Peppermint Shrimp

[xjiahua]

Wanna enquire if authentic peppermint shrimps (not camelback) are easily available in LFS ? wanna use it to get rip of aptasia. anybody have any luck with this before ?

[william_choo]

Yes,it will occasionally get rid of it.best is to scurb it off.faster and efficient conventional method. For me,I just use a penknife to cut it inside the water,and the skimmer will do the rest.

[unltd]

Wanna enquire if authentic peppermint shrimps (not camelback) are easily available in LFS ? wanna use it to get rip of aptasia. anybody have any luck with this before ?

Yes, I bought peppermint shrimps for aptasias. VERY effective (or maybe I had been lucky so far), but I usually buy at least in pairs when I need to clear aptasia, then I sell off in this forum cause at the moment demand is quite high.

BTW peppermints are super hardy, had my tank crash once and the peppermints were alive even after some fishes died....

[Eniram]

Yes,it will occasionally get rid of it.best is to scurb it off.faster and efficient conventional method. For me,I just use a penknife to cut it inside the water,and the skimmer will do the rest.

You know by doing that you have actually increased the number of aiptasia in your tank.

[xjiahua]

Yes,it will occasionally get rid of it.best is to scurb it off.faster and efficient conventional method. For me,I just use a penknife to cut it inside the water,and the skimmer will do the rest.

i tried to use a tweezer but to no avail as it retreats too fast. even tried to take the liverock out but not easy.

Yes, I bought peppermint shrimps for aptasias. VERY effective (or maybe I had been lucky so far), but I usually buy at least in pairs when I need to clear aptasia, then I sell off in this forum cause at the moment demand is quite high.

BTW peppermints are super hardy, had my tank crash once and the peppermints were alive even after some fishes died....

high demand ?! any recommended lfs that might carry it ?

[CFOh]

i tried to use a tweezer but to no avail as it retreats too fast. even tried to take the liverock out but not easy.

high demand ?! any recommended lfs that might carry it ?

aiptasia multiply fast, try not to use tweezer or scriber.. They will come back more and strong.. If really wan to scribe then scribe from the base rock try not to disturb the body..

Try Iwarna, LCK201 or CF for peppermint shrimp.. Will update weekly thread if see any this weekend.. Cheers

[xjiahua]

aiptasia multiply fast, try not to use tweezer or scriber.. They will come back more and strong.. If really wan to scribe then scribe from the base rock try not to disturb the body..

Try Iwarna, LCK201 or CF for peppermint shrimp.. Will update weekly thread if see any this weekend.. Cheers

thanks! appreciate it! exactly they multiply extremely fast. meanwhile gonna try my luck tomorrow with Aquamarin.

[CFOh]

thanks! appreciate it! exactly they multiply extremely fast. meanwhile gonna try my luck tomorrow with Aquamarin.

Try kalkwasser zap with syringe first... very convenient & economic... don't rush.. and remember to acclimatise newly bought shrimp before adding to yr tank... other than that peppermint shrimp is very hardy shrimp..

[unltd]

i tried to use a tweezer but to no avail as it retreats too fast. even tried to take the liverock out but not easy.

high demand ?! any recommended lfs that might carry it ?

I think the LCK201 has, CF has, Irwana has also, one of the sponsors M3Morph also has on their web.

But many reefers suffer from aiptasia problems, so it does get traded as a hot commodity in the buy/sell thread.

And remember to acclimatise them as CFOh mentioned, quite important for all shrimps.

[puppet]

I think the LCK201 has, CF has, Irwana has also, one of the sponsors M3Morph also has on their web.

But many reefers suffer from aiptasia problems, so it does get traded as a hot commodity in the buy/sell thread.

And remember to acclimatise them as CFOh mentioned, quite important for all shrimps.

Any precaution we should take against peppermint? turned aggressive? attack other corals? Does not attack aiptasia after accquiring taste for fish food?

