What shrimp eats aptasia?

[SquidHC]

I cant remember, what kind of shrimp eats aptasia? I found like 12 of them today when I re arranged my rock work. Also, I have a cleaner shrimp and a fire shrimp already in my 75, do shrimp croud each other out? When my fire shrimp and my cleaner shrimp get real close to each other they kinda chase the other away. I dont want to croud them by adding a 3rd.

 

[vr697getta]

peppermint shirmp eat aptasia
i got 2 and they took out allmost 10 in 2 weeks
make sure you don't get camel shirmp they look alike but won't eat aptasia

 

[Lpabsolute]

I agree Pepperment Shrimp would be my first choice......

 

[Paintbug]

Lysmata wurdemanni to be exact. theres a several of pepperment shrimp but only the Lysmata wurdemanni is known to eat aiptasia.

 

[JENnKerry]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9726178#post9726178 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Paintbug
Lysmata wurdemanni to be exact. theres a several of pepperment shrimp but only the Lysmata wurdemanni is known to eat aiptasia.

I have heard about the several different species of peppermints and that not all of them will eat aiptasia. Does anyone know how to physically tell the difference between the ones that do eat it and the ones that don't?

 

[virginiadiver69]

Keep in mind that the shrimp will only eat the small ones. If they have gotten to big you will have to use kalk past.

 

[malintner]

You want the Atlantic variety of Peppermint shrimp. The Pacif variety don't eat aptasia. There is a paper back titled Marine Invertibrates that gives you the pictures and the 411.

 

[Paintbug]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9726293#post9726293 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JENnKerry
I have heard about the several different species of peppermints and that not all of them will eat aiptasia. Does anyone know how to physically tell the difference between the ones that do eat it and the ones that don't?

best i can do right know is this article. it list the physical differences, but without pics
http://www.reefs.org/library/article/hopkins_redfield.html