Yes i will have it again. I had Aiptasia in the refugium in two different occasions, they were on the glass and on the Caulerpa algae. Every time it happened i bought the "Peppermint Shrimp" available at the LFS ( just 2 or 3 ). I guess i have been lucky, they did a great job. For sure i can not guarantee i had the real one but i'm sure the first badge had a stronger red coloration than the second. i will try to get a picture of the ones currently in my fuge. Hey, they are doing a great job!!
THIS aiptasia killer got MOST VOTES but be careful, you might not have the REAL thing!
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I think mine is ankeri, not sure, but i have watched it decimate all the aiptasia in the tank and it always cleans my hand when i put it into the tank, other times it just hides. Havent seen any munching activity on any corals but always nervous about it. Had it like 6 months now, do they have short lifespans or are a temperate species?
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Lol my shrimp was worthless, I ended up kalking and still they came back,only thing that got rid of them was pulling the rock out and hydrogen peroxide bath and hot water scrub,they were gone and havent seen them since.
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I don't want to hijack @revhtree 's thread, but I also don't want to start a new one and escape notice from the subject matter experts on this one---so, sorry! Anyway, I noticed several talking about peppermints (or their relatives, going after some LPS/Zoas/Softies. Anyone seen them go after a bubble tip anemone? I'm now wondering if that's a potential cause of my anemone woes. Also, when people talk about trapping them, are you doing the old plastic coke bottle (with cut and inverted top) trick? What are you using for bait? Many thanks (and please don't ban me from R2R revhtree 
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Yes - and it didn't eat aiptasia.
No - I think they are overrated. PS my guess is that in this poll the reason berghia 'lost' was because most people balk at the cost - if you're really going to buy the correct number. The thing is with Berghia, once the aiptasia is gone, it seems to stay gone (unless you recontaminate the tank).
PS - I think this is a good public service to show what the real one looks like, but I remember looking on another thread where there are actually many many many more examples that look nearly identical. For this reason, I'm not even sure I could pick out a 'real' one.
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PS - if you look at the picture you posted, it says 'here are 5 varieties of 'peppermint shrimp'. So, in fact all of them are 'real' peppermint shrimp, right? Second - at least according to some sources - it is not 'A' that is the one that eats aiptasia "The Lysmata boggessi peppermint shrimp has a whole lot of great qualities. Let’s just forget for a second that they are a proven and effective defense against aiptasia anemones, one of the biggest all-time scourges of reef aquariumkeeping. " Instead its 'D', Lysmata boggessi.?
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I can't believe this was the winner. Never have i ever seen this do a better job than the burgia. Readers beware.
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I just bought 2 they cleared my aiptasia in the first night it looks like (32 gal biocube)! They look like C I would think because a little more red than A but that black dot on the shoulders gives it away I'm confident I got A because of that back marking both of mine have a very distinct patch in that exact spot.
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Unfortunately my banana eel ate all my shrimp including my peppermint so gonna give filefish a try. Expensive meal
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It was like that for me initially but they dont have a long life expectancy in the open. Mine hide all day everyday but I can see them
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This adds even more confusion because A look's more like a camel shrimp than any of the others. They should have put a camel shrimp on the chart for comparison as well.
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I think the size of the shrimp is diffrent. Camel vs. Peps. Ive never intentionally bought camel shrimp but they have promidant big blue eyes were peps have smaller black eyes if im not mistaken. Dont quote me. Lol.
I also think camels are a little bigger and more robust.
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I also think camels are a little bigger and more robust.
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i think I have C too. For what it’s worth, I never had an aptasia problem, but I could have. I went after a few with aptasia x, but would still find one or two a month (in sand among the dinos at the time) I added two of what were sold as peppermint shrimp (very inclined to say #C) one either died immediately, or has been hidden since day two (everyone seemed to molt that day, I have a lot of shrimp) so I easily could’ve tossed the body with all the other molts that day and not noticed it was a corpse.
either way, haven’t seen any aptasia. I have seen the shrimp, and two sexy shrimp (known line steppers) acting suspect around various coral but haven’t seen them actually eat anything.
my skunk cleaner has spent the day chasing him, never seen any angro from him before, but he’s been on it today.
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I put 10 peppermint shrimps into my 500g last week to deal with apppp (can't say that word) and I'm sure that all 10 have been devoured already :-(
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