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    Posted: May 28 2009 at 12:51pm
How good are they on aptasia?  I am looking at buying a tank that has a small outbreak on some of the rocks.  I have had one or two heads before, but have always injected them with lime juice and all is well.  There is more in this tank than I would like to manually take care of.
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I have heard its hit and miss Depends on what Sp of Peppermint Shrimp you have. I just got one in one of my tanks to give it a go. 
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Wild caught have worked well for me. Once they are in a tank for a while and well fed I think they are less likely to go for the Aiptasia.
 
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I agree with Mike, although mine eventually get to any heads that pop up. And if you have 2 or more they'll breed, so, free live food!
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I put 3 in my 125 gallon which had a small amount of aptasia maybe 10 in total, with in  a week it was all gone. Now Im having problems with some of my zoa's and button polps coming up missing, at least 20 heads of stuff so far. Is this something they will start to eat, I havent giving them anything to eat. What do I feed these guys, please any help I could use. Or could it be some of the hermit crabs I have that is doing all this. I have no fish in my tank.

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Could be the peppermint shrimp.  Feed them the same thing you  would feed your fish if you had them.  Flake, Frozen meaty foods, etc.

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didnt even think of that, which I should have. Thanks
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