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My experience with peppermint shrimp is they'll eat healthy plate coral and frogspawn - no issues with that. They really went to town on the gsp though. Buyer beware, that's all I'm saying.

Using RO water is a must, it makes a huge difference when setting up a saltwater tank, trust me, it's worth the extra effort, you'll be glad you did.

Same thing happened to me, got rid of 'em. Shrimp are now tank-mates in my biocube, not welcome in my main tank anymore.

That peppermint shrimp is proving to be a sneaky little thing. Keep finding it on different corals. Sump you go, I swear.

Every time I walk by the display tank, that darn peppermint shrimp is on the coral. It's becoming a real issue. I've put a small plastic bowl over the coral temporarily until I can relocate this pesky shrimp to the fuge.

Light acclimation makes sense, I had the same thought initially. Just tested the phosphate levels again, and it's down to zero now, so the GFO reactor is working as it should. Still getting 0.3 nitrites though, so I'll keep a close eye on that. Appreciate the input.

I'm not seeing anything that's jumping out at me as a major issue, but I'm viewing this on my phone. The tentacles just look retracted to me - I've got several plates and they all do this from time to time, no rhyme or reason. Sometimes it's at night, sometimes after feeding or maintenance, and ...

Hard to tell in the second pic due to different lighting. But tentacles not extended and looks paler (whiter) than yesterday. Low to med flow. Maxspect lighting short photo period. In tank two days, on the sand. Drip acclimated for 1 hr.

Salinity- 1.026
Temp- 78.7
Nh4 - 0
No3 - 3
No2 - .3
Ph - 8.3 ...

I've got a valentini in my reef, and it's living with cleaner shrimp, fanworms, anemones, and coflakes - go figure, seems to be working just fine.

What's the clown species, mate?