No, I actually mean camel shrimp. It was an article I saw on the zeovit forums that I can't seem to find now. They placed a piece of live rock infested with aiptasia but also encrusted with some coral. Camel shrimp are know to be reef unsafe because they will actively pick at corals causing coral death. However (the article noted) that the camel shrimp ate the aiptasia first. The rock was then quickly removed before the shrimp got a chance to attack the coral. They tried this with a few other rocks and the same pattern emerged.
At the end of the day, since it's in the sump you could use either peppermints or camel shrimp. The bottom line is that you should deal with the aiptasia before they have a chance to spread to the display tank. The shrimp will simply scavenge whatever else is in the sump when the aiptasia are gone. Throw in a bit of mysis every few days, for example.
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