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09/09/2007, 03:27 PM
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Aptasia and Baby Brittle Stars
Hi everyone...
2 Quick questions... My 30g is infested with baby stripped Brittle Stars. There are literally hundreds of tiny little tentacles sticking out of my Live Rock. They are everywhere. I know that they are normally a good thing but I am afraid they are out of control. I have seen them on the glass and they are starfish with multiple tentacles and a center body. I even took out my Maxi Jet to clean it and had one on the table. Also... I have a minor Aptasia problem. I have heard that Peppermint Shrimp will clear out my Aptasia. The thing is is that I have 2 cleaner shrimp. Are they compatible? Also... what should I do about the serpent brittle starfish? Any help would be much appreciated. Stidd
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09/09/2007, 03:57 PM
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A large number of brittle starts indicates a lot of detritus in the tank. It seems this is a new tank, so the population should shrink over time.
Peppermint and cleaner shrimp are compatible. I've had little luck with peppermints eating aptaisia. I had better luck with an aptasia remover squirted onto the aptasia directly.
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09/09/2007, 04:04 PM
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As lotus said, I wouldnt worry about the brittle stars..their population will be reduced over timke, but as to the pepermint shrimp eating aptasia....I had a huge outbreak after a new batch of LR was put in. I researched the pep shrimp thing and decided to go for it. It worked very well. Just make sure you get the right kind, there are two types (that I know of) of pepermint shrimp. The type that come from california dont eat them as well. Hope you have success
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09/09/2007, 06:29 PM
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Thanks folks...
I'll be doing more frequent water changes and picking up a peppermint shrimp... Stidd
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09/09/2007, 11:32 PM
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stay away from pepps from pacific ocean. Mine are so aggressive. they harrassed a tridacnid and killed it in 24 hours and killed a frag of acanthastrea. At first I didnt believe it. Now I can only got one out (the larger more aggressive of the two at least.) But they did eat the aptasia I had. If you do get them, feed them first before feeding corals/anemone otherwise they will take food out of the corals tentacles and even go sa far as to reach into mouths.
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