Aiptasia question

[BobthePhotoGuy]

I saw an aptasia on a rock in my sump. Threw in a peppermint and when I looked 5 minutes later he was on the rock tearing up the aptasia.

I think with peppermints, if they are getting other food they will leave aptasia alone. If you have a sump, put the rock in the sump with peppermints and then don't feed them or use a minimal feeding schedule. I throw a few pellets in a couple times a week and my peppermint has been going for months now.

Bob

 

[AntiSatan]

Like mentioned since its new and just started cycling pull the rock out set it sun a few days will kill it all then toss back in for cycling. Problem taken care and its free. Alway run 2-3 pepermint shrimps in tank just in case after up and running.

 

[Whipppp]

IMO, its a no brainer- take the rock out and leave it in the sun for a few days. Its not worth the headache or money; especially if you have nothing in the tank.


I've used joes juice and aptasia x. It's expensive and it only worked for a few days until they popped back up.

I picked up a green aptasia eating filefish and (although I never saw him eating them) the aptasias disappeared within two weeks (around 60 big and small). He even selectively ate between the corals.

The only drawback to the filefish was that as soon as the aptasia's were gone, he started going after my clams and acans- he now lives in a 20 gallon long until I sell him someday.

After battling aptasia- I pull the rock as soon as I see one, even when its a base rock in an established tank.

 

[briankmarsh1980]

If you pull the rock out and dry it you are going to prolong the cycle .....
That is an option...
There are lots of ways to do things in this hobby and everyone will say something different. .. no tank is the same and no husbandry is the same.
My best advise is read read and read some more you can search this forum or you can google. Find what you think will work best for you and go from there.
this is a great hobby and half the fun is finding out how to make it work lol

 

[roshan_samuel]

I have a friend who has tried every kind of imaginable livestock but Aiptasia is still there. I would ditch the rock. That is the only surefire way, IMO.

 

[areucrazy]

Well I hate to say it, but I allowed one little aiptasia to become 100.... I tried everything from my ninjas store, boiling water, lemon juice, vinegar.... then I gotta File fish who ate all aptasia and manjos! I had both! Then he are my open brain! Evicted..... Then they started to come back... from all the original areas he ate them from! Ugh!! so then I went and got a copper band butterfly fish. Took this fish a few weeks to eat an aotasia...I didn't feed him a whole lot of mysis so he would be hungry for his natural food. had him for maybe 6 months now and I have no aptasia and he has been an awesome fish. Good luck

 

[Kalakuhan]

Well I hate to say it, but I allowed one little aiptasia to become 100.... I tried everything from my ninjas store, boiling water, lemon juice, vinegar.... then I gotta File fish who ate all aptasia and manjos! I had both! Then he are my open brain! Evicted..... Then they started to come back... from all the original areas he ate them from! Ugh!! so then I went and got a copper band butterfly fish. Took this fish a few weeks to eat an aotasia...I didn't feed him a whole lot of mysis so he would be hungry for his natural food. had him for maybe 6 months now and I have no aptasia and he has been an awesome fish. Good luck

R, the Copperband doesn't mess with your corals??

 

[areucrazy]

Nope, havent seen it pick it at any corals. now he better not start just because I said that. Lol

 

[Gillguy]

Nope, havent seen it pick it at any corals. now he better not start just because I said that. Lol

Do you have any acans? I've heard CB love them when all aiptasias are gone.

 

[Vanpire]

If you can take the rock out, and then and soak the whole rock in boiling water for a while. I am sure that will kill aptasia and just about everything else. Afterwards, you can then put it back in the tank.

 

[BobthePhotoGuy]

I would avoid boiling the rock. Do a bit of searching online and you will see there have been some very bad experiences from the toxins that get released.

Bob