Peppermint Shrimp – Cleanup Crew Pack

Peppermint shrimp in a group, which is how they actually work on aiptasia. $10.99 each in a pack against $12.99 for a single. Collected in the Florida Keys.

Pack Size

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Packing and shipping are charged per box, not per coral. The $10 packing fee covers the insulated box, heat or ice packs and the time it takes to pack live coral safely; overnight UPS is the carrier cost of getting it out of Key West alive. A box typically holds around five small frags, so adding compatible corals to the same shipment usually will not add another packing or shipping charge. Larger colonies, species that cannot share water, or extreme weather can require a second box. Orders with $349 or more in qualifying livestock ship free.

Florida: $30 overnight livestock shipping. Qualifying Florida livestock orders under 6 lb ship overnight for a flat $30, plus the $10 packing fee. Heavier or mixed shipments use our standard overnight rate. Orders with $349 or more in qualifying livestock ship free.

Livestock ships UPS Overnight on Tuesdays and Wednesdays so nothing sits in a facility over a weekend. Livestock ships to the continental U.S. Alaska needs a shipping quote before you order, and we cannot ship livestock to Hawaii — get in touch first.

Description

Peppermint shrimp are what most reefers reach for when aiptasia shows up, and a group works where one shrimp usually does not. They hunt at night, they get into the rockwork where a scraper cannot, and they will not touch your coral.

The honest part: not every peppermint shrimp eats aiptasia. It varies animal to animal, and that is exactly why we sell them in threes and sixes rather than one at a time. A group raises your odds. Nobody can promise you a shrimp that eats a particular pest, and anybody who does is guessing.

Two things that will decide whether this works. Do not overfeed the tank while they are on the job, because a well fed shrimp has no reason to go after aiptasia. And add them at lights out, which is when they come out and start working.

Collected under Florida Aquaculture Certificate #AQ0254072. Livestock ships UPS Next Day Air on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Shipping & Live Arrival Guarantee

UPS Overnight, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. We hold the box if the weather at either end puts the animals at risk.
UPS Next Day Air, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Florida livestock orders under 6 lb ship overnight at $30. Other continental-U.S. orders use the applicable overnight rate. Eligible livestock orders of $349 or more ship free. A $10 Box & Handling Fee applies to every livestock shipment, including free-shipping orders. Alaska: contact us for a quote. Hawaii: no livestock shipping.
Live arrival guaranteed. Photograph the animal in the sealed, unopened bag and send it to us within 4 hours of the delivery scan.
Approved claims are resolved with a replacement or store credit. We do not issue cash refunds on livestock.
Coverage is for condition on arrival and ends at acclimation.

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