WTB Proven Aiptasia Eating Peppermint Shrimp

[+Efrain]

I recently recieved some live rock which had aiptasia in it. I bought a peppermint shrimp about a week ago but it has yet to eat any, doesnt seem interested in them at all. Do you have a peppermint shrimp that has a taste for aiptasia and can help me with my problem?

[pbnj]

Try contacting 'barderer' on this forum.

Supposedly, there are different kinds of Peppermint Shrimp and he sells the kind that eat Aiptasia.

Edited October 27, 2009 by pbnj

[joshman1204]

there are three of them in my 24g that just destroyed my aiptasia problem but I dont know how I would every catch them.

[+Efrain]

Thanks pbnj ill try contacting barderer. Joshman, if you happen to wrangle up one of those peps let me know.

[Rich]

if you over feed your fish and the shrimp eat that then they wont want to eat any aiptasia in the tank. which the aiptasia would also reproduce faster if you over feed.

[barderer]

There are two types that usually eat aiptasia Lysmata wurdemanni and Lysmata Hochi. Lysmata californica and Lysmata Rafa are often sold but have not been known to eat aiptasia. When buying peps you have to be good at identification. Here is a good resource

Nick

[+Dena]

I was going to say the same thing. Wish I could catch the buggers now that the aiptasia is gone.

there are three of them in my 24g that just destroyed my aiptasia problem but I dont know how I would every catch them.