Apstasia

[SABOB]

Just noticed some new apstasia.Currently have a Fire Blood Shrimp.Will Peppermint Shrimp co-exist with other shrimp?

[JoshOdphi]

how big a tank?....they should do fine together though...peppermint shrimp will work wonders with your apstasia...my 37 has been clear of em since i added the peppermint...steals food from my acans and plate coral on occassion...

[Jamie]

Peppermints will tear up aptasia like there's no tomorrow. Although, I had to remove all ten I added to my tank on account of them liking to eat polyps out of my SPS as well. Not sure if I'm the only one that has had this experience though. They would jam their front legs into the polyp hole, rout it out, then eat up the polyp. I almost had a heart attack when I was watching them do it. Fortunately, they were easy to catch and remove.

[Kyle46N]

Haven't had that problem Jamie, but then again I don't have many SPS. I had a slight issue with a my large cleaner shrimp and peps. These were bigger peps too. The cleaner goes after them if they get to close. I put six large peps in my 75 about a month or so ago, and now I have only been able to count 2 at night. Not sure if the cleaner is the culprit. But, they worked wonders on the aptasia. No aptasia at all now. I don't think you need to worry about the peps doing anything to the other shrimp. More so vice versa if anything. And if you can score peps from port aransas, that would be your best bet. I have heard people having hit or miss situations with other peps from stores/online etc. But have heard mostly positive results with the port A peps.

[Jamie]

Yeah....I had peps from Port A....they anihilated all of the aptasia I inherited from some "good deal" live rock. After they served their purpose, I moved them to a different tank.

[msmith619]

I read somewhere about using aptasia as well a xenia in refugiums instead of macro. Has/is any done/doing this? If so, send us a picture. Could this nuisance creature actually be good for our aquariums? They do look cool.

[SABOB]

Thanks to all who replied.Now I need to find some Peppermint shrimp for my 55 gallon.

[allan]

you know I keep my peppermints in the fuge. When I get a new rock, or notice aptasia in one of my own rocks I just put it down there for a couple of days.

Originally I had them in my display but it really bugged me when they would steal food from... well, from everything. Spot feeding became an exercise between trying to get the food to the animal while fencing with the baster against the peps eager for a quick and easy meal.