Peppermint shrimp I.D not a wurdemanni?

[SomeHappyFish]

Looks to be a

 

[SomeHappyFish]

This f@ ate my acan so my guess its not a true pep.

This was the shops picture... even the wrong shrimp right ?

 

[SomeHappyFish]

Bump

 

[crazyfishmom]

It’s so hard to know. He looks just like my wundermanni but mine have been model citizens in all my tanks. Only time I’ve seen them pick at anything was a drag that was on its last legs after being super stressed from shipping and as it started to decay they definitely went after it.

 

[fishguy242]

True peps,definitely seen them go rogue, acans,welso /trachys mouth, snails ,to the point of adding an eel just to rid the peps... :rolleyes:

 

[SomeHappyFish]

The boggessi has a clear Y while the wurde has two line going across from side 2 side.

Mine is way more like a Y plus the red line have a white contour the wurde.. has more white ?

Tail seems darker...


Should I just swap it for a cleaner shrimp ?

 

[crazyfishmom]

I have a fire shrimp that feeds off the feeding tongs and doesn’t go after anything. Highly recommend him if you just want a shrimp.

 

[DED65]

https://www.algaebarn.com/blog/invertebrates/captive-bred-inverts/peppermint-shrimp/

 

[SomeHappyFish]

https://www.algaebarn.com/blog/invertebrates/captive-bred-inverts/peppermint-shrimp/

So I should be fine ? My acan was probably dying so the shrimp ate it

 

[DED65]

It’s your call. I have never had an issue, but others post differently. You can always just keep an eye on it. If the coral was dying, the shrimp was just doing its job.

 

[crazyfishmom]

So I should be fine ? My acan was probably dying so the shrimp ate it

That’s been my experience but I know others have different experiences.

 

[SomeHappyFish]

That’s been my experience but I know others have different experiences.

Thanks.

I'm just scared because when I fed the tank the other day it swam towards 2 fish trying to steal the food but its getting plenty of food.

The next day I added a zoa frag and instantly it went on it trying to open a polyp for some reason, I had to push him away from the frags. The frags was just dipped and not even out of my tongs lol.

 

[exnisstech]

I've found all shrimp to be problematic with lps and some softies. I have cleaners and peppermints and often they'll just start ripping food of the corals insides. At one point I had to cover my acanthophyllia when I fed it. I have not had them eat a healthy oral but they'll definatly annoy the heck out of them. They were sold as wurde but to be honest I never really tried to get a positive ID. As long as they're keeping the aiptasia confined to the overflow I'm good with them. This is one of mine

 

[SomeHappyFish]

I might keep it but if I see one more thing this little guy will meet the sump