Peppermints

[butlerreefclub]

I can tell you I have had excellent results with peppermints

 

[chuggy]

as far as eating aptasia im assuming your talking about?

 

[ReefWidowed]

They are good for soothing the stomach if he's not.......and good at feeding my bird wrasse if he is

 

[chuggy]

huh?

 

[ReefWidowed]

Peppermint candy is good for the stomach....Peppermint shrimp are a tasty snack for my wrasse....I am much funnier in my head than to anyone else (I may have melted my brain working on our tax exempt paperwork)

 

[chuggy]

lol what about the aptasia?

 

[pgolnick]

They are not good for your stomach, the wrasse or anthing else in the tank.

 

[MJAnderson]

If you're having aptasia problems I did this and it worked like a charm (so far)

Fed heavy for 3 days.

Picked up a few peppermints from Aquatic Technologies. They have a tank with peppermints that they only feed aptasia from the rest of their system.

Don't feed the tank for a week.

Aptasia gone. Haven't seen a single one in 3 weeks. The peps will eat regular food if they have the chance.

 

[djtonton]

If I have a goby in my tank should i still not feed the tank for a week? I have some aptasia and its growing pretty fast. I have a peppermint shimp that i got from aquatic tech about 3 days ago but he hasnt touched the aptasia yet. I was thinking about getting another one? Any thoughts?

 

[steveh28]

my best experiences with pepermints has been to get a group of at least 3. seems they go around and eat in groups in my tank. however, i have a coral banded shrimp, so they do not last long in my tank. seems once there are only 2 or 1, the aptasia stop disappearing for me until i get some more.

 

[MJAnderson]

DJ---

I think they prefer anything but aptasia, so feeding the tank will keep them away from it. I bought 3 and they had the place cleaned up in 2 days.

 

[djtonton]

You know whats really weird is I was going to get 3 more yesterday but when i got home to check the tank the aptasia was all gone. It was a happy moment. haha

 

[crazyseany]

I do believe they help with stomach relief as reefwidowed stated.... just add ketchup and a lil horseradish