Help identify this guy; I think he's bad

ive got like 30 40 of them in my tank i bought 3 peppermints last night ill update you as soon as i see results also why are they so bad what do they do ?

 

They can sting the crap out of your corals.....plus, having them all through the tank is unsightly

 

I used to like the way my mojanos looked in my fish only...almost like mini torches! But i agree very very unsightley with a bad little sting.

 

seems the 3 peppermint havent taking a liking to them yet i wonder how lon it will take for them to realize i have to many to go injecting them all , any other solutions if i dont want to take 5 days to inject them all

 

They might not be peppermints....I heard that there is a shrimp that looks like a peppermint and sold as a peppermint, but is not and will not eat aptaisia....

 

Hi just to get my pennies worth in! I tried the pepermint shrimp approach at first but found that they prefered what ever else food they could get as apposed the aptasia. i was advised to cut down on feeding so they would then start on them. however i found this impractical so went for the lemon juice injecting! It took about ten minutes all in all to get thirty of them!

All you need to do is stab them with the syringe and squeeze! when you are pulling out the the syringe squirt some more juice around them (this also "burns" their tenticles and keeps them closed up)

The only concern i had was when i injected the aptasia that were in my sand as the lemon reacts with the sand, but i later found my calcium levels to have risen.... so basically you are also getting a mini calcium reactor for your troubles!!!

The best lemon juice i found was fresh as apposed to the "jif" plastick lemons

Hope this helps!

 

My peppermint shrimp do a great job of aptaisa control in my tank. It's really a crap shoot on those guys.

 

Hello there everyone, I noticed this quote from geologeekThe only concern i had was when i injected the aptasia that were in my sand as the lemon reacts with the sand, but i later found my calcium levels to have risen.... so basically you are also getting a mini calcium reactor for your troubles!!! )
I was wondering if you could add lemon juice to Kalkwasser instead of vinegar???

 

Did anyone get my question?

 

hey i am new here and this is my first replie wooopi i had a problem with aptasia too and i got a cpperband and pepermint shrimp they didnt touch them then i got joes juice and it worked great for the ones i could reach then i starved the tank for a while and the shrimps went to work no more problems inject as many as you can and then starve the tank also when you kill them do a water change quick do to die off this is very important