Single Girl looking for Aiptasia eating animals to keep her company!

[wbsurfer101]

Peppermint shrimp worked for me

 

[wanabebell]

i tried a copper band and all it had to say was OH look aptaisa isnt pretty and than swam away

 

[adairable]

so I did some hacking at the rocks for some of them that were on the surface and that worked ok.....but I think I am going to invest in some Joe's Juice and give them a little treat

 

[trainfever]

Where in Philly are you? theres a couple of stores around here that have the peppermints.

 

[wangotango]

i've used joe's juice in my 55. its cheap and within minutes the aiptasia are gone! just dont go crazy with it. from what ive heard from other people, its pretty much hit and miss with peppermints.
-Justin

 

[1knight164]

Originally Posted by 1knight164
Peps didn't work for me. Have three. Hoping someday when they get bigger they'll do the trick. Until then Joes Juice works great.

SUCCESS!!!! Spied my peps eating the aptasia. I think it was just a matter of the peps getting bigger and braver to leave their hiding place and hunt down the aptasia.

So they do eat them up.

 

[bryan hurs]

pepperminy shrimp worked for me but if that dosent get a needle and syringe and inject it with liquid calcium. it works in seconds and saves the damage you cause by chipping the rock. My lfs gave me the idea and as stated it works wonderfully!

 

[reefforbrains]

Already been answered, but I am a big fan of Joes, seems peps do eat it, but most cases only the new or emerging Aptasia, the larger or establised ones fight too much for the shrinp to get.

 

[m0nk]

I noticed a similar outbreak in my tank recently. Yesterday I bought a Peppermint Shrimp from my LFS and today the noticable Aiptasias are all gone. They weren't more than 1/2 inch diameter though, anything bigger than that will need other treatment. But Peppermints are great for keeping "outbreaks" under control from what I've read and seen.

 

[1knight164]

Originally Posted by ReefForBrains
Already been answered, but I am a big fan of Joes, seems peps do eat it, but most cases only the new or emerging Aptasia, the larger or establised ones fight too much for the shrinp to get.
Agree.