Peppermint Shrimp

How to Care for Peppermint Shrimp written by Dave Burr Peppermint Shrimp will eat the parasitic anemone Aiptasia and help to prevent the spread of it. It is a peaceful aquarium inhabitant and will not bother other reef inhabitants, including other shrimp. Multiple specimens may be kept together in the same aquarium. Predators: Triggers, larger Hawkfish, Groupers, Lionfish, and large predatory Wrasses may eat Peppermint Shrimp. House larger shrimp with smaller fish to help even the odds if housing with these types of fish. Feeding: Offer mysis shrimp or small bits of meaty foods. Growth: Maintaining proper pH, Ca, Alk, & Mg levels is important for shrimp. Providing additions of iodine will help the shrimp to molt and grow. Acclimation: Take the time to do a drip acclimation with any shrimp as they do not tolerate rapid changes in water chemistry very well. Care Level: Easy Reef Compatible: Yes(with caution)Diet: Carnivore Range: Caribbean, Western Atlantic Family: Hippolytidae Water