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Old 12/26/2007, 07:12 PM
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We had 7 more babies

born today. However, about an hour later two were missing. I left about 3 hours ago to pick up my camera and now there is only one, four more are gone. Do you think the peppermint shrimp are enjoying them. I noticed when they climbed on the sea fan the older seahorses made sure to leave. I am not finding any bodies in the tank. The tank is about 5 gallons and is filtered by a sponge filter. The clean-up crew is 1 turbo snail, 2 peppermint shrimp, 2 nassarius snails and 1 emerald crab (I have never seen it out of its hiding place. I can only see it's legs)
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Old 12/26/2007, 07:19 PM
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Shrimps and crabs are not safe with any seahorse fry. Most likely, yes, the peps or crab are enjoying a free meal.

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Old 12/26/2007, 08:19 PM
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its the shrimp
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Old 12/27/2007, 07:52 AM
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I have seen one peppermint shrimp devour over 50 fry within an hour so my guess is yes also
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Old 12/27/2007, 03:25 PM
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Thank you. The peppermint shrimp have been moved into the reef tank. We'll continue spoiling the dwarf and look forward to danger free births in the future.
 


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