New peppermint

CATALYST · 11-29-2007, 07:36 PM

Cute little guy. Keeps hiding so I can't take a pic. I don't see him out galavanting or eating these aptasia right next to him. Should I feed him something or will he find it when he get hungry?

JFK_Jr · 11-29-2007, 07:44 PM

My Peppermints are great scavengers... I keep about 8 of them in my tank. I've witnessed them eating flatworms, but never had any luck with them eating aptasia when I had a few in my tank... Joe's juice took care of them.

My shrimp get buy on whatever they find in the tank... I don't directly feed them.

CATALYST · 11-29-2007, 07:48 PM

I've had no luck with Joe's Juice. I've squirted these about 6 different times and they just get bigger. Maybe this guy is just too little for now.

framerguy · 11-29-2007, 08:21 PM

You don't need to target feed although when I feed my corals I give the shrimp some just to keep them from stealing the corals food... it doesn't always work. I usually takes a mob approach for peppermints to take care of aiptasia, somewhere in the 1 or 2 per gallon range! Then when the Aips are gone you sell the excess shrimp to someone. Joes juice really should work, hmmm. I wonder if you have super anemones!

CATALYST · 11-29-2007, 08:25 PM

I thought about getting 2 but I have a cleaner already and my tank is small. I didn't want to overdo it. I'll try the Joe's again but I'm not so excited.

goldenmean · 11-29-2007, 08:31 PM

I have had a little luck with my peppermint shrimp eating aiptasia. She doesn't get to it right away or even fast enough for me but if I leave it I does eventually disappear so she gets to it when she has the taste for it

hma · 12-02-2007, 01:39 PM

Peppermint shrimps eat only the small, still young Aiptasien. The big ones leave them mostly untouched they find always enough to eat in a reef aquarium. Mine small peppermint fry's eat completely straight Aiptasia if one no other feed offers. It is dependent on the feed amount and the number of the animals in a tank, I could observe this for years.

sasquatch · 12-02-2007, 01:59 PM

well said Heinz! my big aiptasia have finally died of old age and I have yet to see a new one,

for peppers

recole · 01-10-2008, 11:05 AM

About 3 months ago I purchased 2 pepperment shrimp to control my aiptasia. These shrimp hid and was not seen for almost a month. Even at night. Thought they were dead or one of my two very large green brittle stars had chowed down on them. But what I didn't realize was that my aiptasia population was dwindling. And in another 2 weeks NOT A SINGLE AIPTASIA was present! Now these two pepperments are pretty much out to see and are taking care of any aiptasia that may appear. This was one of the best additions to my 75 gal reef/fish tank. Now everytime I put my hands in the tank, they are there to greet me. Should I offer them silversides or just leave em alone to fend for themselves with no more aiptasia to eat? Thanks, Ron

lcstorc · 01-10-2008, 12:46 PM

They should get plenty of food from the fish leftovers.

Rye_84 · 01-10-2008, 12:52 PM

I bought 3 of these guys about 3 weeks ago to get rid of my aiptasia. I have tried two bottles of joe's juice and can't get rid of them. After the first night they all dissapeared and I figured there goes another 30 bucks of my money. I did find one of them on the second day. When I returned home from christmas for a week all of the aiptasia are gone and I see a shrimp pop out from under a rock here and there. They rock! I've noticed one aiptasia since they've been in the tank, but not too worried with these guys.

goldenmean · 01-10-2008, 01:29 PM

The peppermint shrimp are more nocturnal. They are most active after lights out. They tend to stay hidden during the day especially when first added to the tank.

JT101 · 01-10-2008, 03:29 PM

I am sure that Joe'sJuice works wonders. It has always instantly "destroyed' each and every aiptasia I have targeted with it. Problem is, you don't see the teeny tiny ones that are just starting to grow. You squirt a bunch of visible ones here and there, voila, they die and you think your job is done but a few days later you start seeing others pop up in places you didn't see anything in a few days earlier. I think my only choice is to get several peppermints AND simultaneously keep after the bigger aiptasias while the peppers eat the smaller ones I can't see.

zy112 · 01-10-2008, 03:45 PM

I've had a little luc with peppermints eating aptasia but I ap the big ones with Joes Juice and it kills them fast. Peppermints are cool to have anyway

11-29-2007, 07:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
CATALYST Achilles Tang Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: SoCal Posts: 834 View Gallery Karma Komment	New peppermint Cute little guy. Keeps hiding so I can't take a pic. I don't see him out galavanting or eating these aptasia right next to him. Should I feed him something or will he find it when he get hungry?

11-29-2007, 07:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
JFK_Jr Golden Moray Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hallandale Beach FL Posts: 2,108 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: New peppermint My Peppermints are great scavengers... I keep about 8 of them in my tank. I've witnessed them eating flatworms, but never had any luck with them eating aptasia when I had a few in my tank... Joe's juice took care of them. My shrimp get buy on whatever they find in the tank... I don't directly feed them. __________________ *JFK_Jr's 150 Gallon Starphire*

11-29-2007, 07:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
CATALYST Achilles Tang Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: SoCal Posts: 834 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: New peppermint I've had no luck with Joe's Juice. I've squirted these about 6 different times and they just get bigger. Maybe this guy is just too little for now.

