This trick gets Peppermint Shrimp to eat Aiptasia
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Topic: This trick gets Peppermint Shrimp to eat Aiptasia
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Subject: This trick gets Peppermint Shrimp to eat Aiptasia
Date Posted: September 26 2014 at 10:30pm
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Peppermint Shrimp are generally considered an easy way to keep a reef tank Aiptasia-free. Three weeks ago I added four Peppermint Shrimp to a 30 gal tank holding about 50 lbs of Aiptasia covered LR. I waited, and waited, and waited to see the Aiptasia disappear. Nope. Still there, as thick as before. Okay I said, "If the PS won't eat 'um, I'll zap those buggers with Kalk paste." Zapped a few one day and a few more a day later, being careful not to overload the small tank with too much Kalkwasser, which would send the pH skyrocketing and kill more than Aiptasia. It's been about 4 days since the second zapping. I cannot see one single Aiptasia. My guess is that the Peppermint Shrimp just needed a kick start. Finding some dying Aiptasia that were easy eating gave them the boost they needed to eat up every last Aiptasia.  Aloha
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Posted By: Lewy
Date Posted: September 27 2014 at 3:23pm
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awesome!!! ------------- 40 gal w/ 20 sump |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: November 20 2014 at 8:51am
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bump ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member
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Posted By: Jeremyw
Date Posted: November 20 2014 at 8:53am
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Where did you get your PS? J ------------- Next meeting: |
Posted By: keithro
Date Posted: November 20 2014 at 8:57am
| I picked up ps from Jays Jungle in Provo a few weeks back. Check with them. |
Posted By: Jeremyw
Date Posted: November 20 2014 at 9:20am
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How much were they? ------------- Next meeting: |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: November 20 2014 at 10:07am
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Fish-4-U seems to always carry them in stock @ $4.99 each. ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member
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Posted By: FishnFriendz
Date Posted: November 20 2014 at 11:24am
| Great to know. Thanks for sharing :) |
Posted By: redleader
Date Posted: November 20 2014 at 12:15pm
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Kill an aptasia, and then PS will eat it, I'll try that as well.
I have one in an area I found this morning.
I have 55g with 4 PS in it and nothing going on in aptasia control ------------- Everything in life is possible. You just have to dream big, and act bigger. 150 G Reef |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: November 20 2014 at 10:27pm
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Almost forgot to mention that I wasn't feeding that LR tank anything. So the PS were hungry. In a regular reef with fish and such, this means that feeding should be slowed and maybe even curtailed for a few days to help entice the PS to feed on the Aiptasia. Food availability is the major reason for all sorts of behavior(good and bad) on the reef. Aloha ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member
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