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Got a few of him out!I can't see enough of the shrimp to identify it. Do you have any pictures where it is not in the rock structure?
Got a few of him out!
That's what I thought too honestly, very generic lookingLooks sort of like a supermarket prawn, though I doubt it. I'm not sure what it is, but not a regular peppermint.
I am not so sure this is a camel shrimp (Rhynchocinetes sp.). These have more pronounced rostrums, hunched backs, stubbier bodies, and sideways-pointing eyes. They may also attack soft corals.Its a camel shrimp 100% I had one of those. Harmless and weird! They get mixed with peppermints all the time, thats how I got mine. Coloring is what confuses sellers lol. Cool shrimp!
Hum youre right the coloring is a little off for the red camel shrimp, I thought it might be just distortion from the glass or something. It does have the big eyes as camel shrimps do but coloring is wrongI am not so sure this is a camel shrimp (Rhynchocinetes sp.). These have more pronounced rostrums, hunched backs, stubbier bodies, and sideways-pointing eyes. They may also attack soft corals.
My guess is that this is one of the nearly 40 species of Lysmata shrimp (comprises skunk cleaner shrimp, blood red fire shrimp, countless different species of peppermint shrimp, etc.). I have seen them (at least one species of peppermint shrimp) change color, so this may be what OP is seeing, since these shrimp normally have a decent amount of color on them. Maybe, just maybe, it was trying to clean OP’s fish.