Peppermint Shrimps

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Hello all...

I brought a peppermint shrimp middle of last week, alimatized for 2 hours using the drip method.

Question i have is....Are they mainly a nocturnal invert or not? Since it has been in the tank, it spends all the day time ( lights on ) hidden in the top corner of my tank, at the side of a powerhead...Then, at night when the lights are off, he then ventures out...It seems to me that he is a little scared which is why he only comes out after lights out...

What are other people's experiences with these...???

Niko
 
My experience has been similar. Ours spends the bulk of the daytime in the rockwork and only ventures out during feedings to grab some food. It is much more active outside the rockwork at night though.
 
cheers for the input mate...This is the thing, i have not seen him go anywhere near the rock work..Reason i brought him is for aptasia control....all he controling at the moment is his breathing.....

Niko
 
they are mostly nocturnal and they will hid almost all the time unless they are in a group of 5 or more. they also wont always eat the aptasia either it depends on the shrimp. when i got mine i got 3 and they all hung out under the rock and only came out to eat at night it took them about a week before they ate any aptasia.
 
for aiptasia control it's better to get large peppermint shrimp. i didn't notice mine eating aiptasia untill few days later aiptasia was gone. one cleaned out huge areas overnight. once aiptasia is gone though, they start looking for trouble. i keep mine in refugium now. he is so used to me that takes food from my hands. he holds on to the point that i have to shake him off, that how comfortable they can get with time.
 
he he he...that is what my cleaners are like...Did not really have a choice on the size of him as it was the only one i could get...Pepe ( thank my daughter for the name ) will grow though and hopefully he will be fine...

Niko
 
I had 2 peppermint shrimp bout a year back, they were not shy at all.
They swam around with the fish when I fed flake food skimming the surface of the tank.

They would even clean my hand if I put it in the tank, they latch on to a finger and start going nuts, only felt like a picking sensation, doesn't hurt at all. Great personality from those lil' dudes.
 
My peppermint shrimp Ive had for about 3 weeks I saw him for the first couple days,seen him once since. I saw him one time last week rocking back and forth under the rock work. These guys love to hide when the lights are on!
 
I have five in my 30gal and they are ALWAYS out and about!!! Especially when I drop a few flakes in...once they hit the water the shrimp come flying out to nab them b4 the fish!!! They are constantly 'cleaning' the rock my Condy anemone is attached to and sometimes the Condy!!! Strange little guys! I have heard that they are picky with eating aptasia as well...guess some people get lucky though!!!
 
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