Peppermint Shrimp in the Reef – a Word of Warning

Peppermint shrimp are most known for their abilities to control and eliminate nuisance Aiptasia, or glass anemones. They are easy to spot by their reddish color and white stripes going horizontally across the entire body of the shrimp. They have a pointy front with a lot of small poky arms, perfect for...

Shrimp

Shrimps are a good addition to a salt water fish tank being colourful and also cleaning up left over food. Most shrimp are between two and three inches long with some species growing to more than ten feet in the wild. They remove parasites from fish and rely on camouflage and stealth for protection. They...