What kinds of fish/inverts eat aiptasia??

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  1. oceanparadise1

    oceanparadise1 Fire Squid

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    For joes juice to work you have to get EVERY lil peice of it, even if its in the mouth if the foot is stuck in a rock crevice it doesnt matter.


    Pepperming shrimp are the way to go. Very easy to maintain even after the aips are gone. They readily eat frozen food with no problems. IMO If you want them gone for good get the shrimps, AND do the joes juice as they wont eat the big ones so the joes jucie make they "bite" size for the shrimp
     
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  3. BTB0923

    BTB0923 Flamingo Tongue

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    Thanks everyone for your input. I think I'm going to buy a few peppermint shrimps for my 55 gallon.

    My only concern is that the peppermint shrimp might eat things in the tank that I want to keep in there. Do they eat anything that I might not want them to in my reef tank??

    What qualifies as "big"?? I have one aiptasia that is about an inch long from root to the ends of the arms, will the shrimp eat that guy??
     
  4. Triplemom

    Triplemom Pajama Cardinal

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    Peppershrimp work great! I've had several and haven't seen an aiptasia in months.
     
  5. Siddique

    Siddique Dragon Wrasse

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    Peppermint shrimp are extremely difficult for me to find in Trinidad but from everything that I've read and heard, they're the best fix overall.
    I'm not too sure if they would eat other corals but I do not think that they do.