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Originally posted by paulF
a friend of mine just gave me one of his goniapora (yes, i know about their track record) the question is about my peppermint shrimp. after it closed up shop for the night they are all over it! should i worry about it?
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You are very fortunate that the shrimps are cleaning the house for the Gonipora,
that is if the shrimp are indeed
Lysmata wurdurmanii. There are many shrimps that resemble pepps, in particular, the
Camel Shrimp (
Rhynocinetes durbinensis). They have much whiter white stripes and redder red stripes, usually with a noticable hump on the rostrum. Unfortunately
these shrimp include many polyped corals in their diet along with whatever other materials they can scavenge, so make sure that you have
L. wurdermanii if it appears that they are actually consuming the polyps themselves.
