Algae ID please

It takes over a tank in no time but I found my pepermint shrinp likes it.

Bill

[christyf5]

I find it comes and goes. Not sure what conditions it likes but I'll have one or two spring up in the tank and then disappear a month or so later never to be seen again (in the same place anyways).

[SAMSHUNG]

Originally Posted by bvlester

It takes over a tank in no time but I found my pepermint shrinp likes it.

Bill

Peppermint Shrimp eh? I've been considering adding one to my aquarium but I'm afraid of starving the little guy since I have only one aiptasia in my tank.

[Madreefer]

Peppermint shrimp are scavengers. They do not need aptasia to survive. They "help" to control your aptasia. So you would'nt be starving it if you were to introduce one to your tank.

Originally Posted by SAMSHUNG

Peppermint Shrimp eh? I've been considering adding one to my aquarium but I'm afraid of starving the little guy since I have only one aiptasia in my tank.

when I had rock with this stuff on it it had aptasia also and the peppermint shrimp was added to get ride of that well after getting rid of the aptasia they also got ride of the algae. by the way that algae is a kind of Halimeda algae.

Bill