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11-27-2007, 02:52 AM
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Mine were in the tank for about a week then one day the aiptasia disappeared. Haven't seen any since. They now steal food from the corals, so I feed them first then the corals, it helps but isn't foolproof.
One of mine is carrying eggs at the moment, pretty cool!! 
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11-27-2007, 05:00 AM
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They have a tendancy to eat corals like Xenias after they run out of aiptasia. They also have a tendancy to kill dwarf coloured feather dusters, not sure about the larger ones. Also they only eat smaller aiptasia.
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11-27-2007, 05:18 AM
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I also thought they only ate the smaller aiptasia but a friend had one huge one/I nicknamed the host that was in the middle in back of his tank that no way he could get at.They ended up eating it.He has 20 of these shrimp in his 135gal.I would also like to know if this was a fluke they ate the big one or has it happened to somebody elses.
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11-27-2007, 07:04 AM
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I've tried peppermints dozens of times over the years and have never had any that would eat aiptasia ... maybe I have a different aiptasia or maybe I keep getting the wrong kind of peppermints .. there are 2-3 Lysmata sp. peppermints that look nearly identical, so who knows. Anyhow although some people have better luck with these things, I never have had luck with them, just my $0.02. They are interesting shrimp and they breed if you have 2 or more, which give your fish and everything else that feeds on plankton, a nice infusion of live food ....
 So that's kind of a nice benefit. Although you'd get the same benefit with cleaners - just need 2 or more.
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