Re: Peppermint shrimp

The snail was probably on it's way out, most shrimp are pretty good at
detecting the dying.

As for true peppermint's:

http://www.aquahobby.com/marine/e_wurdemanni.php

Some people try to sell you Rhynchocinetes durbanensis (camel shrimp) as
peppermints


"Steven" <NOSPAMwallstreet71@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> My wife told me that one of the shrimp keep picking at one of the snails
> all day and it was alive and moving until I got home from work.It might
> have been in a death spiral prior to the shrimp bothering it.
>
> It makes me wonder if they are true peppermints. I will do a Google
> search for the shrimp and try to confirm the type.
>
> I was checking on the snails and I am not sure which type of turbos they
> were, either Astrea or funnel turbos?
>
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> "Roy" <sonoma1720@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Sure does not osund like the typical behavior of a peppermint. Are you
>> 00% sure you had a peppermint, as it seems a lot of lfs are pawning
>> off a sililar looking species as peppermints, but then even its just
>> not the typical behavior of those shrimp either..I would be inclined
>> to think perhaps your snail may have died and the shrimp just took
>> advantage of a fresh readily available meal, and just doing what
>> shrimps normally do.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 21:45:13 -0500, "Steven"
>> <NOSPAMwallstreet71@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>><>They ate 4 of my Turbos..... I always thought they were peaceful
>>>><>shrimp.....they have not eaten any of the other types of snails, has
>>>>anyone
>>>><>else had this happen? will they eventually go after the other types
>>>>of my
>>>><>snails or do they just like turbos?
>>>><>
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