i had a bad aptasia problem and wanted to deal with it using biological rather than chemical control
so i bought peppermint shrimp from an lfs with a very good reputation but these shrimp did the diddly squat
the guy who said there are two kinds is right, californian and caribbean
carribean are the good ones, species name starts with a "w"
got a different less reputable lfs to pull the packing list on their peppermints and all my aptasia except the one big mother colony were gone in less than two weeks
if i remember right there was an issue with harvesting caribbean shrimp in different seasons so some places may just sell californian as caribbean
also once you've seen peppermints next to camels there is no comparison
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