[cplklegg]

Was considering getting a skunk cleaner shrimp to help clean leftover food and was wondering if they eat Aiptasia too. I've read that peppermint shrimp eat Aiptasia but also read that they lived in temperate climes and would slowly die in a reef tank due to to high temp. Any thoughts, I'm perplexed?

[wetpet]

I know that my lfs keeps all its tanks around 70ish degrees a little higher but not much...they keep peppermints and never seem to have a problem...but that may not mean anything....

[angie555]

The skunk or cleaner shrimp will not eat your aiptasia only thing that will eat that is your peooermint shrimp. I have had mine for a long time in my reef tank and he does fine. Does eat about any left over food and at time if it is something that he really likes he will fight the fish to get the food! They are fun to watch, I love mine!

[cplklegg]

Thanks so much for your response. I wonder why the Pocket book Marine Inverts says that Peppermints are a cold water species???