Aiptasia in my 11ga

[labooe43]

I had two small aiptasia anemonies starting a life in my 11ga and so i looked for natural biological options for getting rid of it. After reading the hit-or-miss stories about natural predators, i decided to give the peppermint shrimp a chance. I was very adamant about getting theLysmata wurdemanni exactly, and when I did... wow! He's been in my tank for only four days and not only is he getting along fine with my scarlet skunk cleaner shrimp(Lysmata amboinensis), but there is no sign of Aiptasia . I do understand that natural predators to the glass anemonie are hit-or-miss... but this lil guy rocketed a home-run!

They are very friendly lil guys... and as long as you get the true peppermint, you don't have to worry about them with other corals/anemonies (or so i've read).

A great addition to my tank

[ClamIAm]

I once got a couple of peppermint shrimp for my tank but they died the next day for unknown reasons. I've wanted to try more, but instead I ended up getting a purple reef lobster which I have a feeling would have some compatability issues with them.

[SPANKYSREEF]

If you aiptasia are on the glass or in the sand, you can easily remove them with tweezers....

[labooe43]

True, true... these aiptasias were in the rocks, though... so the peppermint shrimp did good things

[Justin Cabibi]

another method I have used is to seal the aiptasias into the live rock with some super glue, works like a charm.