Rock On

[awesomefrog]

Hey thanks for the tip on the Aptasia control. I tried boiling water and i think it only worked on one of them. So something a little stronger is probably needed.
By the way, there is one rock that looks like it is completely covered with what looks like stalks of some kind of algae and baby aptasia. It's like there are 100 of each and all of them are less than 1/4" tall. Would that be a good candidate for peppermint shrimp, or should i take the rock out and do something more drastic, before anything gets too big? I'd hate to kill anything good on it, but i'd also hate to let a bunch of bad stuff take over.

 

[joe1584]

just get a bunch of peppermint shrimp they will take care of the aptasia no problem i had like 50 of them and three peppermints took care of them all in like two weeks

 

[awesomefrog]

I like the peppermint shrimp idea. I've read that the aptasia killing fluids work great and don't harm other reef life, but i'd still prefer to do as much pest control through more natural methods if possible. Plus it would be fun to have some critters to watch.