Aiptasia eating fish
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brett559
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My CBB wiped out probably 40 aiptasias in about a week. This CBB worked because we removed an aggressive yellow (we tried a CBB before and our yellow picked on him really badly so we had to take the CBB back). It's an awesome fish - very pet-like, watches you very intently.
Mines eats mysis, but he's a slow deliberate eater - we spot feed him right out of a turkey baster. He sticks his long beak in there and grabs the mysis while still in the baster.
My experience makes me think that your tank might be a bit rough - but then again the yellow was aggressive because the CBB was a similar shape and color. Your fish might not mind. CBB aren't too expensive and they usually seem to 'hit' and opposed to miss, and are awesome fish if you can get them to eat.
Mines eats mysis, but he's a slow deliberate eater - we spot feed him right out of a turkey baster. He sticks his long beak in there and grabs the mysis while still in the baster.
My experience makes me think that your tank might be a bit rough - but then again the yellow was aggressive because the CBB was a similar shape and color. Your fish might not mind. CBB aren't too expensive and they usually seem to 'hit' and opposed to miss, and are awesome fish if you can get them to eat.
I'm of the opinion that once you have aptasia, or Majanos, you always have them. Aptasia-X or Joe's Juice (essentially the same thing) can be an effective control, but it's unlikely to eradicate them. Biological controls can be very helpful, though I've never been fortunate to find a fish that just ate the pests. My all time best pest anemone eater was an Asfur Angel. Unfortunately it also ate Zooanthids. Came to really like the fish, so that as OK, but still unfortunate.
