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yes!anyone who hasnt had success with peppermints /aiptasia keep plugging away!

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Old 04-21-2002, 07:18 PM   #1
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yes!anyone who hasnt had success with peppermints /aiptasia keep plugging away!

they finnally worked for me!im on my sixth batch of shrimp in my third tank,and theyve never worked before..i was always one of the first to say that they dont work,but with so many people always posting that it worked for them i kept hoping against hope ..and it finally happened!its friggin awesome!!dont give up guys you just gotta find the right shrimp ...i guess

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Old 04-21-2002, 07:25 PM   #2
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gladto hear they worked for ya.....i had six and they never made a dent....and then my eel kinda disposed of them one night i assume....probly got a little to close to his caves. congrats....im sure you're glad you dont have to do what i did.....get rid of the rock. sad day.
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Old 04-21-2002, 07:30 PM   #3
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better than that ,no more weekly hour long injection sessions
now im just worried about them starting in on my feather dusters/anemones/zoanthids/yellow polyps
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Old 04-21-2002, 07:32 PM   #4
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I added 7 about 2 weeks ago. with the exception of the 1 that got snagged by my haddoni while being added to the tank, they 6 that are left have eaten about 80% of my aiptasias and are still going!
I didnt believe it at first but I am thrilled!!!!!!!!!!1


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Old 04-22-2002, 03:21 AM   #5
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I have had great success with peppermint shrimps..i have notices that they only will eath the smaller aptasia...they will NOT eat aptasia that are halfs its body size..after going through 5 pepermints..they seem to graze on aptasia after a few days..i had to nuke the larger ones but after that everything was fine..

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Old 04-23-2002, 05:42 PM   #6
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Peppermints have always worked for me, too. The four I have now, I added shortly after my 75 cycled. There were quite a few of those darn aiptasias on the LR. All were gone inside of a week. I added a small pocillopora frag a couple of weeks ago that had a few of the buggers on the little piece of rock it was attached to. They were gone by morning!! LOL.

I have read about another shrimp that looks similar to the peppermint, but does not eat aiptasia.

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Old 04-24-2002, 05:57 PM   #7
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I think it's candy pistol shrimp or something like that.
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Old 04-24-2002, 09:53 PM   #8
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CAmel shrimp are the ones that look like peps but actually eat corals! Camels have a hump on there back. Just for clarification...
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Old 04-24-2002, 10:04 PM   #9
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I have had great success with them also! I think it is very important to have a few in your tank prior to having a aiptasia outbreak. In my experiences if you dont have aiptasia sooner or later you will. So its best to have a couple pepps
in your tank to eliminate the first one to pop up.
Also throwing one in your refugium is also a great idea. JMO
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