Good Tank Cleanup

Bg3489 · 10-25-2006, 11:00 PM

Alright I've offically had enough of my peppermint shirmp. I have about 5 and they are just too much to handel. I walked in today to see them all tearing pieces off various corals and I'm sick of loosing my money to these guys! I have about 15 snails for my 115 gallon tank and these peppermints. What else should I consider adding if i remove the peppermits? Is there anything else that cleans up all dead matter or undesierable things from my tank (i.e. left over food scraps) and also are the 15 snails enough for my 115 gallon system? Also as a side question I was wondering if its necessary to feed my open brain coral any lfrozen food from time to time. I read they love bits of shrimp and such occasionally. Thanks for the help guys!

lcstorc · 10-26-2006, 01:12 AM

I too have recently had trouble with my peppermints and they are on the way back to the lfs.
What kind of snails do you have? Personally I love my conchs. I have fighting conchs for the substrate and I have read fabulous things about queen conchs for h=the rock etc, How about other types if shrimp?
Just some thoughts, Hope it helps.

BrothaWolf · 10-26-2006, 04:02 AM

See Peppermint Shrimp ARE evil!!! Peppermint Shrimp are Evil!
Ive got scarlet hermits in my cleaner crew so far they havent bothered anyone and seem to do a decent job. I also have a cleaner shrimp who only bothers ME when I go in the tank (he loves to climb up my hands) and a blood shrimp. Both are totaly cool. Get some more snails. I have more than 15 snails in my 29 gallon tank All different types. The nassarius are a blast to watch.

Woodstock · 10-26-2006, 06:39 AM

I've never had peppermint shrimp.... thank goodness! Good luck catching them quickly!

lcstorc · 10-26-2006, 08:02 AM

As of last night 2 out of 4 had been caught and are waiting for transport this weekend,
One of the best ideas my lfs has had was buying a fish trap which he rents out by the week. He loaned it to us because I spend lots there and am getting rid of the perrpermints and will replace them with new fire shrimp. LOL

10-25-2006, 11:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
Bg3489 Bryozoan Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 52 View Gallery Karma Komment	Good Tank Cleanup Alright I've offically had enough of my peppermint shirmp. I have about 5 and they are just too much to handel. I walked in today to see them all tearing pieces off various corals and I'm sick of loosing my money to these guys! I have about 15 snails for my 115 gallon tank and these peppermints. What else should I consider adding if i remove the peppermits? Is there anything else that cleans up all dead matter or undesierable things from my tank (i.e. left over food scraps) and also are the 15 snails enough for my 115 gallon system? Also as a side question I was wondering if its necessary to feed my open brain coral any lfrozen food from time to time. I read they love bits of shrimp and such occasionally. Thanks for the help guys!

10-26-2006, 01:12 AM	#2 (permalink)
lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 20,786 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Good Tank Cleanup I too have recently had trouble with my peppermints and they are on the way back to the lfs. What kind of snails do you have? Personally I love my conchs. I have fighting conchs for the substrate and I have read fabulous things about queen conchs for h=the rock etc, How about other types if shrimp? Just some thoughts, Hope it helps. __________________ Peace LYNN You can't change the past but you can change how you view it. A reef tank is like a racecar. The faster you go the harder you crash. Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Every 60 seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back. In Loving Memory Of Z 01/22/07 - 08/19/08 Last edited by lcstorc : 10-26-2006 at 07:59 AM.

10-26-2006, 04:02 AM	#3 (permalink)
BrothaWolf Acropora Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,798 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Good Tank Cleanup See Peppermint Shrimp ARE evil!!! Peppermint Shrimp are Evil! Ive got scarlet hermits in my cleaner crew so far they havent bothered anyone and seem to do a decent job. I also have a cleaner shrimp who only bothers ME when I go in the tank (he loves to climb up my hands) and a blood shrimp. Both are totaly cool. Get some more snails. I have more than 15 snails in my 29 gallon tank All different types. The nassarius are a blast to watch. __________________ 75 Gal AGA Nano - 115lbs LR 140lbs LS Tunze 6025 x 3 40 gal DIY Sump/fuge 20lb LS 26lb LR Outer Orbit 150 HQI Mh x 2, 54w T5 x 4, 18 moons, ASM G3 Mated pair Yashia Gobies (seperated) and Red Band Pistol Shrimp, True Percula, Purple Fire Fish, Yellow Clown Goby, Orange Back Fairy Wrasse, Barber Pole Goby, Blood Shrimp, Crocea Clam, Scarlet Hermits, Cerith, Nassarius, Nerite and Margarita Snails (hold the salt) Zoas, Rics & Shrooms, Xenia, Hammer & Frog Spawn, Star Polyps, Blasto, Blue Anthelia, Lord Acans 29 Gal Oceanic Bio Cube- 40lbs LR 30lbs LS Sapphire Skimmer, DIY Nanotuners 4.36 Lighting, DIY Moonlights, DIY Mod CPR Refugium Randalls Goby, Zoa's ,Trach,Shrooms President: Crabs Make Me Itch Society

10-26-2006, 06:39 AM	#4 (permalink)
Woodstock The Wand Geek was here. ;) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 23,614 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Good Tank Cleanup I've never had peppermint shrimp.... thank goodness! Good luck catching them quickly! __________________ ~Doni Marie~ *GOT ICH???* *My Anemone & Picasso Tank ~* 120 Reef Chronicle ~ *Breeding Picasso Clownfish~* *Massive 300 gal growout~* *Picasso & Snowcasso for sale~* "Energy and persistence conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________

10-26-2006, 08:02 AM	#5 (permalink)
lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 20,786 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Good Tank Cleanup As of last night 2 out of 4 had been caught and are waiting for transport this weekend, One of the best ideas my lfs has had was buying a fish trap which he rents out by the week. He loaned it to us because I spend lots there and am getting rid of the perrpermints and will replace them with new fire shrimp. LOL __________________ Peace LYNN You can't change the past but you can change how you view it. A reef tank is like a racecar. The faster you go the harder you crash. Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Every 60 seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back. In Loving Memory Of Z 01/22/07 - 08/19/08

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