Will condi, brittle stars eat PEP shrimp

[JeremyAN7]

If I put a dozen pep shrimp in my 75g, will the large brittle eat them all? Some?
What about the 4 inch condi? Arnt the shrimp able to get away?

 

[ScooterNH]

Good question. I added 5 a few weeks ago and have not seen any of them until I spied 1 this morning. He may be the sole survivor or they are just great hiders.

I also have a Condi, 2 Serpent stars, Coral Banded Shrimp and perhaps others that might snack on them.

 

[NateHanson]

They ARE great hiders in my experience. Drop some sinking pellets in the tank after dark and see if they show up.

 

[ScooterNH]

They ARE great hiders in my experience. Drop some sinking pellets in the tank after dark and see if they show up.

That's a great idea (though my hermits will launch themselves to them first I bet). I have a camel shrimp that I tossed in my fuge many months ago (reading that he would eat display stuff). I thought was long gone and pretty much forgot about him. I saw him just the other night when I was feeding the fuge

(I know - not necessary, but it's just so cool to see all the stuff like pods and worms that come out of the rocks when you drop a algae pellet in)

 

[DanStL]

I used to have a pep shrimp that would rip off and eat the tentacle tips of a condi.

 

[JeremyAN7]

Answer: brittle WILL EAT large fire shrimp.

 

[Richard]

brittle star will eat anything it chatches especially the green ones. I lost a few firefish to one.
Now serpent is a different story. I just happen to have one for sale shamless plug.

 

[jtmac]

I have pep shrimp, brittle star and a condy all living peacefully together for almost a year. I dont think it's going to be a problem. The pep shrimp are very fast movers this helps to protect them. They will come out for pellet food.