Killing Aiptasia Question
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patandlace
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Try some peppermint shrimp if they're compatible with your tank. They worked great for me.
gregghia
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I keep hearing the magic fix is Peppermint shrimp. I am on round 3 of these darn things and I get nothing. i still believe they are the fix but each time I spend $25 on 3 of them, put them in the tank and never see them again. I know the last three are still in there but I never see them on the aptasia.
Are you actually seeing them eat it?
Are you actually seeing them eat it?
bill109
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Originally Posted by gregghia
I keep hearing the magic fix is Peppermint shrimp. I am on round 3 of these darn things and I get nothing. i still believe they are the fix but each time I spend $25 on 3 of them, put them in the tank and never see them again. I know the last three are still in there but I never see them on the aptasia.
Are you actually seeing them eat it?
i agree.. i have had 3. not only does my 6 line eat them and have them gone b4 i figure out y they are missing but i have a HUGE one a rock the thing has gotta be about 1.5-3 inches tall.. how do u kill one piece?
I keep hearing the magic fix is Peppermint shrimp. I am on round 3 of these darn things and I get nothing. i still believe they are the fix but each time I spend $25 on 3 of them, put them in the tank and never see them again. I know the last three are still in there but I never see them on the aptasia.
Are you actually seeing them eat it?
i agree.. i have had 3. not only does my 6 line eat them and have them gone b4 i figure out y they are missing but i have a HUGE one a rock the thing has gotta be about 1.5-3 inches tall.. how do u kill one piece?
robpsca
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Originally Posted by gregghia
I keep hearing the magic fix is Peppermint shrimp. I am on round 3 of these darn things and I get nothing. i still believe they are the fix but each time I spend $25 on 3 of them, put them in the tank and never see them again. I know the last three are still in there but I never see them on the aptasia.
Are you actually seeing them eat it?
same here kept hiding till it died cple months later
I keep hearing the magic fix is Peppermint shrimp. I am on round 3 of these darn things and I get nothing. i still believe they are the fix but each time I spend $25 on 3 of them, put them in the tank and never see them again. I know the last three are still in there but I never see them on the aptasia.
Are you actually seeing them eat it?
same here kept hiding till it died cple months later
socal57che
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Originally Posted by bill109
i have a HUGE one a rock the thing has gotta be about 1.5-3 inches tall.. how do u kill one piece?
Calk paste, lemon juice or joes juice. Have heard that people have killed them with boiling water, but I can't.
Calk and lemon juice will affect ph if overdosed so don't use too much. Not sure what's in joes juice, but it's prolly acidic, too.
i have a HUGE one a rock the thing has gotta be about 1.5-3 inches tall.. how do u kill one piece?
Calk paste, lemon juice or joes juice. Have heard that people have killed them with boiling water, but I can't.
Calk and lemon juice will affect ph if overdosed so don't use too much. Not sure what's in joes juice, but it's prolly acidic, too.
lexluethar
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Peppermint shrimp worked for me - the SECOND i placed it into the tank he ran towards a group of aspia and started pulling them out and eating them. I've had mine for 9 months with no issues (other than it eating some soft corals and nipping at a BTA). I think if you are going to be successful with the peppermint shrimp you need to do two things:
1. make sure the aspia isn't too big, or that the shrimp isn't too small - i've noticed once the aspia get to a certain size the shrimp usually won't eat it
2. you need to not feed the shrimp for a few days - this may be difficult when you have a lot of tank mates - but my peppermint would rather eat fish food / shrimp rather than aspia.
3. i think you need to introduce the shrimp first - right when you notice a few aspia - once the tank is well established and you have a lot of corals and other fish it becomes difficult to control the enviroment (IE making sure the peppermint only has the aspia to eat).
Hope this helps - I've heard a lot of people having success with Joes Juice too.
1. make sure the aspia isn't too big, or that the shrimp isn't too small - i've noticed once the aspia get to a certain size the shrimp usually won't eat it
2. you need to not feed the shrimp for a few days - this may be difficult when you have a lot of tank mates - but my peppermint would rather eat fish food / shrimp rather than aspia.
3. i think you need to introduce the shrimp first - right when you notice a few aspia - once the tank is well established and you have a lot of corals and other fish it becomes difficult to control the enviroment (IE making sure the peppermint only has the aspia to eat).
Hope this helps - I've heard a lot of people having success with Joes Juice too.
