Peppermint Shrimp
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kylekody
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
i had a peppermint shrimp for getting rid of aptasias, i think he picked one or two little ones off, but go with a butterfly fish, i have a kleins and hes keepin those pesky aptasias out of my tank. i havent spotted one. in fact i have my dad askin to temporarily put some frags in my tank so my kleins can eat the little glass anemones sneakin out of them. and idk about them getting along, the local shop i get my fish and supplies houses them together, so i imagine so.
kylekody
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
i guess you could temporarily stick a smaller butterfly in there. and trade it or sell it to whoever. jus to get rid of the aptasia.
Gubernaculum86
Aquarium Advice Freak
My peppermint skimp got rid of the aiptasia in my tank within a couple of days of putting them in.
Thomsona
Aquarium Advice Activist
What do u feed them after the apitasa is gone
I wonder if u can train them to eat flatworms when the aiptasia is gone? Then maybe they would go after bubble algae. I can't wait to get my peppermint from the LFS. He's gonna b a super cuc when I get thru training him. I'll b taking orders soon!
hey saw the thread and just wanted to put in a little something..
I recently introduced a cleaner shrimp into my system about a month ago. Ath the time he was housed with a royal gramma, 2 clowns, scooter drag. and 1 pep. shrimp..
He was acclimated to the tank perfectly fine.. he immediately made him self known in the tank but when i left the house for a couple house i came back to my pep. shrimp fighting with the cleaner.. overnight the pep. shrimp must have taken his toll on the cleaner and my cleaner died.
^ could have been a freak accident, or an over aggressive shrimp (couldve been either one) but it happened to me. good luck
I recently introduced a cleaner shrimp into my system about a month ago. Ath the time he was housed with a royal gramma, 2 clowns, scooter drag. and 1 pep. shrimp..
He was acclimated to the tank perfectly fine.. he immediately made him self known in the tank but when i left the house for a couple house i came back to my pep. shrimp fighting with the cleaner.. overnight the pep. shrimp must have taken his toll on the cleaner and my cleaner died.
^ could have been a freak accident, or an over aggressive shrimp (couldve been either one) but it happened to me. good luck
Think I've read somewhere before about the 2 species not getting along. My cleaner is 2X the size of the peppermint. So it's a good thing he lays low all the time. I've had him about a week now and haven't noticed any aggression. But I'll keep an eye on em. Thanks!
My cleaner shrimp was also twice the size of the pep. unfortunately the cleaner was the victim.. good luck !
Thomsona
Aquarium Advice Activist
Cleaner shrimp are so expensive in Australia went to buy 1 $160
If you are talking about the butterfly fish there is a good chance it will starve to death. I was talking to someone a couple of weeks ago and his starved to death. He really didn't seem to upset about it but that is just how some people are. I like to remind people most all the saltwater fish are wild caught there are only a few species that can and do breed in captivity. If you get one please remember they didn't ask to be poisoned so they could be caught and put in a little glass box. I suppose that guy won't be talking to me the next time we bump into each other.
Thomsona
Aquarium Advice Activist
Cleaner shrimp are so expensive in Australia went to buy 1 $160
Cleaner Shrimp r more expensive here in the States too, but not that much. Wow! The peppermint was only 1/3 the price of the cleaner. About $10. If I had to pay that price for a cleaner, he'd have a tank all by himself. lol
