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02/24/2007, 08:37 PM
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Aiptasia
Aiptasia break out. Tooo many to treat with Joes Juice.
I recently put in 3 Pepermint Shrimp. Any other ideas? Copper Banded Butterfly? Have some Acros, Monti Capri, Frog Spawn and various mushrooms will the Copper band have a feast or dine on the Aiptasia? |
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02/24/2007, 08:39 PM
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Fish heads unite!
 
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Give the pepps some time. They won't eat them overnight.
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02/24/2007, 09:28 PM
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Buy more peppermint shrimp, I'd pick up about 10
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02/24/2007, 09:30 PM
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Moved On
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No. Don't buy that many peps. I have 1 in my 80 and ate all my aiptasia. I would say 3 or less.
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02/24/2007, 09:32 PM
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Fish heads unite!
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Yeah, three in my 115g did the job....took a month or two, but did the job.
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Peter SDMAS member Marine tanks since 1989. ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. ><((((º> Current Tank Info: 240g butterfly and angel FOWLR. 15g QT. |
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02/24/2007, 09:33 PM
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I had about a hundred aptasia. I bought 6 peppermint shrimp and one Klein's butterfly. The aptasia were gone in a couple of days. the only problem is that the butterfly picks at the polyps and soft corals.
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02/24/2007, 09:41 PM
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Add lots of pepps, they won't eat em till there good and ready, but once they eat aptasia, they take em out....I have at least 8 pepps in my tank..
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02/24/2007, 09:49 PM
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Same here, I have a bunch. They are great and look cool too
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02/24/2007, 10:04 PM
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Biol Water and fill a seringe with the water sqiurt them directly....It has worked for me..And lots of other people i know...Make sure the water in seringe is the same as toppofff water,so it is safe to add....Good Luck! Tom
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02/24/2007, 10:45 PM
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If they are large Peppermint shrimp might not work very well.
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02/25/2007, 05:13 PM
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My copperband did it in a couple of weeks. Now i miss them!
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