andysgirl8800
Blenny Badlands
It stinks that I only have 3 wonderfully knowledgeable (HA!) LFS's in my city!! Only one is semi-worth his salt, but was closed today. I went out in search of Joe's Juice, or AiptasiaX, or similar. Have only 2 little ones that have hitchhiked along with a new coral I picked up recently. Got 2 peppermints to help, but they haven't gone after it yet (more on that to follow). I want to attack this straight away to prevent an outbreak in my tank.
The first store I went to was the one I was sure would carry it. The folks there are obnoxiously anxious to spread their misinformation to sell a product, so I try to avoid it, but in terms of chemical treatments, they have a decent selection. My intention was to walk in and walk out. However, after I asked about aiptasia treatments (AKA Joe's Juice), she automatically steered me over to her tank of peppermints. I explained that I have some and they haven't touched it yet. She told me to just wait for them to take care of it. I asked her if she knew how fast aiptasia can spread through a system. She just smiled at me. I asked again about the Joe's Juice. She said they tried it on their tanks, but it didn't work, therefore, she doesn't carry it in her store. :frustrat:
If there's one thing I've learned in this hobby, it's that something that works in another tank may not work in your own, and vice versa. Since it is a commonly recommended product on these forums, I wanted to at least try it. I was a little peeved at her arrogance. So I went home and filled my syringe with vinegar instead. :grumble: Hopefully, the peps and I can work together to get rid of them.
So the peppermints....this same LFS informed me early on that cleaner (skunk) shrimp are not aggressive towards other shrimp in the tank. I asked about it after several attempts to put them in my tank only to have them all end up dead. I suspected the cleaner shrimp, but had no proof. So I just didn't keep them.
So tonight, after lights out, I watched nearby with my trusty flashlight. I saw the cleaner shrimp make a beeline for the rock that I knew the two peppermints were hiding under. As if working together, one sat on one side of the rock and the other covered the opposite side. They flushed one of the peps out and chased him to another rock. There, they would approach the pep, lunge at him, then jet backwards really fast, only to do it all again. I think the peps haven't taken care of the aiptasias because of the obvious hostility from the cleaners. I'm afraid I'm going to have more dead peppermints in a couple of days. :frustrat:
The first store I went to was the one I was sure would carry it. The folks there are obnoxiously anxious to spread their misinformation to sell a product, so I try to avoid it, but in terms of chemical treatments, they have a decent selection. My intention was to walk in and walk out. However, after I asked about aiptasia treatments (AKA Joe's Juice), she automatically steered me over to her tank of peppermints. I explained that I have some and they haven't touched it yet. She told me to just wait for them to take care of it. I asked her if she knew how fast aiptasia can spread through a system. She just smiled at me. I asked again about the Joe's Juice. She said they tried it on their tanks, but it didn't work, therefore, she doesn't carry it in her store. :frustrat:
If there's one thing I've learned in this hobby, it's that something that works in another tank may not work in your own, and vice versa. Since it is a commonly recommended product on these forums, I wanted to at least try it. I was a little peeved at her arrogance. So I went home and filled my syringe with vinegar instead. :grumble: Hopefully, the peps and I can work together to get rid of them.
So the peppermints....this same LFS informed me early on that cleaner (skunk) shrimp are not aggressive towards other shrimp in the tank. I asked about it after several attempts to put them in my tank only to have them all end up dead. I suspected the cleaner shrimp, but had no proof. So I just didn't keep them.
So tonight, after lights out, I watched nearby with my trusty flashlight. I saw the cleaner shrimp make a beeline for the rock that I knew the two peppermints were hiding under. As if working together, one sat on one side of the rock and the other covered the opposite side. They flushed one of the peps out and chased him to another rock. There, they would approach the pep, lunge at him, then jet backwards really fast, only to do it all again. I think the peps haven't taken care of the aiptasias because of the obvious hostility from the cleaners. I'm afraid I'm going to have more dead peppermints in a couple of days. :frustrat:
