Is it true? there r 2 kinds of Peppermint Shrimp?

[Creetin]

apparently one kind wont eat apitasia. the other one will.

anyone can confirm?

[RAV-65]

apparently one kind wont eat apitasia. the other one will.

anyone can confirm?

Bro, I tink there's one kind of shrimp that looks very similar to Peppermint, but not the same...

[Creetin]

Bro, I tink there's one kind of shrimp that looks very similar to Peppermint, but not the same...

bro i know e camel looks likes the peppermint. but i heard that for peppermint itself, got 2 kinds! must see the tail....

[RAV-65]

bro i know e camel looks likes the peppermint. but i heard that for peppermint itself, got 2 kinds! must see the tail....

Eh... not the camel lah bro... camel quite distinctly different from peppermint liao...

[35Cents]

The kind that its red stripes fades off in the dark are so called the fake ones. But apparently I got that sometime ago and it does feeds on apitasia. Of course I cannot confirm if this rumour is true or not... urban reefing legend?

[FuEl]

Lysmata wurdemanni is the true peppermint shrimp.

The one that resembles it might be Lysmata kuekenthali?

Just guessing

[Kelmen]

maybe this some kind of confusion from the "hit and miss" of these pets?

Known many stated some do eat aiptasia, some do not.

My guess is they are same, somehow those "fake" one probably been petting in past, and developed taste over our feeding over the aiptasia, then sell back through the LFS?

[loowk]

i bought 2 from lck110 to eat the apitasia.... no luck

[diabolus]

Apparently, the one that stays red thru out the nite is the real peppermint shrimp - lysmata wurdemanni.

The "fake" peppermint have very similar strips as the real McCoy but fades or loses its colouring in the nite time.

as for whether they feed on aiptasia....its like playing the roulette.