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Old 12/05/2007, 10:22 PM
mclaman mclaman is offline
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Joe's Juice

Is it me, or is my Aiptasia problem getting worse? It seems like everytime I use this stuff, the Aiptasia come back in greater numbers a month later.

Alternative - I am thinking about trying a Copperbanded Butterfly.
I have a Purple Tang and a Powder Blue Tang. Are they going to kill a copperbanded Butterfly if I try putting one in there to control the Aiptasia problem?
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Old 12/05/2007, 10:39 PM
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depends on the size. IMO.
i bough a peppermint shrimp ($9.99) from www.premiumaquatics.com and it devoured 29 of them in about 1.5 weeks.
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Old 12/05/2007, 11:02 PM
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well i think it's probably cuz the tank more than the joe's juice. I use it too but even tho i still have aiptasia, but not at the same spot. I tried peppermint shrimps but never have any luck with those..first 2 got killed by my cleaner shrimps, and last week i got another 2, one got killed by my cleaner shrimps again,and one was found in my filter sock when i clean it.
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Old 12/05/2007, 11:08 PM
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i used pepermint and it worked for me... i bought like 6...
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Old 12/05/2007, 11:10 PM
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Its pretty much hit and miss with peppermint shrimps.
But once you get lucky and get the one that eats the aptasia, that
little guy will take care of it in no time.

If you buy a copperband and its smaller than your tangs, especially your purple tang. Than yes he will get punked around

Go with the peppermint shrimps..
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Old 12/05/2007, 11:24 PM
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I've never had much luck with the peppermints either. But I will try them again. No harm in trying. The only thing that migh be a problem is my flame hawk.
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Old 12/06/2007, 12:44 AM
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i bought 4 peppermint and they still hanging around behind my maxi-jet.
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Old 12/06/2007, 02:00 AM
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I introduced 8 small peppermint shrimp into my tank a while back. I think only two survived, but they are now huge and my aiptasia problem is gone.
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Old 12/06/2007, 10:32 AM
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1 vote for peppermint shrimp here too. Worked well in multiple situations. In a larger tank it might be less effective. Look into a specialty nudibranch at that point.
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Old 12/06/2007, 11:34 AM
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what is your feeding regime?
if you feed a lot, in my experience, the peppermint shrimp won't touch the aiptasia.
as mentioned, other shrimps may kill peppermints.
also, in my experience, feeding micro foods and cyclopeze promotes population explosion of majanos and aiptasias.
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Old 12/06/2007, 03:03 PM
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Yeah, I am pretty much screwed as I like to keep my fish fat and happy. I think the Aiptasia get quite a bit of extra cyclo-peez.
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Old 12/06/2007, 04:54 PM
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Another one to try is a Kleins Butterfly, if you have corals and are worried about the Copperband the Kleins is reef safe as far as I'm told by my LFS, they have one in their SPS tank. I bought 2 peppermint shrimp and they have eaten all my Aptasia even the ones lurking between my Zoa's. Go the shrimp!!
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Old 12/07/2007, 12:09 AM
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Well, I went with the copperbanded butterfly. I introduced him tonight and after a little harrasment, the Tangs have pretty much left him alone. We'll see if he get's the job done.
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Old 12/07/2007, 06:06 AM
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hmmm i think the i know the answer to this one but is it possible to have peppermint shrimp with a niger tigger and Harlequin Tusk?
I have a basic 90 gallon with 140 lbs of LR. I was thinking the shrimp can somehow hide from them

Sorry for the jack.
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Old 12/08/2007, 12:05 AM
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I tried peppermints, berghia, and joes juice. The only thing that has beaten them for me is kalk paste. I just keep smothering them with it until they don't come back. I think eventually they use up all their energy from this and go away.
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Old 12/08/2007, 02:23 AM
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I have 14 peppermints and counting still have aptesia. I just introduce a copper band and pray that it will eat the aptesia. On the peppermint some will eat some will not you just have to be lucky to buy the one that want to eat the aptesia. I'm going to buy 10 more this weekend and hope for the best.
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Old 12/08/2007, 02:47 AM
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When your tank gets in the 100+ zone, the little peppermint shrimp don't do a whole lot of good.
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Old 12/08/2007, 07:27 PM
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I'm so tired of this pest I will inject them with red dye and turn them into a rose anemone......:-)
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