Peppermint Shrimps Reef Safe

[rohnds]

I always though peppermint shrimps were reef safe. Reccently I introduced a peppermint srhimp into my tank. I found him on top of my LSP and GSP an my Xenia.
Rohn

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

on top of them? is that bad?

 

[aresgod]

was he eating them? picking at them? or just little goodies that were living among them? They are extremely reef safe.

 

[Lorna]

I would think that they were cleaning them as peppermints are cleaners.....they do eat aiptasia.....which is a good thing....

 

[rohnds]

I didn't know that they eat aiptasia.

Rohn

 

[Joe Fish]

It's not a guarentee they will, but they can.

 

[Dadstank]

They will eat aptasia in larger numbers, 20 or so and if they don't really have another food source... thats kinda the tricky part....

Side note::: the copperband butterfly is a much better choice for ridding of aptasia..

 

[TRe]

well my 10 gallon at one point was totally covered in aptesia and i threw in 2 peppermint shrimps and within 3 or 4 days problem resovled *thumbsups

 

[ram man]

From what i have read, only pepperment shrimp from a certain area will eat aiptasia. When you buy them its a gamble with trying to get one. If your pepperment shrimp starts eating your corals than it might be a camel shrimp.

 

[TRe]

u can tell the differance

 

[ram man]

most people get them mixed up because they look alike, google camel shrimp or hing-beaked shrimp, then googl epepperment shrimp, easy to tell the difference if you know what both look like

 

[TRe]

yea i know what they look like

 

[Dadstank]

well my 10 gallon at one point was totally covered in aptesia and i threw in 2 peppermint shrimps and within 3 or 4 days problem resovled *thumbsups

WOW... I can't believe that 2 shrimp could eat that many aptasia in less than a week. You must have got the pick of the litter

I have never had success with them against aptasia... lol

 

[TRe]

yea i couldnt belive it myself