aiptasia?

[am3gross]

if you bought a coral which had an aptasia on it what would happen? ive on;y seen 1 of these in my tank in the 2.5 years iv been doing this. well i bought a coral from the lfs today for only 10 bucks because it was dying. however when i got it home it has 2 little aptasias on it. if i have good water quality will they die or should i go ahead and buy the peppermint shrimps to get rid of them. (dont believe in the joes juice). any help is appreciated!
am3gross

 

[fedukeford]

they wont just die, pepermint shrimp wont deff. eat the aptasia , you best bet is to get some joes juice

 

[terriel]

I had 3 aipiasia and purchased a peppermint shrimp. He dispatched of them very quickly. I have a small 12 G nano tank so I was afraid to try Joe's Juice is such a small tank.

 

[fishy7]

Try the shrimp. It works great for me. If they do not eat the aiptasia, get a few more. Trust me they will eat it. I also found if you feed the tank and the shrimp get a chance to eat, they will not touch the aiptasia.
There has to be a balance between: # of pepps - amount of food available - how much aiptasia. :thinking:

 

[chipmaker]

If it is indeed aipstasis, and yu do indeed get true pepperminet shrimp then they will eat the aip.

 

[am3gross]

great! thanks for all the replys! will get some peppermint shrimp! was hoping the the good water quality that i have they would not be able to survive.
thanks for the replies am3gross