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  1. N00ZE

    N00ZE Eyelash Blennie

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    Classic. +1 haha
     
    N00ZE, Aug 9, 2012
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  2. Nubcake

    Nubcake Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Should have an operational fuge soon will have plenty of room for 3-5 shrimp to live well.
     
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  3. Mr. Bill

    Mr. Bill Native Floridian

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    Just do your research and make sure you're getting true peppermint shrimp. Some LFSes try to pass off camelbacks as peppermints; they won't touch your aiptasia.
     
    Mr. Bill, Aug 9, 2012
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  4. Nubcake

    Nubcake Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Will do.Thank you for the advice. I've done a lot of reading up on them over the last few months.
     
    Nubcake, Aug 9, 2012
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  5. Greg@LionfishLair

    Greg@LionfishLair 3reef Sponsor

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    There's also another species (Lysamata californicus) sometimes sold as L. wurdemanni...they won't touch appies either.
     
    Greg@LionfishLair, Aug 9, 2012
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  6. Gresham

    Gresham Great Blue Whale

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    Lysmata californica - Pacific species, temperate, not common at all in the trade. I worked for many years with an exporter out of Baja and still have deep ties into the Eastern Pacific MO Fishery. I never once saw one :(


    California Peppermint Shrimp - Microcosm Aquarium Explorer


    No MO fishery for them in Baja. Some may make it in via Central America, but again, no real fishery.

    The ATL Lysmata are the bread and butter. ingentaconnect A western Atlantic peppermint shrimp complex: redescription of Ly...
     
    Gresham, Aug 9, 2012
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