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NickRoseSN1985 said:
I guess it depends on the shipment they get. Last year I bought 12 from them but I didn’t look to see which species it was. Those did not touch any Aiptasia. When I went 2 weeks ago they only had the Lysmata ankeri. I asked if they can get Wurdemanni.

This was the response:
“Unfortunately suppliers don’t list the species when ordering typically. They are just listed as peppermint shrimp.”
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When I order form Quality Marine they list the species
 
I bought 10 peppermint shrimp from Kenny on Wednesday. Fingers crossed they do their job. I feel confident they will work since Kenny puts frags into the peppermint tank and they devour the aiptasia. In a email he said the ones I had bought decimated 50-100 blue clove polyps a week ago.
 
NickRoseSN1985 said:
I bought 10 peppermint shrimp from Kenny on Wednesday. Fingers crossed they do their job. I feel confident they will work since Kenny puts frags into the peppermint tank and they devour the aiptasia. In a email he said the ones I had bought decimated 50-100 blue clove polyps a week ago.
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That’s good to know. I have one that has returned after it was devoured by the aiptasia file fish -
 
I've had a aiptaisa eating file fish from Biota since the beginning of the year and have never seen it eat aiptasia.

Here are some pictures of a few of the shrimp I got from Kenny. None of them appear to be Wurdemanni.
 

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Looks like two different types but who knows if diet has an effect on their color.

I know mine took a few weeks but now I haven't seen any aiptasia in a long time. They definitely are more active at night in my experience and when a night light or room light is turned on while the main light is off, they start scurrying around looking for food.
 
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