ORA Captive-Bred Peppermint Shrimp – 3 Pack (Lysmata sp.)
$29.99
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ORA Flat Rate Shipping: $99.99. No free livestock-shipping threshold applies. Standard merchandise free-shipping offers do not apply.
Ships directly from ORA.
Shipping days: Monday–Wednesday only via Overnight Service in insulated packaging with appropriate heat/cold packs. Dispatch is subject to availability, livestock readiness, holidays, safe weather, and carrier conditions. Overnight transit starts after shipment.
Delivery area: Contiguous 48 United States and Washington, DC only. No Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, other U.S. territories, APO/FPO/DPO, PO boxes, or international delivery. These restrictions also apply through Shopify Collective retailers.
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ORA Captive-Bred Peppermint Shrimp – 3 Pack (Lysmata sp.)
Add a hardworking cleanup crew to your reef with the ORA Captive-Bred Peppermint Shrimp 3-Pack. These small marine shrimp feature distinctive red striping over a translucent to cream-colored body and can reach approximately 2 inches at maturity.
Peppermint Shrimp are popular reef inhabitants because they combine interesting behavior with useful scavenging. They forage around rockwork and the aquarium for leftover food and organic material and are also well known for consuming small nuisance Aiptasia anemones. Individual results with Aiptasia can vary.
This listing includes three captive-bred Peppermint Shrimp, making it an easy way to introduce a small group to an established saltwater or reef aquarium.
Care Information
Scientific Name: Lysmata sp.
Common Name: Peppermint Shrimp
Aquaculture: Captive Bred
Breeder: ORA
Quantity: 3 Shrimp
Approximate Purchase Size: 0.5–1 Inch
Maximum Size: Approximately 2 Inches
Care Level: Easy
Temperament: Peaceful
Diet: Omnivore / Scavenger
Reef Safe: Generally Yes
Peppermint Shrimp are typically peaceful toward compatible fish and invertebrates and can be kept in groups. They commonly spend daylight hours hiding among rockwork before becoming more active after dark.
Natural Cleanup Crew
Peppermint Shrimp can contribute to your aquarium's cleanup crew by scavenging leftover foods and organic material throughout the rockwork.
They're especially popular for their reputation for eating Aiptasia, particularly smaller developing anemones. They should still be fed appropriately and should not be purchased with the expectation that they will eliminate every Aiptasia infestation.
Feeding
Provide a varied diet that may include quality marine pellets, flakes, frozen mysis, brine shrimp, and other appropriately sized meaty marine foods.
Although these shrimp naturally scavenge throughout the aquarium, they should not be expected to survive solely on leftover food or Aiptasia.
Aquarium Care
Maintain stable saltwater parameters and provide plenty of live rock, caves, and crevices where the shrimp can retreat.
Like other marine invertebrates, Peppermint Shrimp can be sensitive to sudden changes in salinity and water chemistry. Careful acclimation is recommended when introducing them to the aquarium.
Avoid exposing marine invertebrates to copper-based medications.
Captive-Bred by ORA
These Peppermint Shrimp are captive bred and supplied through ORA. The supplier identifies this livestock as shipping directly from ORA facilities rather than its own facility.
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