I have kept LR in a rubbermaid tub with just a powerhead, hob filter, and a strip light for 6 months. Talk about mega pods!!! I fed DT's once a week. I sold some of that LR @ 10.00. The rest I used in my seahorse tanks.
If you don't feed the holding bin, the peppermints should erradicate them. I've got a tank full of them that I never feed, just brewing in the backroom. It's one of those "gotta take care of that one day" type of deals.
FYI, those glass anemones are spelled aiptasia. Just a minor thing, but the more of us that spell it right, the more consistent the information to newbies.
test the water that thay came in for copper befor you add them to your reef tank i heard that you cant get it out of the rock ....can some one else verafy this for all of us newbees...