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Old 11/21/2007, 11:38 AM
kerusso316 kerusso316 is offline
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WTB aptasia eating.....Anything

I have a Aptasia problem in a breading tank.I do not want to disturb the tank in any way{my clowns will stop laying}.So I was thinking aptasia eating nuddys.Does anyone have a few I could buy.I am also willing to order them.This is a closed system{no skimmer no sump} so kalk and joe's juice are not an option.
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Old 11/21/2007, 12:19 PM
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Peppermint shrimp has worked for me (or is that bad for the babies?). But you know a lot more about this than I do.
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Old 11/21/2007, 12:27 PM
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I've had great success with the peppermint shrimp from reeftopia. The peppermint shrimp I got from eTropicals however sucked. They were the clear ones that IME don't eat aptasia.

Not sure if they will disturb the clowns though??
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Old 11/21/2007, 12:49 PM
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Get pepermint shrimp. And they should all eat them. Just need to be patient and cut back feeding. When they get hungry, they will eat them.
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Old 11/21/2007, 01:07 PM
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I've gotten berghia from berghia.net and salty underground. Was pleased with both orders.
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Old 11/21/2007, 01:30 PM
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you can get the peps locally for about $10 almost anywhere.

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Old 11/21/2007, 01:40 PM
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The peppermints I've gotten from LivingSea have always been great aiptasia eaters.
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Old 11/21/2007, 02:52 PM
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What do you use though if you have a fish or fishes in teh tank that will eat the peppermint shrimp?

copper band butterflies are hit and miss when it comes to eating apstasia IMO. So what do you suggest then for natural elimination of Apsatasia?
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Old 11/21/2007, 03:00 PM
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Old 11/21/2007, 03:34 PM
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What do you use though if you have a fish or fishes in teh tank that will eat the peppermint shrimp?

copper band butterflies are hit and miss when it comes to eating apstasia IMO. So what do you suggest then for natural elimination of Apsatasia?
I suppose you could always pull the rock out and drill them out. Use a small drill bit and grind away at the rock where the base is attached.

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Old 11/21/2007, 08:40 PM
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my copperband got rid of all my aptasia....he didn't touch it for like 3 days...and then wham on the 4th day or so....GONE...
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Old 11/22/2007, 12:54 PM
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Last time i had a CBB it ate all of my Feather Dusters and then starved to death.
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Old 11/22/2007, 02:35 PM
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I was thinking of a nice side dish to bring to turkey day dinner with all the aptasia I could muster, Can I come over to get you apatisa?
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Old 11/23/2007, 10:00 AM
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Last time i had a CBB it ate all of my Feather Dusters and then starved to death.


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