If you purchased peppermint shrimp that ate aiptasia, please post the source

[Miami Reef]

After losing countless Copperband butterflies, I need another solution for managing aiptasia.

If you have a source of peppermint shrimp that you’ve witnessed eat aiptasia, please tell me the source. I’m ready to purchase several of them.

 

[JGT]

Reeftopia. Legit Florida Keys Peppermints. Great prices too when they have them in stock.

 

[fishguy242]

Both proven, Reeftopia , and Salty bottom.

 

[Miami Reef]

I just purchased from Reeftopia. Thanks guys.

 

[exnisstech]

For others that may be looking the ones I got from reefcleaners do an awesome job.

 

[DangerDave]

mysaltwaterfishstore.com is a florida collector I've had luck with

 

[randomfishdude]

Tropical Fish Haven - Google Search

 

[InvaderJim]

reef-cleaners peppermints worked for me

 

[LARedstickreefer]

For others that may be looking the ones I got from reefcleaners do an awesome job.

Same here. I got two and they cleared out what was probably 100+ in less than a week…Then my Flame Hawk cleared them out.

 

[Reefer Matt]

It’ll depend on what species they are also. Some eat coral.

Peppermint Shrimp Identification

Peppermint shrimp are widely suggested as a reef safe solution for ridding aptasia from a tank. While others say they are coral eating terrors best left to fish only systems. Why the discrepancy in people's experiences? Well, it could be that we're not talking about the same shrimp. There are...

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[dwest]

I quarantine shrimp with aiptasia. They will learn to eat them when they are hungry. Once they go into the reef though, mine will slow down eating aiptasia and eat more fish food and pods. Peppermints are pods vacuums at night.

 

[KrisReef]

The only way I have found out to determine if a peppermint shrimp or a Filefish will eat Aiptasia is to put it in the tank and see what happens.

 

[Slocke]

I’ve never had a peppermint shrimp not eat aiptasia no matter the source and usually see results if not total success overnight.

 

[corosato]

Mine is from ORA and I am pretty sure it has never touched anything but pellet food and mysis.

 

[areefer01]

Its a slow process for both Matted Filefish and Peppermint. Source of purchase is irrelevant. Correct animal is. Even if one gets the correct animal it still may not work as the environment is different for both animal and hobbyist.

Heck my Milletseed Butterflyfish eats Aiptasia like it is candy but I wouldn't recommend it.

 

[threebuoys]

After losing countless Copperband butterflies, I need another solution for managing aiptasia.

If you have a source of peppermint shrimp that you’ve witnessed eat aiptasia, please tell me the source. I’m ready to purchase several of them.

Curious, I have a Copperband butterfly in QT at the moment in preparation for adding him to my DT to fight aptasia. You've had bad luck with this approach. Did you lose the CBB's to disease, bullying, or just not eating anything?

Thanks

 

[Miami Reef]

I’ve never had a peppermint shrimp not eat aiptasia no matter the source and usually see results if not total success overnight.

Ohh. That’s exciting!!

Curious, I have a Copperband butterfly in QT at the moment in preparation for adding him to my DT to fight aptasia. You've had bad luck with this approach. Did you lose the CBB's to disease, bullying, or just not eating anything?

Thanks

They seem to not eat enough for survival. The longest Copperband I kept was when I was feeding live whiteworms. I got lax with my excessive feedings, and it slowly declined.

I don’t have my worm culture anymore, and every copperband I’ve tried since either just didn’t eat enough or didn’t eat at all.

Sometimes they just die from getting stuck on my powerheads. They seem to lose balance when they’re about to die.

The white worm culture was doing well, but after the copperband died at the time, I just got rid of it since I had no more purpose for it.

It’s too hot to start a new culture now because of shipping.


They never had diseases or getting bullied. It’s just from the lack of food. They are very difficult to feed, and it’s pretty labor intensive since they don’t really eat from the water column and need to eat many times a day.

 

[lil sumpin]

Reefcleaners' peppermints cleared the aiptasia in my tank within days

 

[threebuoys]

Ohh. That’s exciting!!

They seem to not eat enough for survival. The longest Copperband I kept was when I was feeding live whiteworms. I got lax with my excessive feedings, and it slowly declined.

I don’t have my worm culture anymore, and every copperband I’ve tried since either just didn’t eat enough or didn’t eat at all.

Sometimes they just die from getting stuck on my powerheads. They seem to lose balance when they’re about to die.

The white worm culture was doing well, but after the copperband died at the time, I just got rid of it since I had no more purpose for it.

It’s too hot to start a new culture now because of shipping.

Thanks, That's why I've put off getting a CBB for some time. Concerned about eating. I've had this one 2 weeks. He is eating pellets and frozen blood worms, frozen mysis, nibbling on some algae (live and dried), but I have my doubts that will work long term. I hope I can keep him going long enough to get him in the DT with the aptasia or I will have to try the shrimp route too

 

[19Mateo83]

My two came from @Queen City Corals , they don’t list them for sale online but they usually have some in store. You may be able to call and order some. They absolutely destroyed my aptasia and now are happy with pellets and mysis.