Help with aptasia

djlynch · Post by **djlynch** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:33 pm

Hey board... Got some aptasia problems..

Ive been trying to kill some aptasia for a while and its just driving me crazy... I use joes juice but they seem to come back tenfold. I tried to add a copperband a month or so ago but my powder blue wasn't having it... 3 days later he got ick and died.

Does anyone know where some pepermint shrimp are near mobile for sale? Even online im having trouble finding some. Ive thought about ordering some of those nudibranches that eat it but after reading how they do it it seems like it is more work than its worth - i can't take the rocks out that they are growing on b/c it would basically be tearing down half of the tank.

Thanks

Brannon "DJ Lynch"

Post by **snoopdog** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 8:23 am

I have purchased them at B&B and Progressive before.

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:42 pm

Try some vinegar worked great for me. Just be careful not to get it on any softies if you have them.

Post by **snoopdog** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:47 pm

The only problem with that is you cannot "see" all of them, sometimes they are growing behind rock, that is where the shrimp come in handy.

mykpoz · Post by **mykpoz** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:52 pm

peppermint shrimp are hit and miss from what I have seen...*never had huge outbreak...*

I will say that a cup of water from the fish tank, into the microwave and boiling hot, worked for me...

Post by **snoopdog** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:05 pm

My last few peppermint shrimp were monsters at cleaning this stuff up.

mykpoz · Post by **mykpoz** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 2:08 pm

my last peppermint shrimp jumped out of the tank....

Post by **snoopdog** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 4:14 pm

Shrimp will definitely pop out of a tank. They will especially pop out of a tank when being chased by a fish, there normal reaction to threat is to pop 'backwards' and quickly.

NM354 · Post by **NM354** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 5:21 pm

I have been trying to get in peppermint shrimp in over the past few weeks and they have not been available. As soon as I see them I will make sure to get them in.

mykpoz · Post by **mykpoz** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 5:35 pm

i saw some this week at petland in pensacola in the circuit city shopping center

djlynch · Post by **djlynch** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:29 pm

Thanks alot. Pcola is a trip, but im getting to that point.... ARGGGHHHH.. I HATE APTASIA!!!

mykpoz · Post by **mykpoz** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:31 pm

either way, i'd call first

NM354 · Post by **NM354** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 9:57 am

mykpoz wrote:either way, i'd call first

Good advice.

djlynch · Post by **djlynch** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 10:25 am

etropicals.com - liveaquaria's other side

WHOOP

Just ordered 10 of those babies. Won't get here til thurs due to the holidays, but....

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

(Sorry, im pumped - ive been trying to get some shrimp for over a month now)

HAMsmith · Post by **HAMsmith** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:56 pm

If Aiptasia could walk they would have taken over the world by now.

My theory is that since they are such a-holes when you kill them they release a thousand spores.