Hey Rich, yes I'm likely home most of the day tomorrow (19th) so perhaps we can get a photo shoot together?
And yes I've added about 8 peppermint shrimp to the tank over the past two years, including three about two months ago. They just don't seem to last long in my tank, either that or they are just invisible during the day and only come out at night which is likely too. I do have one in my little 12 gal nursery tank, and he's out all the time, but again there is nothing else but hermits and snails in there with him so he's not afraid to cruise around occasionaly during the day.
In any event, yes they do eat the aiptasia, but in my main tank I'd need two dozen of them to even keep up, and some of the aiptasia are so huge that they wouldn't likely touch em anyways. That's where I'm hoping Coop will mow it all down.
And asmo, you should check out J&L's for your Copperband. They have lots of em right now, with a couple 3-4" in size. Definitely much cheaper than $75 (before shipping at least).
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Cheers,
Andrew B.
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