True Peppermint shrimp id plz

[Timo]

I am looking for a true peppermint shrimp to help with the Aiptasia problem i have in my nano tank.

My LFS has two what he calls "dancing shrimps" they look like this pic below, very dark red with broad white stripes. Are these peppermint shrimps? will they eat Aiptasia?


They are not transparent like these in this pic;


Any help much appreciated,

Timo

[Guest]

yes top ones are dancers no good for what you want

contact macca hes alays got peppermints you will not get them any cheaper elsewere

[Timo]

yes top ones are dancers no good for what you want

contact macca hes alays got peppermints you will not get them any cheaper elsewere

Thanks wakey, i deffo dont want to buy they wrong shrimps because i only need the to help with the Aiptasia prob. I have been kalking them for a couple of months but they just come back.

[danwin]

hi second pic is like the one i have and he loves the nasty nem keeps them well in check, i ve been told tho that they wont go for very large aps so you will need to kalk or elimi-aptas them. :D DAN

[Gaters]

In a previous tank i had 100s of aips-due to letting my dad introduce some live rock his mate had given me while i was on holiday:(-by the time i'd got back from 2 wks in the sun my tank was full, some of them were huge. I tried everything to no avail. Then i got 2 pepps (2nd pic) and no change for about 2 weeks. Then one morning i got up and looked at the tank-the left hand side was void of aips. The next morning the right hand side was cleared and didn't see another all the time i had the shrimp. They ate the huge aips as well. Obviously i can only speak from my experiences but the shrimp were awsome. You need to get Lysmata wurdemanni (sp)- the 2nd pic, no others eat aips.

HTH
Gaters

[Macca]

True peppermints are hard to get but I know a man that has some. :D

The problem is most shops sell other Lysmata.sp as peppermints - ie. Lysmata.calfornica (TMC) and pacific cousins the Lysmata.kuekenthali, The true peppermint is from the caribbean Lysmata wurdemanni (Your second picture);

If in doubt buy from us :D

Camel shrimps IMO have no place in a reef system (Your first picture).


James

[Timo]

True peppermints are hard to get but I know a man that has some. :D

The problem is most shops sell other Lysmata.sp as peppermints - ie. Lysmata.calfornica (TMC) and pacific cousins the Lysmata.kuekenthali, The true peppermint is from the caribbean Lysmata wurdemanni (Your second picture);

If in doubt buy from us :D

Camel shrimps IMO have no place in a reef system (Your first picture).


James

I am going to a bigger fish shop on Thursday so will have a close look but if they dont have any can you sort me out a price for 2 small ones if poss posted to me plz Macca :).

[nettie]

This might be a daft question but are peppermint shrimp ok with cleaner shrimp?

[Guest]

yep they are fine as far as i know