Peppermint Shrimps

[fishes2889]

Well my troubles with aiptasia arose about a month ago. I decided to buy 2 peppermint shrimps and see if the would eradicate the problem. I have done this many times and have seen the same result. Not seeing any site of the shrimps for the month that they have been in there, i had my first glimpse of them when i turned the lights on today. They were chewing on all my PE's!!!!:cry:(people eaters). This has happened before and i dreaded it because all my PE's colonies have been thriving and now will have to be rehibilitated back to full health. Their skirts are ripped up and one polyp in a colony had the center eaten out of it!

They have eradicated all of the smaller aiptasia nems but the bigger ones remain, which will be shot up with hot water soon enough. Seems that i try to eradicate one problem and another one arises. Looks like these guys will have to go soon. I placed the PE's in a high flow area on a eggcrate rack and it seems to be keeping the shrimp away due to the high flow.



ARghh:sad:

 

[oceanparadise1]

Aiptasia X works wonders much better them hot water IMO

 

[Kigs!]

Still having problems with peps Steven? Just borrow somebody's mystery wrasse for a couple of days, problem solved! :)

Aiptasia X is crap in my experience. They *seem* to work but couple of days later, aiptasia is back in the same exact spot. Waste of $20.

 

[oceanparadise1]

id have to disagree i used it a month ago on about 25 aips not one has come back.

 

[Nate82]

beghias work as well..

 

[kateater]

joe's juice works great

 

[fishes2889]

Used hot water and they died off immediately. I did'nt want to spend money to erradicate them, need to buy more corals. :)

 

[AlexStinson]

fishes maybe the is a dumb question, but are you SURE they are peppermints? I know camel shrimp look very similar, and are not reef safe.

 

[fishes2889]

Nope definitly pepp shrimps, no white like the usual camel. Camel shrimps are usually smaller.

 

[Pitcom]

Aiptasia X works wonders much better them hot water IMO

This stuff just does not work in my experience. I do not personally know anyone who has good success with it.

 

[Hypertek99]

My peppermint shrimp ate all my aiptasia and it stays out all day. I also have 2 peppermints that hide all day and they don't touch the aiptasia

 

[Pitcom]

How long are you guys getting your peppermints to live? mine seem to perish after about 4-6 months. I'm guessing maybe they just don't get enough food? The cleaner shrimp i've had for 2 years.

 

[AlexStinson]

Ive had relativly good success with joes juice, I often have to treat the same area more than once (two weeks or so later) but, I find it still works. It also kills those pesky mojano anemones with due prejudice.