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Old 03-30-2011, 12:15 AM
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I had about 25 or so pop up in my tank very quickly..I went on a hunt for the best solution.Got a demo of what pepperment shrimp do to aptasia at RC.. bought 2 and less than 2 weeks later,there is not 1 I can see.

Thanks for the demo Kevin
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Old 03-30-2011, 03:20 AM
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Threadfin butterfly fish or Joe's Juice. Kalk paste never worked for me.
Somone please correct me if i'm wrong but is'nt Joes Juice actually kalk paste?
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Old 03-30-2011, 03:34 AM
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I had about 25 or so pop up in my tank very quickly..I went on a hunt for the best solution.Got a demo of what pepperment shrimp do to aptasia at RC.. bought 2 and less than 2 weeks later,there is not 1 I can see.

Thanks for the demo Kevin
Man my tank must be too full of more delicious food than aiptasia. I bought four from Kevin after watching them destroy one that he fed them.

My aiptasia problem has gotten way worse since then. Maybe there's just too many for them to make a dent.
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Old 03-31-2011, 01:48 AM
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yea see theres so many aoptions out there and every tank is different in what works aaaggghhhhh i'm going crazy whatever i'll try each one slowly
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Man my tank must be too full of more delicious food than aiptasia. I bought four from Kevin after watching them destroy one that he fed them.

My aiptasia problem has gotten way worse since then. Maybe there's just too many for them to make a dent.

I forgot to mention that I cut back my feedings to every 3 days as well.
Also cut my daytime lighting back to 8 hours, instead of 10.
They did the job for me.
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3 Peppermints and injecting the big ones with Lemon juice and I haven't seen aptasia since

Even with just the shrimp alone, they will do all the work and you won't have to stress out waging war.
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I will try that i'll have to make a trip to edmonton and buy a little army of peppermint shrimp
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I will try that i'll have to make a trip to edmonton and buy a little army of peppermint shrimp
I wouldn't buy to many, after the aitasia is gone they are very greedy and steal food from fish and corals. They are very interesting however and will clean your hand if you put it in the tank near them.
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Old 04-02-2011, 02:51 AM
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They are little zombies that come out at night and will clean up your woes

Unfortunatly when you buy them will be one of the last times you see them as they hide really well during the day
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I have a high death rate with peppermints. 1 in 10 live longer than a few months.
I drip acclaimate them over an hour and everything.
camel shrimp no prob, coral banded.... just peppermints.
like right now I got one good sized guy thats made it out of my last 5.
IT's possible they're getting eaten by something. Doubt it's the coral banded cause it's just too slow to catch a fleeing peppermint. Plus theres lots of places the peppermint can hide that the coral banded won't go.
I know I got pistols somewhere I hear them but can't catch them.
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