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07-07-2003, 02:55 AM
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what kinda of pepermint shrimp did you add? were the tails red or black?
Steve
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07-07-2003, 03:07 AM
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It looked red to me.
I was just on reefcentral and read up about Hydrogen Peroxide so if the PS don't work I might zap a few and then let the PS do its work. I am worried about the rest of my tank. Patrick
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07-07-2003, 03:26 AM
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it took mine about 2 months then one day bam, they were gone.
Steve
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07-07-2003, 06:10 AM
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my own experience with a bad aptasia outbreak was the kalk injection didn't work - made it spread i think - first time no luck with peppermint shrimp then learned about californian versus carribean peppermint shrimp - and two weeks later i literally had to search the tank to find the few remaining aptasia - shrimp remain as good reef residents
curious thing - there is one large one left that has been completely ignored - must be inaccessible in some way to the shrimp
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07-07-2003, 12:30 PM
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I would kalk the big ones and leave the little ones for the peps.. Do the injections over the course of a week or so to avoid a massive PH jump.
Peps always worked for me.. -A
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07-08-2003, 07:42 PM
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I looked again this morning at the shrimp as they tend to hide and they both have balck tails.
Don't tell me, I have the wrong shrimp and I need to order more??  Just my luck Thanks everyone for the help, i rally hated to see my tank the way it is right now. I think I will take some before and after pictures. P
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07-08-2003, 11:18 PM
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the black tailed ones are the wrong ones.
I doubt these ones will ever eat your aptasia. Steve
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07-09-2003, 02:06 AM
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yup I got mine from J&L also.. just ask if they have black tail fins or not.. the only place I got the black fined ones was from petcedera. they didn;t touch my aptasia.. it seams throught a couple threads on them on other boards others have had the same results with the black tails.
for what it is worth there are 3 species of shrimp being called "pepermint shrimp" and only one of them eats aptasia. just to elaborate the shrimp you have is called Lysmata rathbunae (black tail) the one you want is Lysmata wurdemani. the "camel shrimp" Rhynchocinetes durbanensis is also commenly labled as a "pepermint shrimp" Steve
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