I need some suggestions for getting rid of aiptasia

[stixx]

Whst works? I tried peppermint shrimp to no avail.

Thx!

[sir_dudeguy]

was it a true peppermint shrimp? Sometimes camel shrimp are sold as peps.

Anyways, you can get a syringe and inject them with either joe's juice, vinegar, or i've even heard just hot water (and i think i heard lemon juice once)

[stixx]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9349171#post9349171 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sir_dudeguy
was it a true peppermint shrimp? Sometimes camel shrimp are sold as peps.

Anyways, you can get a syringe and inject them with either joe's juice, vinegar, or i've even heard just hot water (and i think i heard lemon juice once)
Whats the method for determining if its a "true" peppermint?

[FishWife1]

I tried everything sold and recommended for aptaisia and it only spread. I finally thre 4 true Peppermint shrimp into my 30 gal. cube. Aptaisia were gone within a couple of days. I had tried using just one before and it didn't work. But 4 did the trick.

Laurie

[sir_dudeguy]

Whats the method for determining if its a "true" peppermint?

haha good point.

this looks like the true peppermint shrimps to me...
http://www.reefcorner.com/SpecimenSheets/peppermint_shrimp.htm

this is a camel shrimp, somewhat similar to what the peps look like but often sold as peppermints.
http://www.poseidonsrealm.com/camelshrimp.jpg

And like fishwife said, you sometimes need more than one. Its hit or miss. Whenever you're gonna try to get rid of aptasia w/peppermints, i'd get like 2-4 depending on how big of a tank it is (if its like 80g i'd get at least 4, if its like 125, i'd get like 8, etc...)

[DunnoMuch]

A combination of peppermints and Stop Aiptasia (by Chem-Marin) worked for me. It was a while ago, but I think I had two peppermints in my 50 gallon.

I think it is key to get to them sooner rather than later. As they multiply, it only gets harder to keep up with them!

[Phillycsi]

I recently had one pop up in my tank...I took some KALK powder (1-2 tbs) (pickling lime) mixed with a little water (just enough to dissolve the powder. Sucked it up in a medication syringe (for giving liquids to kids and stuff) and injected it right into/onto the Aiptasia, it was gone within seconds. I was a little concerned becasue it was right next to a coral, but there was no damage...

[jbittner]

Joe's Juice--worked in seconds.