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02/17/2008, 10:42 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Louisville, KY
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peppermint shrimp and aiptasia
how good are peppermint shrimp at eating aiptasia? i have a 180 gallon with around 125 pounds of live rock probably with over 40 aiptasia growing on it. Will 10 peppermint shrimp be enough to take care of the aiptasia?
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02/17/2008, 10:53 PM
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Location: Indianapolis IN
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They should eat the smaller ones. Your number is good. You'll have better success if there is nothing in the tank that you are feeding. The shrimp will eat the other food instead of the aiptasia.
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02/17/2008, 10:55 PM
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2 will be enough. i had 26 on one single rock, added 2 peps' and in 4 days they were gone, www.premiumaquatics.com $9.99 ea.
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02/17/2008, 11:06 PM
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mine were nocturnal, you couldnt find them in the LR in the day hours. the next morning the aps started slowly disappearing. within a couple of days when all the aps were gone, they started coming out to eat the leftover cyclop-eeze, plankton and brine shrimp before the crabs got to it!
OH! BTW, they breed like rabbits too!
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GIVE A MAN A FISH, YOU FEED HIM FOR A DAY. TEACH A MAN TO FISH, HE FEEDS HIMSELF FOR LIFE. (NEVER, underestimate another man's greed) Current Tank Info: SPS dominated barebottom display with BB sump since 2005, most consistant parameters in 19+ years of reefkeeping. |
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