....and i wish my peps would eat them....

Well, I think mine did! They're all gone and that's the only thing I can think of.

 

[hn1]

Lucky you! Want to sell?!

 

[thanh386]

Heres a kicker... I bought a huge one a while back... ate aptasia like a champ. . . but when it came to majanoe, they are picky. Mine will not eat majano unless i stab it with a needle... but once they start to feed , i dont see the majanoe in the area .

 

[rolo65]

Maybe I'll try the needle thing....theres only 3 but I know how they multiply....

 

[huttongd]

I've had some pep shrimp that eat them fine and some don't. I really don't know, but I guess just like us, some are just picky and don't like them. Glad they took care of yours!

 

[acroholic]

Never heard of Peps eating Majano, but if you got one that does, great!

 

[huttongd]

I've also read online where a guy used a syringe to shoot boiling RO water into the Majano which caused it to release enough that he could scrape it off and pull it out of the water.

 

[brianjfinn]

Acroholic;565669 wrote: Never heard of Peps eating Majano, but if you got one that does, great!

I hadn't either, and I'm not completely sure this is what happened. It's just odd that after all the aiptaisia was gone, the whole colony of mojanos disappeared.

I could be completely wrong, but was wondering if anyone has actually had experience with this.