Do remember where you got your Yellow-Lined Cleaner Goby? I've only seen them once and I'm pretty sure it was at Ocean Floor.
I got mine at Petco believe it or not. A couple of the west side Petcos have decent saltwater tanks.
I'm usually able to maintain temps with just surface agitation but it keeps my pH low as well. It's hard to do the CO2 scrubbers here with the high temps outside I guess but that's always an option?
Interesting. I've never bought a fish at a Petco. I believe the one in South Chandler has a SW section. I'll check it out.
Fans are an option. I have really good surface agitation as it is from the two gyres but fans used to enable me to use a 250MH over a 40B at kinda acceptable levels. Good idea, I may end up going that route. Thanks.
I didn’t have any luck with the Nudi’s either. What you should do is take a very small rock with aiptasia on it to your lfs, have them put it in a tank with peppermint shrimp and watch what happens. If they swarm it then there’s your solution. That’s basically what I did and just one peppermint shrimp cleared up my entire aiptasia problem. It wasn’t the biggest outbreak but they were all gone in 24 hours. You just need to hire the right shrimp for the job. The key is to see them in action so you know you’re not getting a dud.
I have a couple of Petco fish. Blue damsel and a neon dottyback. My local Petco recently hired someone to manage the fish section that at least has a clue about keeping it clean plus they overhauled it and put each bank of tanks on its own sump instead of everything all being tied together. I’m not making it a habit of buying from there but it’s better than your run of the mill Petco.
Did you have any trouble with the Peppermint and your corals? I always avoided shrimp other than cleaners. I only know of one LFS on my side of the valley that carries Peppermints with any regularity.
I'm actually about due for a CuC refresh so Reef Cleaners may be a good idea. I buy from them about once a year but never the stuff that requires UPS. I don't think they will ship here right now though because of our daytime temps. I remember that I have to basically order between October and May from them. I don't remember seeing any at Ocean Floor when I was there last month but Aquarium Arts had a couple dozen a few weeks ago.
No trouble, but it’s just the one shrimp right now. Once the aiptasia are gone or at least under enough control that you don’t see them anymore just keep the tank well fed and you should be good. You just have to make sure you’re getting ones that eat aiptasia and the best way to do that is by seeing it firsthand. If the lfs doesn’t usually stock them I’d ask them to order some in so you can see them in action.
No, not suspicious at all. Everybody does that. Completely normal. You should do it tomorrow, lol.
The good news there would be if I got to the point where I couldn't find aiptasia for them to eat.
My buddy just had a delivery last week.
Thanks I may give them a try today. They also have Randall's Pistol Shrimp, my favorite partner shrimp, but they need to be shipped UPS. Their price is a little high but not insane. Too bad my Black Ray wasn't fast enough to avoid the Foxface. I wanted to get a Randall's at the same time I bought the Black Ray but the LFS wanted an insane price for it.My buddy just had a delivery last week.
Their peppermints are good. Mine ate Aiptasia and left Coral alone.
When you get the peppermints try putting them in a bucket with a rock that has aiptasia. That way you can monitor them easier and make sure they are going to do the job.
