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Old 12-11-2007, 02:58 AM
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I am leaning towards these shrimp but still not 100% so if any bad exsperiance with these critters I would like to hear
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Old 12-11-2007, 03:02 AM
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I've got them in both my tanks. I bought them for aiptasia control and they worked good for that. The only bad thing I've seen them do is steal food from my corals, but I think all shrimp do that. Neat to watch.
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Old 12-11-2007, 03:05 AM
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I have them in several of my tanks and I am thankful for them....I gotta agree the only thing I have seen them do "wrong" is steal food from corals .... they are a neat shrimp though
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Old 12-11-2007, 03:30 AM
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after they finished eating all my aptasia they ate 2 colonies of frogspawn
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Old 12-11-2007, 04:19 AM
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The ones I have had only ate aptasia.
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Old 12-11-2007, 06:32 AM
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Mine only ate aiptasia.
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Old 12-11-2007, 06:38 AM
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after they finished eating all my aptasia they ate 2 colonies of frogspawn
This is why I am hesitant about them.Once there in there in.I no lots of good things written about them but that one bad thing keeps popping up.Any other bad exsperiances out there
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Old 12-11-2007, 07:19 AM
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I bought five of them and all aptasia was gone in about 2 weeks. 3 disappeared shortly after that never to be seen again. The two that are left have been in there about a year and they don't like aptasia. I think these two thieves are also murders. And they dont earn their keep.

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