peppermint shrimp

What's your favorite natural aiptasia eradication method?! I had one peppermint shrimp in a 75 gallon that disappeared and shortly after the aiptasia started to reappear. I'm thinking of trying a Copperband but have heard too many unsuccessful stories And I don't find the filefish to be the...

Too long; didn't read: I lost both a peppermint shrimp and a fire shrimp after using hydrogen peroxide spot treatment to get rid of a bad dinoflagellate outbreak in separate incidents. Both died during the night after treatment. Others have reported similar incidents. Don't use hydrogen peroxide...

Thought I’d share my POV of the circle of life! Live peppermint shrimp getting eaten whole by my RFA. Never have I seen this, anybody?

I have a pretty bad aiptasia infestation in my 90 gallon display tank. I first tried aiptasia x, but i overdid the amount at once spiked the Ph and irritated my coral. I tried again using a smaller amount, but the Ph spike still took out my big birdsnest coral. I have on two occasions added...

Today I introduced a small rose BTA into it. Everything seemed fine during acclimation, and I carefully placed it on the rock. But, to my surprise, my peppermint shrimp started to bother it right away. I initially thought the shrimp was just being curious, but then I noticed textures of the BTA...

So I let my 65 Gallon Reef go... aiptasia took over and killed nearly all my coral except some GSP. But my fish are doing well and tonight I began rehabilitating my reef. I started with cleaning everything spot clean -my sump, skimmer, glass...etc. I got a large rubbermaid garbage can on...

Hey everyone My tank is coming up to 4 weeks old now and these rogue anemones have popped up! The guy in the lfs said they are ball anemones and to remove them with tweezers but I’m scared they’ll multiply and cause more issues! I wasn’t worried about them but I plan on adding sexy shrimp and...

Hey guys, got a peppermint shrimp today and my royal gramma started picking at it like crazy. It found a place in the rocks where the gramma won’t reach it though. Is it gonna be like this long term? I used to have a smaller one but he disappeared one day. Could the gramma have actually eaten...

So I got 3 Berghia Nudiabranchs about an month ago and I put them into my tank to deal with Aiptasia and the Aiptasia amount has not been decreasing and I have not seen my Berghia Nudiabranchs since I added them. What do I do because I really need the Aiptasia gone but everything I have tried...

Has any one had issue with peppermints attacking rock flowers? I figure that like any scavenger it’s sometimes just trying to steal food off the surface of the nem. But I’ve lost five rock flowers in the past few months when they pick so much the nems release their foot and the peppermints...

Hello all! So I plan on getting some peppermint shrimp for some of my tanks, however I have only ever purchased quarantined shrimp from Dr. Reef. I actually have only purchased inverts through him specifically, besides the original few hermits I got months ago. Unfortunately he is out of stock...

I have a small 17gallon aquarium and yesterday I went out and bought a coral banded shrimp not realizing how agressive they are and that it would eat my sexy shrimp, my question is which other cleaner shrimp should I buy? A pacific (skunk) cleaner shrimp or a peppermint shrimp? Fish plans: 2x...

Hi! I recently just got my tank started and got a GSP and a mushroom, along with a CUC of Trochus snail and a peppermint shrimp. I asked my LFS if they were reef safe and they said yes. However, my GSP after putting it in the tank was doing great, it was all the way open after about an hour but...

I've had an aiptasia outbreak. Had a peppermint shrimp years ago. But now that I really need some. I can't find any anywhere. I could order them from Ora through Algae Barn. But shipping is outrageous. And I'm skeptical they will arrive DOA. I've never orderd fish online. I live near Suffolk...

anyone have experience with berghia nudibranchs? I recently came across a 125g with nothing but a moray eel and plenty of aiptasia lol. at first I was thinking peppermint shrimp, but I didn't think the eel would leave them alone. then I thought about berghia, thoughts? open to suggestions always.

Hey guys! Long time no see so I have a pretty big aptasia problem I currently have a six line wrasse, I have been doing aptasia x, but they seem to spread to other places after. I’m guessing when they stress during, they’re releasing their babies. I really want to get 5 or 6 (medium size is...

I started my reef 2 months ago. I found 1 aiptasia about the size of a quarter last night. :( I want to introduce some aiptasia predators so that long term maintenance is built into my solution. Plus I am lazy. ;) A copperband is more than I want to take on right now, just too delicate this...

my husband has 2 peppermint shrimps in our tank and i noticed that both of them are pregnant, we haven't had any other peppermints in there for quite a while so how is this possible? i'm confused. i'm almost 100% sure they're both pregnant, i google plenty of pictures of pregnant peppermints and...

Hiya guys, I have had a 15 gallon marine tank up and running for 3 months now. Yesterday I saw a tiny wee aptasia anemone on the frag disk which my leather Coral is on. I instantly took it out and dipped the coral and disk in a coral dip solution (aqua forest protect dip) and tried to remove as...

Hi guys! So this morning I found my mushroom plug flipped over on the sand. And my normally perpetually hiding peppermint shrimp is hanging on its last breath out in the open (so it’s probably not molting). Can mushroom sting and kill the shrimp?? Or it’s just a coincidence? Thank you so much!!

I have an 85 gal DT and I have a growing aptasia problem. I'd say I have between 25 and 50 visible Aptasia at the moment. I have decided on using Peppermint Shrimp to manage the Aptasia. I know that Peppermint Shrimp are "hit or miss" when it comes to dealing with Aptasia so I want to get more...

New to the forum, what’s up guys. I currently have two peppermint shrimp which I used to rid my tank of aptasia. It worked very well, they were gone in a day. The peps have no made any motion towards destroying any coral in my tank. I do feed them shrimp pellets which seems to keep them happy...

Hey Y'all We know hobbyists want Matted filefish that eat already Aiptasia, so we feed our matted filefish aiptasia and hydroids weekly so they can recognize them in your tanks. Check out the GoPro video below. If you have a huge Aiptasia problem I recommend a few of these guys with our...

I added a Peppermint shrimp to my Fluval Evo tank a couple of hours ago to eat Aiptasia that’s started growing in my tank. I was absolutely horrified to see my Red Fire Clown attack it, then pick it up and feed it to his BTA!!! I can’t find anywhere on the internet to say Peppermint Shrimps...