what shrimp to get??

[mindytoy]

found 3 little aptesias...i hear pepermint shrimp are good. how many? 2? also what other shrimp should i get? a pistol? a cleaner? a blood red one?

what are the differences and which ones get along?

fish will be

blue hipo
2 clowns
madarin goby
yelow tang
flame angelfish
watchman goby

thanx oh and its a 90 gal w 90lbs of lr

 

[Denbf58]

for just 3 zap them with joes juice pepermints dont always eat them

 

[mindytoy]

ok, so what shrip should i get?

 

[crvz]

2 should be fine.

 

[mindytoy]

of?

 

[BurntOutReefer]

maybe just one......as the aiptasia is still small......

 

[harry2463]

shrimp

shrimp

peppermint shrimp

 

[Elan L.]

you could pair the pistol with the watchman goby

 

[mindytoy]

so should i get a pepermint for the tiny aptasia, and a pistol for the goby later on, and a cleaner? will these guys be ok?

 

[cpony69]

Use Joe's Juice. Your never see a peppermint shrimp as they constantly hide and a waste of money.

 

[mindytoy]

i touched one and it shriveled up to the size of a grain of sand...how the heck is a needle supposed to get in there???

 

[crvz]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13187298#post13187298 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mindytoy
of?

2 peppermint shrimp if you're trying to control aptasia. while they are nocturnal, they do scavenge like any other member of the clean up crew, so I wouldnt say they're a waste of money.

 

[cpony69]

That's Why I like the Joe's Juice. you just drop some on it and it dissolves right in front of you. It will not hard corals either so you don't have to worry about jabbing them with a tiny needle. I have dropped oms Juice on mushrooms and zoanthids with no harm coming to them.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13191223#post13191223 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mindytoy
i touched one and it shriveled up to the size of a grain of sand...how the heck is a needle supposed to get in there???

 

[mindytoy]

so u just pour that in?

 

[abulgin]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13193201#post13193201 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mindytoy
so u just pour that in?

If you want everything to die . . .

No, you use the syringe that comes with it and you squirt the juice on the aptasia. Make sure you turn your power heads/pumps off so that the juice surrounds the aptasia. Honestly, lemon juice applied the same way will work just the same and is a lot cheaper.

 

[Brewman12er]

imo peppermint shrimp are a waste in the use of killing/maintaining aptasia... use the juices save yourself the time and frustration.

 

[Brewman12er]

i am goin to try lemon juice see how that goes...

 

[mindytoy]

i guess ill try the boiling water method. seems easier and less harmfull to water..

 

[cfw1199]

+1000 on the peppermints.....worked wonders for me...zapped the large ones with joes and got 7 peppermints of which I can only find 4 of them now but a year later there is no sight of one aptasia for 8 months or so now....

 

[mindytoy]

will the cleaner shrimp eat the pepermints? or a pistol shrimp?