Peppermint shrimp advice needed

[Maho.B]

Hi everyone, looking for some advice. I have ordered 6 peppers shrimp to help with some aptasia (we'll see) and I'm told they are shipped between 1/2" and 1" long. With the cost of these I'd prefer them to not become food. The two fish I'm concerned with are my Royal Gramma and geometric pygmy hawk (which is not technically a true hawkfish) and maybe the 2 clownfish ? The others are gobies and a blenny. Will shrimp of that size be good for any of the fish I listed in your opinion. If so any ideas on how to succeed with these shrimp? House them in the sump for awhile? Any ideas/opinions appreciated. Thanks.

 

[dwest]

I’m guessing they’ll be OK based on your fish.

But you could always either quarantine for a while until they grow (and feed them aiptasia plus a little food) or stick them in an acclimation box to see if any fish are a little more interested than they should be.

I put 4 in my tank last week. I stuck them in a 10 gallon tank for a few months with anenome rocks.

 

[chip shop]

Your hawk fish could’ve a problem but none of the others

 

[chip shop]

Could be and probably will should have said

 

[Maho.B]

An acclimation box is interested, I'm not sure where to get a rock with aptasia already on it, mine are all pretty large pieces. Thanks for the idea.

 

[chip shop]

I’d drop them in a good hour after lights go out they should get to there caves and only really come out at night

 

[Maho.B]

Chip chop, I was wondering about him. He's super peaceful with the other fish but for how small he is it's surprising how large his mouth/jaw is. He's only like an inch and a quarter long but there is the old saying if it fits it's food.

 

[Maho.B]

I was wondering if releasing at night would be good enough. Thanks