Need advice on aptasia

[Myka]

I have found Peppermint Shrimp to be the best Aiptasia eliminators. They are hit or miss though, so I suggest buying a group preferably from more than one source. In a 180 gallon tank you could easily have 6 or more as long as you don't have any Wrasses or such that will kill the shrimp.

[monocus]

yes i breed them-but i won't have any ready till the begining of september

[The Guy]

Originally Posted by Myka

I have found Peppermint Shrimp to be the best Aiptasia eliminators. They are hit or miss though, so I suggest buying a group preferably from more than one source. In a 180 gallon tank you could easily have 6 or more as long as you don't have any Wrasses or such that will kill the shrimp.

So I have 1- 6 line wrasse in my display tank right now, is it just peppermint shrimp they go after? He does not seem to bother the cleaner shrimp.

[Myka]

If he doesn't bother the Cleaner Shrimp then try just one LARGE Peppermint Shrimp and see what the 6-Line does. Add the shrimp at night after the wrasse goes to sleep. Peppermints are very cryptic though, so you won't usually see them, so look for shed exoskeleton to know that he's still alive. Hehe. I have a Peppermint in my display with a Grey Head Wrasse (jerk). The Peppermint was there before the wrasse, and the wrasse was small when added. I can't add any new shrimp (or Emerald crabs) though because the wrasse will kill them.

[tang daddy]

One thing I find with peppermint shrimps is they will only hide in the crevasse and especially if you have wrasses constantly hovering, so it's best to get a few more for a bigger tank.....

Berghias work at night so you never see them, at one point my tank had over 1000 aphasia, in 3 months there was none, they take awhile to get going but once they multiply they clean house pretty good....

[Milad]

I have 5 peppermint shrimp (or should have 5) in there and havent seen any aptasia go away.

so maybe I just put the rocks in the sump and add more shrimp in the display and see if that helps.