Peppermint shrimp clearance sale

[FuEl]

I have 20 pcs of captive bred peppermint shrimps for sale. Although the parents were marketed as L. wurdemanni and they do look like L. wurdemanni in reference books, there is a slight chance they might be a novel species. Check the link below and you would get what I mean.

These are below market size (<2cm) and thus are going for an attractive price of:

$14 per pc OR $24 for two. Please list your interest below. Collection will be in Kallang area.

Edited May 29, 2006 by MODERATOR#1

[shawncel]

Bro,

I will like to have 4 pcs.

Cheers

Shawn

[FuEl]

Kindly add to the list below. Thanks. Will ask my friend to pm you guys for collection.

1) shawncel - 4 pc

2) nightdust - 1 pc

[Ridemtb]

why was the link taken away?

i would like to see it

[FuEl]

PM me for the link.

[Elune]

eh? where's the link? i saw the "this post has been edited by Mod # 1...".

[jonathan543]

Kindly add to the list below. Thanks. Will ask my friend to pm you guys for collection.

1) shawncel - 4 pc

2) nightdust - 1 pc

3) jonathan - 2pc(pls pm me the link)

[cdckjn]

I would like to have 2 - please also PM me the link and as well as the pictures of your peppermint shrimps. I need them to attack my Aiptasia as I was informed that there are some shrimps that looks like peppermint but do not attack aiptasia.

Thanks. (I just want to confirm)

[jonathan543]

i think the more commonly available camel shrimps looks somehow alike to peppermint shrimps lor.

though peppermints'll attack pest aiptasia, somewhere i readup they're not reef safe too! they might fancy some of the costly soft corals we're keeping?

[gunzo]

Kindly add to the list below. Thanks. Will ask my friend to pm you guys for collection.

1) shawncel - 4 pc

2) nightdust - 1 pc

3) jonathan - 2pc(pls pm me the link)

4) gunzo - 2 pc (need to c picts 1st !!)

please pm me the picts of the shrimps and the link too !!

need to see them to make sure they are the 'hungry for atapsia' peppermint

there's a few kinds of peppermint .. and not all of them will attack atapsia .. so really it's the luck of the draw .. their rate of consumption also dependent on where they are from ..

My last peppermint (2.5" size) kept my 3 footer clear of atapsia until it's demise (eaten by my tang during molting season ) .. now it's atapsia heaven .. didn't even know I've got so much atapsia

[Altantis]

Kindly add to the list below. Thanks. Will ask my friend to pm you guys for collection.

1) shawncel - 4 pc

2) nightdust - 1 pc

3) jonathan - 2pc(pls pm me the link)

4) gunzo - 2 pc (need to c picts 1st !!)

please pm me the picts of the shrimps and the link too !!

need to see them to make sure they are the 'hungry for atapsia' peppermint

there's a few kinds of peppermint .. and not all of them will attack atapsia .. so really it's the luck of the draw .. their rate of consumption also dependent on where they are from ..

My last peppermint (2.5" size) kept my 3 footer clear of atapsia until it's demise (eaten by my tang during molting season ) .. now it's atapsia heaven .. didn't even know I've got so much atapsia

Sorry all, btw what is atapsia

[nightdust]

Sorry all, btw what is atapsia

its a kind of pest anemone.. something that you wun really wan in ur tank as it can sting your corals and they can grow very fast and overtake your tank~!

[FuEl]

2 other undescribed species of peppermints have been misidentified by scientists as L. wurdemanni in the past. Work is still undergoing on identifying the other 2 species. So in that respect, I can't really tell you guys what the exact species is. I can only say that the adults were purchased from a very established LFS. I have pmed you guys the information.

I've been told that some Indo-Pacific Lysmata species also take Aiptasia. I will double confirm this in future.

[keetkeet]

Kindly add to the list below. Thanks. Will ask my friend to pm you guys for collection.

1) shawncel - 4 pc

2) nightdust - 1 pc

3) jonathan - 2pc(pls pm me the link)

4) gunzo - 2 pc (need to c picts 1st !!)

5) keetkeet - 2 pc (Die Aiptasia! Die!!)

[gunzo]

2 other undescribed species of peppermints have been misidentified by scientists as L. wurdemanni in the past. Work is still undergoing on identifying the other 2 species. So in that respect, I can't really tell you guys what the exact species is. I can only say that the adults were purchased from a very established LFS. I have pmed you guys the information.

I've been told that some Indo-Pacific Lysmata species also take Aiptasia. I will double confirm this in future.

thanks for the link!! that the article I read thats why the comment

Let are know when and where to Collect!!

[arcanehacker]

FuEl, do they live on anything else besides aiptasia? Heard many cases of peppermint shrimps missing after a while or when no more small enough aiptasia.

[FuEl]

Hi arcanehacker, peppermints are more than glad to eat other foods other than Aiptasia. Contrary to popular belief, the shrimps don't get immune to the sting by Aiptasia unlike clownfish with anemones. Each time they work on one, they get stung. Bigger aiptasia should be macerated somewhat to reduce their potency such that peppermints would be more willing to work on them. As for their disappearance, most probably they got eaten (by fish, other crustaceans, geckos, and possibly even by giant aiptasia which they thought they could handle ). Aiptasia stings are stronger than those by tube anemones.

Anyway, thanks for the support people. The 20 shrimps are all reserved. Thread closed.

[FuEl]

I have contacted you guys who have reserved the shrimp. I have put Aiptasia in and it's an affirmative that they go for it. Still interested please contact me asap within the next 2 days if not I'll put them up on first come first serve basis. Need to lower the bioload of my tanks.

[Just me]

can advise on conditions for keeping this shrimp?

[FuEl]

can advise on conditions for keeping this shrimp?

Make sure nothing can eat them and they should do fine. They only live for 12-18 months so its good to get young shrimp. The shrimps I have are 4 months old.

[Just me]

anemone? will it eat them?? i have 12 anemones in my tank