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Old 10/03/2006, 04:20 PM
Kaiser Tang Kaiser Tang is offline
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Negatives for using Pepermints for Aiptasia control?

What are the negatives for using pepermint shrimp for aiptasia control?
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Old 10/03/2006, 04:28 PM
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some, like mine, dont only eat aptasia,,, they pick at anything that they think may taste good.... usually he wont eat a whole zoo or anything else but he has picked a carnation and 2 bta's to death by stressing them out...
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Old 10/03/2006, 04:34 PM
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I've had great look with p-mints. I had a bunch of aptasia. After introducing a couple of p'mints, the aptasia are all gone! Now the p'mints are huge and are not bothering anyone.
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Old 10/03/2006, 04:35 PM
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i got 2 of em and they havent eaten a single one yet on the plus side,they do clean my hand when it in the tank.
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Old 10/03/2006, 04:43 PM
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I got two of them too and it keeps the aiptasia in my tank in check. Didn't bother anything at all.
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Old 10/03/2006, 05:38 PM
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you could get camels by mistake and have them eat all your mushrooms and other assorted polyps.
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Old 10/03/2006, 05:42 PM
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i got 4 for my 100G, have not seen ANY of them since we put them in 2 months ago. Since then i have twice the aptasia i had before...? I have searched for over an hour and not found one, however their oltings keep showing up... sneaky little suckers.
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Old 10/03/2006, 05:53 PM
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Absolutely nothing negative here. Had 2 for a year and a half. Great shrimp for Aiptasia....
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Old 10/03/2006, 05:58 PM
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Hit or miss.
My peps messed with everything but aptasia.
Don't like em.
Yet my friend had an apt breakout and he got 3 and they took care of alot of apt.
Only thing is, I don't think they fully rid the tank of apt.
I believe they just keep it controlled.
Joes juice would be my first choice
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Old 10/03/2006, 06:10 PM
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my fish like to eat them... i got 1 to control aiptasia and he got munched on day 1 by my hogfish.
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