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Time4chillie
03/25/2004, 01:53 AM
what kinda of conditions do these pests live in, do they need lots of light.. etc.....
Thunnus
03/25/2004, 01:54 AM
They could survive a nuclear holacaust! they can live anywhere.
Reefmedic79
03/25/2004, 01:56 AM
Ditto, if water existed on the sun so could Aptasia.
gcvt
03/25/2004, 02:16 AM
Originally posted by Time4chillie
what kinda of conditions do these pests live in, do they need lots of light.. etc.....

They especially seem to enjoy the conditions in my tank http://www.anchoredbygrace.com/smileys/benou.gif
warlockgp
03/25/2004, 02:49 AM
Look at this monster...................

Great LR deal are evil.

(BOTTOM LEFT)

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/46259IMG_0122.JPG
Thunnus
03/25/2004, 02:53 AM
Easy to get rid of though.
warlockgp
03/25/2004, 03:00 AM
Already got some Joe's juice, just busy and no time to kill it.
tsiler
03/25/2004, 07:26 AM
Make time. These things multiply faster than rabbits. Kill it now, swiftly, completely. Seriously... they can be a plague if you let up even on one or two. If I see one in my tank I destroy it immediately, even if it means I'm late to dinner. I have had significant battles with these things in the past, and I'm in no mood to do it again.

Tom Siler
Columbus, OH
warlockgp
03/25/2004, 11:19 AM
Originally posted by tsiler
Make time. These things multiply faster than rabbits. Kill it now, swiftly, completely. Seriously... they can be a plague if you let up even on one or two. If I see one in my tank I destroy it immediately, even if it means I'm late to dinner. I have had significant battles with these things in the past, and I'm in no mood to do it again.

Tom Siler
Columbus, OH

I caught it in time and these rocks are not in my display tanks. They were for lik e 5 minutes though.
Frick-n-Frags
03/25/2004, 11:23 AM
You haven't lived until you've had like a thousand. I have to admit, peppermint shrimp are amazing. I'm down to probably a couple hundred now. But I see a few here and there in my other tanks which were purged. Like the little girl says in Poltergeist: "They're back"

The zero tolerance policy is really the best if you only have one or two.
guitar_lord
03/25/2004, 11:27 AM
My pep shrimp demolished a HUGE aiptasia (golfball sized)
in about 2-3 days...

I would recomend one to everyone!
Crusty Old Shellback
03/25/2004, 11:29 AM
Five years and never had one in my tank.:cool: Bought one coral off of a reefcentral member and I got several of them on the rock. Joe's juice did the trick:smokin: Good stuff and it only takes a minuite to fix them. Now I'll always have a bottle of it handy just in case.