Invertebrates
Peppermint Shrimp.
A candy-striped little shrimp best known for eating nuisance Aiptasia anemones — a reef-safe cleanup helper and scavenger. Peaceful and beginner-easy; keep a small group in a 10-gallon-plus reef with rockwork to hide in.
Live fish are priced per supplier batch — prices may vary. Call to confirm current pricing.
- Condition
- new
- Fulfillment
- Local pickup — Erie, PA
Every animal is acclimated and health-checked in-house before it reaches the sales floor. This is a species we carry — it's most likely in the tanks around delivery days, but live stock changes daily. Please call (814) 456-9445 to confirm availability before you drive in.
Care at a glance
What to know before you take one home.
- Care level
- Beginner
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Community
- Community safe
- Adult size
- 2"
- Min tank size
- 10 gallons
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Scientific name
- Lysmata spp.
Good tank mates
Peppermint shrimp are peaceful and reef-safe, doing well in community reef tanks with most fish, corals, snails, and other shrimp, and they can be kept in groups. They are best known for eating nuisance Aiptasia anemones, but should be kept away from large predatory fish like hawkfish, big wrasses, and triggers that may hunt them. They generally leave healthy corals alone, though a hungry shrimp may occasionally pick at a coral or eat very small ornamental shrimp.
Good to know
Peppermint shrimp are one of the few reef-safe animals that reliably eat pest Aiptasia anemones, making them a popular natural cleanup choice.
Stock and individual temperament vary — call (814) 456-9445 for pairing advice before you buy.
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660 East 14th Street,
Erie, PA.
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