War On Aiptasia !

[vanny]

so I got some Aiptasia (pest anemone) in my tank and the tank is 3 days old, it came with the live rock that I bought, I removed some by burning them with a soldering iron, but I am thinking of adding some peppermint shrimp.
1- should I wait till the tank cycles...
2- will they eat my pink coralline algae?

any suggestions

 

[Trops_Newbie2012]

so I got some Aiptasia (pest anemone) in my tank and the tank is 3 days old, it came with the live rock that I bought, I removed some by burning them with a soldering iron, but I am thinking of adding some peppermint shrimp.
1- should I wait till the tank cycles...
2- will they eat my pink coralline algae?

any suggestions

Hi,

I only ran a reef tank for a little while, but I did have a peppermint. He destroyed the Aiptasia in a matter of days.

I never had any problem with them eating coraline algae?

Just make sure you get a TRUE peppermint shrimp, some LFS advertise peppermint shrimps that aren't (these other shrimps supposedly eat coral?) Do some research and have a look at pictures of true peppermints etc.....

Hope this helps.

 

[vanny]

okay cool

 

[SaltNoob]

just get an insulin needle. Usually local pharmacy will give you one, they are extremely cheap. Insert lemon juice into the aptasia. Cheaper than a shrimp. I don't like peppermint shrimp anyway.

-Tyler