Are peppermint shrimp reef safe?

[Ligershark]

ive read that they eat coral polyps, or new coral polyps but i was on ora's website looking at their products and their sites states:

"...The Peppermint Shrimp is famous for eating the nuisance aptaisia anemone. In a reef system, the shrimp can control the spread of aptaisia by eating the small, developing anemones. This shrimp will not eat corals. ..."

i have two but i keep them in my fuge, my tank is a 33 gallon long that is drilled and serves as a frag tank with nothing but eggcrate, pvc, and frags. so there would be no natural food for them. and i am worried they will eat coral polyps in the tank, but besides that im sure they are eating all my pods in my fuge. anyone know anything about this?

 

[MikeNapoli]

I don't really think you need them.... give them to me. Just kidding. I think if you but them in your tank they'll be fine. They won't eat your polyps. I have 5 in my 120 and I never really see them except when I feed the tank they eat really small stuff that gets moved around.

 

[hayabusa2003]

I have a few in my 75gal and they don't touch my corals. They haven't eaten any aiptasia either, but that's a different story

There are camelback shrimps that kinda sorta (ish) look like peppermints, but those aren't reef safe.

 

[JohnS_323]

We have them in a couple of our tanks and they've never bothered any corals. We must have gotten some good ones too, because they wiped out any aiptasia we had.

 

[Ligershark]

ill move them in the morning when the lights are on and i can see them, thanks guys.