Blood shrimp and GBTA

[demaria36]

It may be a dumb question, but can a shrimp do harm to a small GBTA? I've had the blood shrimp since after my cycle (back in March) and the anemone I got last month and is eating well. Only today I noticed that the blood shrimp picks at the anemone, but then gets stuck and tries to get away. Will the anemone eat the shrimp if it gets a hold of it? Or will the shrimp win the battle a pesker the anemone to death?

[kgolem]

I would think the smart money is on the anemone.

The question is, why is the shrimp picking at the anemone?

Any sign of the anemone rotting, disintegrating? Are you feeding the bloodshrimp?

[demaria36]

No, the anemone is not disintergrating and the blood shrimp eats flake food that is leftover when the fish eat (and twice a week, the leftover frozen mysis). Maybe the bloodshrimp is still hungry? I will give it food directly and see if it helps.
Thanks.

[tag]

I'm having this same problem with cleaner shrimp(two)....what gives?

I've watched them and they stay right close to the anemone. Both are well fed so I doubt it's a hunger issue although they are always driven to grabing pieces of food from the corals etc.

I'm trying to use feeding hats to keep them from taking food.

The anemone tends to hide down behind the rock wall and it seems that it's due to the cleaner shrimp.

Anyone know what I could do?

Thanks

Tina

[vaporize]

kill the cleaner shrimp :)

shrimps does irritates anemones, and if it's a new arrival can pick at them so badly that kills them.

[demaria36]

Are you feeding big pieces? I found that the big pieces were being spit out by the anemone, which the blood shrimp was trying to pull out. Now I just feed smaller pieces and which the anemone can fully eat (by the way, the blood shrimp definitely does not like to get stung and even struggles when just his antennae touch the anemone).