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07/15/2007, 06:07 PM
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Aptasia (sp?) eating fish...
My peppermint shrimp recnetly disappeared, and I grabbed a few more. Unfortunately, they quickly disappeared as well (think one of my fish has gotten large enough to eat them), so my aptasia (sp?) has gotten out of control. I've gone in there every week with some Joe's Juice, and while I kill the ones I can reach, I know there are several I can't get it without completely tearing apart my tank.
I am thinking of buying another fish to help keep them down, and was looking for some ideas. I know some butterfly fish do, although I've had bad luck with those in the past. I currently have: Orange Shoulder Tang Blue Throat Trigger (maybe the shrimp eater?) 2 Sebea Clowns Clown Gobie Dragon Gobie Lawnmower Bennie Six Line Wrasse (more likely the shrimp eater) I have leathers and hard corals in my tank, along with a single mushroom that's somehow survived. Any thoughts would be appreciated.  Thanks.Dave
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07/15/2007, 07:14 PM
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I would bet the shrimp fed the blue throat. My female cleaned me out of all my shrimp including my cleaners. Copperband butterflies are supposed to eat aptasias. BTW my female blue throat passed on and I reallyhaven't made up my mind if I miss her she was so aggressive.
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07/15/2007, 08:00 PM
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Before you get too worried..I thought I had lost BOTH of my peppermint shrimps a year ago..a year!! I rockscaped today and one of my big rocks has a little "cave' and I turned that around in the melee today and POOF! out they came....and much fatter than what I remember.....they are very resourceful.
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07/16/2007, 05:31 PM
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NikonNurse,
I agree that the shrimp might be hiding, the last ones I had hid 90% of the time. I'm basing my idea that they were a snack because of the aptasia. They kept it under control for a year, never saw any. Now, it's gone crazy, which makes me think the shrimp are no longer performing their duty. So I need something else....
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07/17/2007, 07:21 AM
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Quite possibly, although this trigger is supposed to be one of the "safe" ones, as much as you can say that about a fish. Either way, the shrimp are gone.
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07/17/2007, 03:42 PM
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I had a pearlscale take care of all but one aptasia in my tank. After she finished everything off she started on the zoas. I sold her to another member with an aptasia problem...
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07/17/2007, 04:35 PM
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I've had a couple of pearlscales that quickly wipe out aiptasia. No problems with them eating polyps either.
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#9
07/17/2007, 05:55 PM
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We have a copperbanded butterfly and a coral banded shrimp. Both do excellent jobs on both aptasia and bristle worms! Good luck! Natasha
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07/27/2007, 02:01 PM
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I used Berghia nudibranchs and it took months, but they finally did the job.
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08/06/2007, 10:08 PM
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