Peppermint Shrimp Quiz

[justahobby]

I, like many others, got peppermints from the coast recently. I had at least 15 aiptasia in my petite BC14. Within 3 days they were all destroyed, muahaha. Then, my acans start disappearing. I knew it would happen if I didn't get them out of there because they ate my acans last time (in my 58g). I tried catching them, but finally got motivated to rip my tank apart when one of my Ding Dang PE's looked damaged the very next day after purchasing it. There is one happy, full lion fish now :-D

So, am I cursed or have you noticed problems too?

[ErikH]

Never had problems. I had almost 20 in my 75 when it was packed with SPS.

[justahobby]

What kind of LPS did you have?

[FireWater]

I will never put another one in my tank. Acan and chalice eating fools.

[justahobby]

LOL, dang fools! I hadn't thought about chalices :sick: Dare I ask which ones?

[Mr Cob]

Justin, I have never had problems with them in my own experience BUT I still won't put any in the business frag tanks....I can see it now...RASTAS GONE! Sunny D's - GONE! and everything else that's not aiptasia! lol

I've heard way too many people having trouble so I only keep them in my 55g that's made up of softies and LPS.

[hobogato]

acans, micromussa, blastos - easy targets for them if they arent well fed by aiptaisia... (yes, past experience)

[tebstan]

I was really worried about adding them, and went back and forth on how many to add. I ended up putting 6 in a 90g, and haven't seen a sign of them since. I'm fairly sure after all that worrying, they were eaten by the angel.

Unfortunately, the molly miller blenny I added to the same tank destroyed my favorite clam and damaged a scoly. :angry:

[justahobby]

Don't write the pepps off as disappeared yet. Mine were MIA for a couple weeks before showing up during tank feedings.

[Chaz the Impaler]

They also like Clove polyps.

Anyone know a good DIY shrimp trap? :bigsmile:

[justahobby]

They are so food aggressive that it wasn't an issue in my big tank. Just stuck some food in a net and they crawled right in. I believe there are a couple traps floating around though. Might try posting a thread.

[LuckySingh]

they had never last more than couple months in my tank....solely the reason that i dnt keep em any more...and they never ate aptasia in my tank....

[FireWater]

LOL, dang fools! I hadn't thought about chalices :sick: Dare I ask which ones?

Dead list is 3 acan colonies, Miami chalice, Bubble gum chalice, 1 of my Brian's Baby chalices, and half of my watermelon chalice. They were the only ones near where he hangs out. The ones on the other side of the tank are doing fine.

[Europhyllia]

"Yes! Little beady eyed, red demons" haha

and true...