Schrauf’s Waterbox Peninsula Mini 25

Schraufabagel · Oct 1, 2021

Schraufabagel · Oct 1, 2021

Found a few aiptasia in my tank. Anyone know of an effective predator for them?

I've heard that peppermint shrimp can help. I have one currently

rishma · Oct 1, 2021

Schraufabagel said:
Found a few aiptasia in my tank. Anyone know of an effective predator for them?

I've heard that peppermint shrimp can help. I have one currently

Peppermint shrimp will eat them, if it’s the right species of peppermint shrimp. The different species look nearly identical but they don’t all eat aptasia. I think that explains why they have a hit and miss reputation. I saw a chart once that shows all the types but couldn’t find it when I looked.

Schraufabagel · Oct 1, 2021

rishma said:
Peppermint shrimp will eat them, if it’s the right species of peppermint shrimp. The different species look nearly identical but they don’t all eat aptasia. I think that explains why they have a hit and miss reputation. I saw a chart once that shows all the types but couldn’t find it when I looked.

Do you know if the ORA peppermint shrimp are one of the species that do?

rishma · Oct 1, 2021

Schraufabagel said:
Do you know if the ORA peppermint shrimp are one of the species that do?

I sure hope so! I don’t know. Page two of this thread has a post with the chart I remember, then a link to a post from AlgaeBarn that talks about it. The two posts might conflict, but good starting point.

Do peppermint shrimps really eat aiptasia?

The 'True Peppermint' is a Lysmata wurdemanni http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/27306/27306.pdf A is a true peppermint, the rest are imposters. (A) Lysmata wurdemanni (B) Lysmata rathbunae (C) Lysmata ankeri (D) Lysmata boggessi (E) Lysmata pederseni (F) Lysmata bahia

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rishma · Oct 1, 2021

Here is the algae barn article. https://www.algaebarn.com/blog/invertebrates/captive-bred-inverts/peppermint-shrimp/

Schraufabagel · Oct 1, 2021

rishma said:
He is the algae barn article. https://www.algaebarn.com/blog/invertebrates/captive-bred-inverts/peppermint-shrimp/

I misspoke. Forgot I got my peppermint shrimp from Worldwide Corals. So it’s not an ORA one. My guess is it’s not a true peppermint shrimp

Chrisv. · Oct 1, 2021

Schraufabagel said:
Also, I replaced my coffee table tank with a Waterbox Clear Mini 10. Looks much nicer than the Top Fin tank. I had a die off from some unknown disease with no ammonia spike, so I’ll be adding new fish later today. Can’t wait to get into saltwater soon!! This tank has 4 mollies and 6 dwarf cory catfish.

Tell me with no words that you don't have young kids... Lol

Schraufabagel · Oct 1, 2021

Chrisv. said:
Tell me with no words that you don't have young kids... Lol

Yeah, that wouldn’t have worked lol. Amazingly my dog paid no attention to it. I recently dismantled it though since we had no space for playing games or doing puzzles

Schraufabagel · Oct 2, 2021

Might pick up a serpent starfish tomorrow. Any thoughts on having one in a 25 gallon tank?

rishma · Oct 2, 2021

Schraufabagel said:
Might pick up a serpent starfish tomorrow. Any thoughts on having one in a 25 gallon tank?

I’ve had great luck with the dark brown spikey brittle stars. One I had for >10 yrs.

I had a problem with a green serpent star who got really big and ate fish.

Sorry I don’t know species names.

Schraufabagel · Oct 11, 2021

Any suggestions for a 5th fish? Currently have 2 clownfish, banggai cardinal, and a sharknose goby. Looking for something that plays nice and would be an active explorer, since my cardinal and goby mostly stay in the same spots

rishma · Oct 11, 2021

I like the captive bred fork tail blenny from Biota

Schraufabagel · Oct 11, 2021

rishma said:
I like the captive bred fork tail blenny from Biota

I was looking at that or one of their striped blennies maybe

Schraufabagel · Oct 11, 2021

I'm looking at upgrading my phone to the iPhone 13 Pro. My SE has been having issues and I think the pro would make for some good reef photos, especially with the Orphek or Polyplab lens kits. I would then sell my DSLR. Anyone have any thoughts on using their iPhone for reef photos?

rishma · Oct 11, 2021

Schraufabagel said:
I was looking at that or one of their striped blennies maybe

I’ve had both. I favor the fork tail but both are cool

Schraufabagel · Oct 12, 2021

I'm thinking of removing the anthelia. It's way overgrown and is shading my corals below. Also, it's starting to cover my feather dusters. I'm thinking I may put a stylophora frag in its place, a frogspawn or BTA on bottom, and then move those lower frags up front

rishma · Oct 12, 2021

Schraufabagel said:
I'm thinking of removing the anthelia. It's way overgrown and is shading my corals below. Also, it's starting to cover my feather dusters. I'm thinking I may put a stylophora frag in its place, a frogspawn or BTA on bottom, and then move those lower frags up front

You may know this but the BTA will move where it wants to be, and with my luck they always move to where I don’t want them to be.

Schraufabagel · Oct 12, 2021

rishma said:
You may know this but the BTA will move where it wants to be, and with my luck they always move to where I don’t want them to be.

That’s why I’ve been hesitant about it. I will admit that I am jealous of other reefers who have their clownfish hosting one

JoshH · Oct 12, 2021

Schraufabagel said:
That’s why I’ve been hesitant about it. I will admit that I am jealous of other reefers who have their clownfish hosting one

I decided to stop by and check the build out, looks awesome! But, I am hesitant to think you are dealing with a Hair Algae outbreak, it almost looks like something else. Hard to be sure though.