need help with peperment

[bigkai]

having trouble keeping peperment shrimp alive i had a banded coral shrimp for over 2 years and it did fine i got rid of it when i cought it eating a peperment i have tryed to keep them 3 or 4 dif times and they all ways die or just disapire do red or wight brittle star fish eat them please help or give any addvise thanks

 

[peaces]

brittle stars are killers if they're not the micro, mini ones. list everything living in your tank.

 

[bigkai]

the red brittle is arm tip to arm tip about 2foot long wight one is about 1 foot long their very big. 4 blue/green chromis. 2 black clownfish. 1 purple firefish. 1 pajama cardinalfish. 1 bi color blenny. 1 engineer goby. and one serpent star. thats all the fish than about 30/40 corals

 

[btkrausen]

Peppermints are an odd shrimp because they are hard to know whether they survive or not. I've put peppermints in my tank before, and didn't see them for months, so I had assumed they were dead. Then one night I as exploring with a flashlight, and found two of them hanging out.

They rarely come out during the day like a cleaner shrimp does. Are you seeing evidence of them being dead?

 

[bigkai]

i put them in my tank and with in a week or 2 all the aiptasias will be gone than i check on them at night and they slowy disappear one at a time i put 4 of them in last time with one cleaner shrimp all are gone with no trace. my wife says its the stars doing it i have found fish dead and could not get to them and in a hour or two their gone the stars do a great job cleaning up dead stuff and poo but i rather have the shrimp so should i get them out or leave them iv had them for years and they look realy cool

 

[m and m]

Peppermints hide alot so you just might not be seeing them. Also are you having ph swings at night if so that could kill them also.

 

[_Alex_]

big star fish will eat about anything they can get a hold of . so if one gets tangle up in his leg there is the possibility of them getting eatin

 

[bigkai]

not sure about the ph swing my ph stay around 8.4 to 8.0 so the banded coral shrimp i had was it just able to fight them off or just realy lucky it had some probems at times tho it would be missing a arm or legs but all ways growed them back can they handle ph swings couse it lived for about 2 years than i cought it eating a pepperment shrimp so i took it to the lfs

 

[m and m]

Shrimp do not take ph swings at all IMO they are the worst of all to them.

 

[bigkai]

ok next question how in the world do i keep the ph from swinging

 

[m and m]

It goes down at nightosmosis will help simply just running a light on your sump a simple hd fixture will do under 15 dollars.

 

[btkrausen]

ok next question how in the world do i keep the ph from swinging

You could also look at dripping kalkwasser at night. This would keep your pH up, plus add calcium to your tank.

 

[bigkai]

will it couse algae to grow in my sump what about running led moon lights all night or is it not enuff light

 

[m and m]

You could also look at dripping kalkwasser at night. This would keep your pH up, plus add calcium to your tank.

That's another option but that would be alot more expensive route to go unless you make it yourself.

 

[btkrausen]

will it couse algae to grow in my sump what about running led moon lights all night or is it not enuff light

Nah, moonlights won't do anything for you.

Another thought I had...if your goal is to get rid of aptaisia, and if you have a big enough tank, look for a matted filefish, or sometimes called Aiptasia eating file fish. He is the absolutely uglist fish I've seen, but he'll devour aiptasia. I have one in my frag tank, and when aiptasia pops up in my tank, I move him to the display, and he takes care of it all. He looks like this:

 

[m and m]

will it couse algae to grow in my sump what about running led moon lights all night or is it not enuff light

Yes it will unless your phase and nit are down do you have algea in your tank now?

 

[btkrausen]

That's another option but that would be alot more expensive route to go unless you make it yourself.

I dripped kalk for almost no cost. Got a nice rubbermaid tub from my LFS that had a nozzle on the end. Put two tsp of kalk in, shake it up. At night, place over the sump, and turn the nozzle just enough to drip. The tub cost like 5 dollars and you can get enough kalk to last a year at BRS for $10. I didn't say he had to buy a reactor or anything like that

 

[m and m]

I dripped kalk for almost no cost. Got a nice rubbermaid tub from my LFS that had a nozzle on the end. Put two tsp of kalk in, shake it up. At night, place over the sump, and turn the nozzle just enough to drip. The tub cost like 5 dollars and you can get enough kalk to last a year at BRS for $10. I didn't say he had to buy a reactor or anything like that

You could do that if your with your tank everynight. A light on controller is set it and forget it.

 

[bigkai]

do they eat or hurt any thang in the tank coral fish crabs snails and what watt light do i need to put on at night

 

[btkrausen]

do they eat or hurt any thang in the tank coral fish crabs snails and what watt light do i need to put on at night

Mine is a great fish. Has never touched anything, and mostly stays in the corner by himself. I never see him eating the aiptasia, but it always disappears after moving him to the display. He might be eating at night.