HELP! evil peppermint shrimp! - Page 2

leahski · 01-27-2008, 01:11 AM

hmm, mine def. has finer horizontal stripes and they're not interconnected. i'll do some more pic. digging and see if i can find one similar...

leahski · 01-27-2008, 01:17 AM

this is what mine looks like. this website has it labeled as a peppermint shrimp.

DrHank · 01-27-2008, 01:20 AM

Since he's already proven to be a mushroom muncher, you may want to remove him from the display regardless of what he is. If he is a peppermint shrimp, he hasn't read the book. It could have been worse. At least it wasn't a prize zoa or ricordia.

DrHank · 01-27-2008, 01:23 AM

That's definitely a peppermint shrimp. Not sure if it's a wurdemanni. I'd still remove him.

leahski · 01-27-2008, 01:24 AM

hmph, i know, but when you've only got two corals in the tank, they're both pretty special!

i've kinda draped my fish net over the two shrooms for the night to deter him for now. i might have to banish him eventually.

jadefox · 01-27-2008, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by leahski

definatly NOT eating something off of the shroom! i chased him away and found two large chunks missing in it and it covered in slime. gah!

i hope i didn't get a camel shrimp by mistake. are they different in appearance? something i could ID it by? the LFS had a whole tank of them labeled "peppermint shrimp"...

Here is an article on Pepp Shrimp imposters:

Peppermint Shrimp Imposters - Lysmata wurdemanni is the Real Aiptasia-Eater for the Reef Tank

JWarren · 01-27-2008, 03:46 AM

The horizontal bands look too pronounced. The shrimp in the blurry photo looks more like the Red Rock Shrimp (Lysmata californica). Can't really tell from the photo though. Gat a tripod? Try to hold the camera still.

I hardly ever see mine out in the light.

JWarren · 01-27-2008, 03:56 AM

Could also be Lysmata Seticaudata.

Photos here.

leahski · 01-27-2008, 11:38 AM

hmm, that's possible. he does look alot like those pictures, with the prominent vertical stripes.
well, whatever he is, he's banished now, in his original baggy on my floor. last night he revisited my mushrooms and they really don't look good at all.

i'll see if the LFS will take him back, otherwise my roomate and i will devise some sort of peppermint shrimp imposter torture!

Witfull · 01-27-2008, 11:41 AM

shrimp are a crab with a good PR agent...always a risk when adding a "scavenger". opportunity is opportunity.

DrHank · 01-27-2008, 12:07 PM

Hadn't thought of it that way but I suppose that there is a bit of truth in Wit's statement. All I can say is that I've had great success with Lysmata wurdemanni . I got five of them and they totally cleaned out a moderate infestation of aiptasia in less than a week.

JWarren · 01-27-2008, 12:17 PM

I've had one or two aiptasia now and then, but mine won't touch um. He is bearly an inch long, maybe he is too small yet. He likes my blender mix though.

DrHank · 01-27-2008, 12:20 PM

Can you blame him. Why should he eat a tofu burger when you're offering him prime rib. If you want them to work. Cut your feeding back so he doesn't get anything.

JWarren · 01-27-2008, 12:34 PM

I don't feed him directly, I see him munching on scraps after the lights go out, that's cool with me. A little Kalk in the eye, and no more aiptasia.

jsindorf · 01-27-2008, 01:00 PM

Take him back to the LFS! Exchange time.

01-27-2008, 01:11 AM	#16 (permalink)
leahski Sea Pen Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: GR, Michigan Posts: 321 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: HELP! evil peppermint shrimp! hmm, mine def. has finer horizontal stripes and they're not interconnected. i'll do some more pic. digging and see if i can find one similar... __________________ Tori sharks are friends, not souvenirs! 8 gallons of salty goodness! The NANO club!

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leahski Sea Pen Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: GR, Michigan Posts: 321 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: HELP! evil peppermint shrimp! this is what mine looks like. this website has it labeled as a peppermint shrimp. __________________ Tori sharks are friends, not souvenirs! 8 gallons of salty goodness! The NANO club!

