Peppermint?

Don't complain I've seen the blood shrimp go for as much as $30 around here. You shouldn't have any prob;lems between the peps and the blood shrimp. What size tank?

30 gallon

Dang, 7.99 for a blood shrimp. I have yet to see one for less than 20 bucks. You should pay about 4 bucks or so for peppermint shrimp. I typically like to keep 2 or 3 at a time. I guess since they make babies that put food in the water column.

Ray

yep, you got a great deal on that blood shrimp

Sweet deal on the Blood Shrimp (aka Fire Shrimp...) - the store lost money on that sale

Yes, a pepp will go along fine with them. Although $4 is a bit conservative considering for some collectors they are out of season right now, and a bit hard to come by - still, what you paid for the Fire shrimp, is in line with what a peppermint should cost, IMO.

Score one point for the hobbyist

Jenn

They are both Lysmata species - they will get along fine with one another, so go ahead and get yourself a peppermint or two

my peppermint never ate my aiptasia, so i boiled the guys w/ a syringe and hot water. it solved the problem

I've had pepermints in every tank I've had in the past few years, only the last 3 shrimp i've gotten, and now have in the current tank, will eat aiptasia, and they all looked identical.

have you thought about renting out those three??? BTW will they pick at yellow polyps, shrooms, & xenia??

I would imagine yellow polyps would be eaten, they live under a rock covered with mushrooms, and have not bothered them.

I picked these guys up from pisces I believe, not sure which side of the ocean they are from, possibly the gulf too.