Help with 1 week old 10g nano

Nixon · #1 03-13-2007, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by andresont

I can not see the pic (at work server would not allow me) but sounds like this could be a misyd sfrimp, It is reef safe however if you planning to have a mandarin your concern is that mysid shrimp will eat copipods.

from the sites that xtreme sent me, i've ided them to be misyd shrimp. i'm only planning to have soft corals, 2 clowns and a shrimp in there. are they going to be a problem? and if they do become one, what eats them?

DocReefer · #2 03-13-2007, 05:50 AM

Go to Golds and talk to Albert or Dennis, they will hook u up. Look at the Vendors section of Canreef.

andresont · #3 03-13-2007, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Nixon

from the sites that xtreme sent me, i've ided them to be misyd shrimp. i'm only planning to have soft corals, 2 clowns and a shrimp in there. are they going to be a problem? and if they do become one, what eats them?

Fish and shrimp will eat them very quickly. Mysids are only threat to smaller pods.They are very cool to watch!

bubblepuffer · #4 03-13-2007, 05:55 PM

Anyone see that, the 4th picture from the top.. the one with title Starfish.. is that Aiptasia in the middle of the Rock there.. kind of transparent...

Matt · #5 03-13-2007, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by bubblepuffer

Anyone see that, the 4th picture from the top.. the one with title Starfish.. is that Aiptasia in the middle of the Rock there.. kind of transparent...

Uh-huh, that's an aiptasia.

Nixon · #6 03-14-2007, 01:23 AM

i hear pepperment shrimp is the best way to get rid of aptisia? am i correct?

andsoitgoes · #7 03-14-2007, 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Nixon

i hear pepperment shrimp is the best way to get rid of aptisia? am i correct?

One way, sometimes. Maybe.

Not the best, there's no "best" way, I've found. Joe's Juice works wonders for me, and does squat for the next person.

My pep's, although I never saw it, rid my tank of everything that the Joe's couldn't reach, and now they're just wicked cool.

bubblepuffer · #8 03-14-2007, 04:23 AM

It's depend on how big is your rock.. I am always having fun with killing those thing.. I let the stupid Aiptisia pop out from the hole and quickly remove the rock from the water so that stupid thing won't retreat back to the hole. Then I use super hot distilled water with vinegar and microwave it for 1 min.. distilled water will be mostly far above boiling point I inject the thing with it and it melt and bubbling =) ..then use old tooth brush to brush it off from the rock and rinse it couple of time with old tank water .. I usually wait until when I do water change or cleaning the tank then will hunting down those nasty animal