Hooray for peppermint shrimp!!

[ACBlinky]

I just took a midnight cruise around my reef with a flashlight... not ONE Aiptasia in sight. I'm thrilled! Before Christmas I was nuking the little pests left, right and centre with kalk paste and they just kept pop... pop... popping back up. Seemed like two came back for every one I killed off. On boxing day I bought three little peppermint shrimp, not even sure they'd manage to survive with a big coral banded and two pistol shrimp in the tank (and a mantis I found later on and still can't get out), but they've found themselves an overhang in the back where they hide most of the time and stay out of trouble. I never really see them out and about, but they must be wandering the tank at night and finding all the Aiptasia. They're just the best invisible pets ever, I adore my peppermints

[rstark33]

Yes, when they work in the aiptasia war it is awesome. I have had a similar experience as you with them.

[bassettmd]

Congrats

[KozmoTKramer]

Then tommarow I may be doing the same!

I have been at war for several months now. As long as I am not on vacation I keep it under control, but I am not even close to getting rid of them. It F ing SUCKS! I need to put 3 in my tank and 1 in my refugium.

[AquaReeferMan]

Yeah I love my Pep. The one I have currently is a year old. I had a few spots of aiptasia in the tank when I first put it in and havent seen any since. He is rather large, bout the same size as my Skunk cleaners.

[brandonst878]

I love mine too.

[frederickk]

Just put three in the tank and it seem that they are already working.

That's a good feeling

[vtrider]

copperbanded butterfly was the only thing that completely made them dissappear from my tank,I think some "peppermint shrimp" are not as lazy as others.mine were lazy

[00nothing]

i had a bunch of aptasia in my tank big als had a sale on peppermints bought 3, the aptasia never stood a chance one of the aptasia was huge too at lleast twice the size of the pepprmints they owned it