Peppermint shrimp Vs. Apstasia

[Bubs2]

I recently got a peppermint shrimp to eliminate my apstasia. Hasn't worked one bit, my old peppermint went to work right away. There's so much apstasia in my tank that I see 2 on my algae clip... yet to my dismay nothing is eaten. Any help?

 

[Saltwaterwannabe]

Some peppermints do not go after apstasia, especially if there is only one. I had the same issue before with the first peppermint not touching the apstasia. I dumped two more into the tank, then the new two and the old one immediately started eating the apstasia. I later got rid of the peppermints and have been free of apstaisa ever since.