11-29-2007, 08:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
framerguy Golden Moray Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Mount Airy, Ga Posts: 2,920 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: New peppermint You don't need to target feed although when I feed my corals I give the shrimp some just to keep them from stealing the corals food... it doesn't always work. I usually takes a mob approach for peppermints to take care of aiptasia, somewhere in the 1 or 2 per gallon range! Then when the Aips are gone you sell the excess shrimp to someone. Joes juice really should work, hmmm. I wonder if you have super anemones! __________________ ___________________________________ Greg All time fav quote: "Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy."-Guillaume Apollinaire "Being happy can be as easy as deciding to be!"-Greg Kimsey (framerguy) 75g Main, 55g Fuge w/DSB/+-25#LR, 25g Sump, turboflotor skimmer, 2x250w MH(9hrs/d), 4x65w PC(14h/d), 950gph mag drive/seaswirl return, 100# LR, 3" SB chronicles-akwareum (\___/) This is Bunny. (=O.o=) Copy and paste him into your signature (")__(") to help him gain world domination

11-29-2007, 08:25 PM	#5 (permalink)
CATALYST Achilles Tang Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: SoCal Posts: 834 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: New peppermint I thought about getting 2 but I have a cleaner already and my tank is small. I didn't want to overdo it. I'll try the Joe's again but I'm not so excited.

11-29-2007, 08:31 PM	#6 (permalink)
goldenmean Beautiful Katamari Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 3,683 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: New peppermint I have had a little luck with my peppermint shrimp eating aiptasia. She doesn't get to it right away or even fast enough for me but if I leave it I does eventually disappear so she gets to it when she has the taste for it __________________ A 55g link in the GoldenChain My First Quarantine Tank. 2 (+) Year Retrospective of a 12g Nano Jeff What You Think Upon Grows... Have a Smooth Day!

12-02-2007, 01:39 PM	#7 (permalink)
hma Acropora Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Frankfurt, Germany Posts: 1,724 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: New peppermint Peppermint shrimps eat only the small, still young Aiptasien. The big ones leave them mostly untouched they find always enough to eat in a reef aquarium. Mine small peppermint fry's eat completely straight Aiptasia if one no other feed offers. It is dependent on the feed amount and the number of the animals in a tank, I could observe this for years. __________________ Heinz Luck is a good health and a bad memory (Albert Schweitzer) Balling Method : Balling +Plus Video : Centropyge potteri Tools : Balling Calculator My Chronicle and ReefDreams HM-Aquarium Photo Calendar 2008 "IF SHARKS DIE, THE SEA DIES"

12-02-2007, 01:59 PM	#8 (permalink)
sasquatch Brunt of all Jokes~ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: the very farthest west coast of canada Posts: 8,494 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: New peppermint well said Heinz! my big aiptasia have finally died of old age and I have yet to see a new one, for peppers __________________ DIY stuff for my tank stand, 100g tank,rock lift, overflow, foam walls, closed loop,lighting reflectors, 50gal sump, bubbletrap and sock holder, ato bracket,kalk bucket and reservoir, 40gal fuge, fuge lighting, remotish dsb raceway, turf algae raceway, dual pumped recirc skimmer, more to follow. Barb ripped my sig

01-10-2008, 11:05 AM	#9 (permalink)
recole Bryozoan Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 59 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: New peppermint About 3 months ago I purchased 2 pepperment shrimp to control my aiptasia. These shrimp hid and was not seen for almost a month. Even at night. Thought they were dead or one of my two very large green brittle stars had chowed down on them. But what I didn't realize was that my aiptasia population was dwindling. And in another 2 weeks NOT A SINGLE AIPTASIA was present! Now these two pepperments are pretty much out to see and are taking care of any aiptasia that may appear. This was one of the best additions to my 75 gal reef/fish tank. Now everytime I put my hands in the tank, they are there to greet me. Should I offer them silversides or just leave em alone to fend for themselves with no more aiptasia to eat? Thanks, Ron

01-10-2008, 12:46 PM	#10 (permalink)
lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 16,436 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: New peppermint They should get plenty of food from the fish leftovers. __________________ 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 Jawfish enjoyment ASM answer girl. Every 60 seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.

01-10-2008, 12:52 PM	#11 (permalink)
Rye_84 Fire Coral Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 63 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: New peppermint I bought 3 of these guys about 3 weeks ago to get rid of my aiptasia. I have tried two bottles of joe's juice and can't get rid of them. After the first night they all dissapeared and I figured there goes another 30 bucks of my money. I did find one of them on the second day. When I returned home from christmas for a week all of the aiptasia are gone and I see a shrimp pop out from under a rock here and there. They rock! I've noticed one aiptasia since they've been in the tank, but not too worried with these guys.

01-10-2008, 01:29 PM	#12 (permalink)
goldenmean Beautiful Katamari Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 3,683 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: New peppermint The peppermint shrimp are more nocturnal. They are most active after lights out. They tend to stay hidden during the day especially when first added to the tank. __________________ A 55g link in the GoldenChain My First Quarantine Tank. 2 (+) Year Retrospective of a 12g Nano Jeff What You Think Upon Grows... Have a Smooth Day!

01-10-2008, 03:29 PM	#13 (permalink)
JT101 Torch coral Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Hicksville NY Posts: 557 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: New peppermint I am sure that Joe'sJuice works wonders. It has always instantly "destroyed' each and every aiptasia I have targeted with it. Problem is, you don't see the teeny tiny ones that are just starting to grow. You squirt a bunch of visible ones here and there, voila, they die and you think your job is done but a few days later you start seeing others pop up in places you didn't see anything in a few days earlier. I think my only choice is to get several peppermints AND simultaneously keep after the bigger aiptasias while the peppers eat the smaller ones I can't see.

01-10-2008, 03:45 PM	#14 (permalink)
zy112 Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: IN Posts: 981 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: New peppermint I've had a little luc with peppermints eating aptasia but I ap the big ones with Joes Juice and it kills them fast. Peppermints are cool to have anyway __________________ Zach

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