Peppermint Shrimp - Marineworldaquatics.co.uk

Peppermint Shrimp (Lysmata wurdemanni). The Aiptasia Eating Peppermint Shrimp are best known for their natural ability to manage nuisance Aiptasia, or glass anemones. Though considered part of the “cleaner” grouping of shrimp, Lysmata uncicornis is more of a scavenger. The Aiptasia Eating Peppermint Shrimp picks its way around your aquarium and live rock to consume Aiptasia, detritus, uneaten food, and decomposing organic material. This ornamental member of the Hippolytidae family is brightly colored with a creamy white body striped with several thin and distinct longitudinal red bands.Also known as the Veined Cleaner Shrimp; the Aiptasia Eating Peppermint Shrimp is sometimes confused with its Pacific cousin, Rhynchocinetes durbanensis. However, that shrimp has a pointed nose and inter-spaced white stripes over its body. In the wild, Peppermint Shrimp are usually found in the vertical shafts of the reef. Some even take up

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