[CFOh]

Any precaution we should take against peppermint? turned aggressive? attack other corals? Does not attack aiptasia after accquiring taste for fish food?

peppermint shrimp shld be fine if compare to Skunk cleaner shrimp.. They do potential grab food from coral but not as nasty compare to Skunk cleaner. And peppermint shrimp will help cleaning fish as well.. also they are pretty shy.. other than that beside the outlook, I think peppermint shrimp is a good choice. Cheers..

[xjiahua]

nahh no luck with Aquamarin. just to sidetrack a lil. how many invert is recommended in a 24g ? can i mix it with sexy shrimps & cleaner shrimps ?

[xjiahua]

gotten my peppermint shrimp from iwarna. almost instantly it started to manoeuvre ard tis particular spot with tis huge aptasia, hopefully it will work well. thanks guys for the heads up !!

[FuEl]

If you are talking about the actual peppermint shrimp, it's probably Lysmata wurdemanni. Other shrimps that get imported as peppermint shrimps include Lysmata rathbunae, Lysmata boggessi, Lysmata vittata, Lysmata seticaudata, and many other Lysmata sp. The most common peppermint shrimp you find here is Lysmata boggessi. To the untrained eye, it's hard to differenciate it from L. wurdemanni but they work all the same.

[xjiahua]

If you are talking about the actual peppermint shrimp, it's probably Lysmata wurdemanni. Other shrimps that get imported as peppermint shrimps include Lysmata rathbunae, Lysmata boggessi, Lysmata vittata, Lysmata seticaudata, and many other Lysmata sp. The most common peppermint shrimp you find here is Lysmata boggessi. To the untrained eye, it's hard to differenciate it from L. wurdemanni but they work all the same.

thanks for the additional info. yayy i was told the shipments here normally comes from indonesia so i supposed its the other variants.

just some updates, my peppermint managed to get rid of those relatively bigger aiptasia (those with longer tentacles) but not much improvement seen on the smaller flower liked ones.

[ah_d3x]

PEPPERMINT SHRIMP available @ CF. saw it today. not many thou

[xjiahua]

some updates to share.

1 out of 3 i bought didnt make it (probably the one that jumped out frm the net when the auntie was catching)

a lil disappointed with it initially as i only witness it tackling the big aiptasia while not touching the smaller ones (which was stubborningly spreading like wildfire) until yesterday, there were none in sight. =D

[puppet]

some updates to share.

1 out of 3 i bought didnt make it (probably the one that jumped out frm the net when the auntie was catching)

a lil disappointed with it initially as i only witness it tackling the big aiptasia while not touching the smaller ones (which was stubborningly spreading like wildfire) until yesterday, there were none in sight. =D

thanks for the updates, let us know when there is no more aiptasia, do they turn on corals?

[xjiahua]

thanks for the updates, let us know when there is no more aiptasia, do they turn on corals?

spotted 1 small one before the total wipeout (thought the aiptasia were hiding) but as of now i cant seem to find any aiptasia in sight.

i'm currently in the midst of the cycling period. day 28 today. gonna slowly stock up the coral and see how it goes. saw one my peppermint shrimp doing its job eating a worm though.

[M3Morph]

We do have a pair in our Zoas tank. So far, they did not disturb them. Aiptasia has also been cleared.

Cheers

[puppet]

We do have a pair in our Zoas tank. So far, they did not disturb them. Aiptasia has also been cleared.

Cheers

Was afraid that they would pick on coco/xmas/featherduster worms once aiptasia are done?

[xjiahua]

saw my peppermint munching a pretty huge bristle worm but left a featherduster alone.

[xjiahua]

saw my peppermint munching a pretty huge bristle worm but left a featherduster alone.

okay i kinda spoke too soon. sometimes somethings are better left unsaid. lol. its gone now my small lil feather duster.

[chickyduck]

Anyone knows where I can purchase the peppermint shrimp?

[twiddledoo]

Iwana has some last week