bobkat330 Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 any sugestion on how to get ride of aptasia on rock??? what criters would you recomend to put in a reef tank to kill them off??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner52 Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I think this maybe the wrong area for this post but I kill the aptasia in my tank by injecting pure calcium into them with a insulin syringe its a PIA though cause you have to individually hit each one and you have to do it fairly often to keep them under control. Ive heard peppermint shrimp eat it but ive had no luck because my hawk fish usually eats them immediately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCR Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I use vinegar and kalkwasser mix injecting them. They melt in seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharoleb Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I bought 2 peppermint shrimp when I first started seeing aiptasia, wanting to keep the tank as natural as possible. They didn't eat any of them at all. Then the bta ate one and the other got sucked up into the intake. I bought Aiptasia Control from the LFS and it works instantly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moovinfast Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 When we first started our tank, we had some aptasia. We got 2 peppermint shrimp and they took care of it quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef165 Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I bought 2 peppermint shrimp when I first started seeing aiptasia, wanting to keep the tank as natural as possible. They didn't eat any of them at all. Then the bta ate one and the other got sucked up into the intake. I bought Aiptasia Control from the LFS and it works instantly. There are two differant kind of Pepermint shrimp from what I've been told and there's very little you can do to know the dif. but one will eat it and the other wont. Best bet is to inject it with all the above or to add to it some lemon juce, or HOT water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciao Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I thought the copperband butterfly fish eats it?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef165 Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 I thought the copperband butterfly fish eats it?? They will if ya get one that dose, also there as picky as a mandarin and most of the time wont eat food you provide and most of the time they end up starving. Oh and not to mention if it eats one kind of coral there's no telling what other corals it's got a fancy for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twogirls Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 I have always used lemon juice. take a needle and shoot a little into them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phelpsius Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 My peppermint shrimp just ate one today. I had been waiting for him to do it and he finally pounced. Hadn't heard that some do and some don't. Guess I got lucky. They're not too expensive so you might give it a try. There fun to watch even if they don't eat your aptasia and very low maintenance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJenchild Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 There is a true peppermint shrimp, and another that looks really similar. I've had great luck with the shrimp....no aptasia to be found now! Just be sure that you feed them after the aptasia is gone or they will starve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobkat330 Posted January 3, 2010 Author Share Posted January 3, 2010 thanks guys i used kalkwasser mix and it seamed to work and put a peppermint shrimp and he instaly started to pick at them and now it lookes like there less of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moovinfast Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Glad to hear you shrimp is eating your aptasia. I think the other shrimp that is confused with a peppermint shrimp is the camel shrimp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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