My cleaner shrimp is bothering my new BTA

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Damsel13

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yes, I think it is true:doubt: . This is pissing me offl I think the cleaner/skunk shrimp from indo area is stealing food from my new (3 weeks) BTA (very plain- sorry hope it didn't hear me)) The anemone has established itself and has its routine but this shrimp is becoming a pest!!!!!!

I have to shoo it away when I feed the BTA. Gaby said she had a similar problem.

Any suggestions? I was thinking larger pieces of food than mysis for the anemone. I tried feeding the shrimp and other fish first. No dice.

The good news is the BTA hasn't moved and all the blue green chromis and the pair of A. occ. clowns are now fighting over it. I now understand why it established it's foot UNDER a rock. ReturnofSid said just wait it will find it's place well it has. This anemone can stretch 5"! to get to where it wants! kewl

The food issue is what worries me.
I know, I know. I am like a overprotective mother or something.

Debbie :)
 
yeah shrimps can be a pain in the butt :doubt: ( i'm just keeping mine because the husband really likes him :rolleyes: ).
if feeding him first and then the anemone doesn't work... give him something to work on :p ... i feed my anemone frozen formula (red kind) and what i do first ... is i give the shrimp a big chunch (i know .. tons of phosphates :rolleyes: :p ) and then the other chunch to the anemone... that's the only way i can do it .... sometimes :lol: .
Other times i jsut go putting the turkey baster in front of the anemone's mouth (well not to the point of touching) ... the shrimp sometimes fight with the turkey baster and sometimes just gives up :lol: .

Other than that... i don't know what to tell you :p :D
 
yea feed the shrimp first, thats the only way i have found to work. not too much, or you get to sit out an algae bloom
 
well my shrimp and my turkey baster fight. i mean I have to get agressive and that takes a lot of a wet shrivled hand after 10 minutes!! I am about ready to take my shrimp to "the mats".
You know like in the Godfather. hehehehe
 
well my shrimp and my turkey baster fight. i mean I have to get agressive and that takes a lot of a wet shrivled hand after 10 minutes!! I am about ready to take my shrimp to "the mats".
You know like in the Godfather. hehehehe

why do you think i wanna get rid of mine :p.
they're good at eating dead stuff though....when my six line wrasse died... the shrimp and the crab ate it in just a couple of hours :p .
 
red kind? don't know about red kind. I know about mysis shrimp and gut stuffed spirolina shrimp but no red shrimp.
 

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