01-27-2008, 01:20 AM	#18 (permalink)
DrHank Golden Moray Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Crestview, FL Posts: 2,251 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: HELP! evil peppermint shrimp! Since he's already proven to be a mushroom muncher, you may want to remove him from the display regardless of what he is. If he is a peppermint shrimp, he hasn't read the book. It could have been worse. At least it wasn't a prize zoa or ricordia. __________________ Jim Dr Hank's 210 Build: http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...nks-tanks.html Dr Hank's 155 Bowfront:http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-bowfront.html

01-27-2008, 01:23 AM	#19 (permalink)
DrHank Golden Moray Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Crestview, FL Posts: 2,251 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: HELP! evil peppermint shrimp! That's definitely a peppermint shrimp. Not sure if it's a wurdemanni. I'd still remove him. __________________ Jim Dr Hank's 210 Build: http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...nks-tanks.html Dr Hank's 155 Bowfront:http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-bowfront.html

01-27-2008, 01:24 AM	#20 (permalink)
leahski Sea Pen Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: GR, Michigan Posts: 321 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: HELP! evil peppermint shrimp! hmph, i know, but when you've only got two corals in the tank, they're both pretty special! i've kinda draped my fish net over the two shrooms for the night to deter him for now. i might have to banish him eventually. __________________ Tori sharks are friends, not souvenirs! 8 gallons of salty goodness! The NANO club!

01-27-2008, 03:46 AM	#22 (permalink)
JWarren Reef Lobster Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Port Saint Lucie, Florida Posts: 1,314 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: HELP! evil peppermint shrimp! The horizontal bands look too pronounced. The shrimp in the blurry photo looks more like the Red Rock Shrimp (Lysmata californica). Can't really tell from the photo though. Gat a tripod? Try to hold the camera still. I hardly ever see mine out in the light. __________________ John Typhoon RO/DI filter unit. The 10 gallon quarantine tank. The 55 gallon. Help build ReefPedia!

01-27-2008, 03:56 AM	#23 (permalink)
JWarren Reef Lobster Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Port Saint Lucie, Florida Posts: 1,314 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: HELP! evil peppermint shrimp! Could also be Lysmata Seticaudata. Photos here. __________________ John Typhoon RO/DI filter unit. The 10 gallon quarantine tank. The 55 gallon. Help build ReefPedia!

01-27-2008, 11:38 AM	#24 (permalink)
leahski Sea Pen Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: GR, Michigan Posts: 321 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: HELP! evil peppermint shrimp! hmm, that's possible. he does look alot like those pictures, with the prominent vertical stripes. well, whatever he is, he's banished now, in his original baggy on my floor. last night he revisited my mushrooms and they really don't look good at all. i'll see if the LFS will take him back, otherwise my roomate and i will devise some sort of peppermint shrimp imposter torture! __________________ Tori sharks are friends, not souvenirs! 8 gallons of salty goodness! The NANO club!

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DrHank Golden Moray Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Crestview, FL Posts: 2,251 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: HELP! evil peppermint shrimp! Hadn't thought of it that way but I suppose that there is a bit of truth in Wit's statement. All I can say is that I've had great success with Lysmata wurdemanni . I got five of them and they totally cleaned out a moderate infestation of aiptasia in less than a week. __________________ Jim Dr Hank's 210 Build: http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...nks-tanks.html Dr Hank's 155 Bowfront:http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-bowfront.html

01-27-2008, 12:17 PM	#27 (permalink)
JWarren Reef Lobster Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Port Saint Lucie, Florida Posts: 1,314 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: HELP! evil peppermint shrimp! I've had one or two aiptasia now and then, but mine won't touch um. He is bearly an inch long, maybe he is too small yet. He likes my blender mix though. __________________ John Typhoon RO/DI filter unit. The 10 gallon quarantine tank. The 55 gallon. Help build ReefPedia!

01-27-2008, 12:20 PM	#28 (permalink)
DrHank Golden Moray Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Crestview, FL Posts: 2,251 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: HELP! evil peppermint shrimp! Can you blame him. Why should he eat a tofu burger when you're offering him prime rib. If you want them to work. Cut your feeding back so he doesn't get anything. __________________ Jim Dr Hank's 210 Build: http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...nks-tanks.html Dr Hank's 155 Bowfront:http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-bowfront.html

01-27-2008, 12:34 PM	#29 (permalink)
JWarren Reef Lobster Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Port Saint Lucie, Florida Posts: 1,314 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: HELP! evil peppermint shrimp! I don't feed him directly, I see him munching on scraps after the lights go out, that's cool with me. A little Kalk in the eye, and no more aiptasia. __________________ John Typhoon RO/DI filter unit. The 10 gallon quarantine tank. The 55 gallon. Help build ReefPedia!

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