Aiptasia war Zone

[aquaworld75]

I have a 75 gallon reef tank with Aiptasia as my "main coral"
I want to get about 5-10 pepermints to wipe them out.
My question concerns the fact that I have a coral banded shrimp in my tank and I do not want the CBS and the Peps to fight.
I hear food source is a key. As far as Aiptasia I have about 50 total with about 20 large ones.
any suggestions on Coral Banded Shrimp and Pepermint compatibility??
thanks in advance

 

[calvindo]

get a banded butterfly. i had two and he did justice within a day. just make sure you dont have any feather duster in your tank. he'll take them out too.

 

[tony detroit]

Butterflys are cool, but eventually you will have to take them out of most reefs.
The banded shrimp is a wash, may be good, may not, personally I wouldn't try one again.
The pepermints are a good buy, but they will only eat small ones and only if they are starving hungry.
For large ones shoot a thick kalk and water mix on them with a syringe and it will kill them in less than a few minutes. Make sure you do this with your pumps turned off.

 

[clarkiiboi]

Just for an added opinion, I agree with everything tony said. No to a butterfly, and yes to pepps--they will get along. Just keep an eye on the CBS, as they get bigger it seems to determine if its a well behaved shrimp or not (I won't have one again either). **Pepps are know to eat yellow polyps, so caution there (just a heads up). If you need info on kalk mix for your larger ones here's a great detailed thread, pics and all. HTH

 

[aquaworld75]

Thanks so much for the info on the Coral Banded, the butterfly, and the Pepps.....
I tested my Pepp that I have in my other tank by moving one rock from my 75 with 2 aiptasia into his tank and 2 days later both are gone !!
I may just start by transferring him to my larger tank and then adding more if he gets full
Thanks again.....also I will try the kalk paste

 

[mburnickas]

Here is a dumb question, what causes Aiptasia?

 

[aquaworld75]

I don't know but I know in my case....
I remember when I bought a piece of live rock and it was already on there....then it spread.
I believe bright lights and over feeding can add to the spreading (some one correct me if this is incorrect)

 

[calvindo]

believe it or not... i actually tried to buy a few aptasia when first started with this hobby. luckily lfs says "you dont want that" heheheehe